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Credit to Author: Emma Jones| Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 receives Best Email Security Service of 2023 award by SE Labs.

The post Microsoft Defender for Office 365 named Best Email Security Service of 2023 by SE Labs appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

ComputerWorld Independent

Phishing e-mails are more prevalent (and dangerous) than ever

March 8, 2022 0 Comments email security, phishing, Security

Credit to Author: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols| Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2022 08:56:00 -0800

Phishing, those malicious e-mails that pretend to be legitimate messages, has been a problem since Canter and Siegel launched the first spam campaign in 1994. (Mea culpa — it seems they learned about this thing called the Internet from some of my articles.) Today, spam, while still annoying, is the least of our e-mail troubles. In addition to invading Ukraine, Russian agents are now doing their best to invade our IT systems via phishing e-mails.

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Security Sophos

Say goodbye to MX records with Sophos Email

March 3, 2022 0 Comments email, email security, Microsoft 365, products & services, sophos email

Credit to Author: Rich Beckett| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 13:00:44 +0000

Enjoy faster flowing, safer email with Sophos

Security Sophos

Vulnerable Exchange server hit by Squirrelwaffle and financial fraud

February 15, 2022 0 Comments email security, exchange vulnerability, featured, fraud, malspam, proxylogon, proxyshell, security operations, squirrelwaffle

Credit to Author: Tilly Travers| Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 13:00:59 +0000

While Squirrelwaffle leveraged Exchange to spread malspam through hijacked email threads, one thread was spirited away by attackers to trick the target into a money transfer

Microsoft Security

The quiet evolution of phishing

December 11, 2019 0 Comments 404 page not found, cybersecurity, email security, man-in-the-middle, Microsoft security intelligence, office 365 atp, Office 365 Security, phishing, poisone search results

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 17:00:56 +0000

In 2019, we saw phishing attacks reach new levels of creativity and sophistication. Read about the most notable phishing techniques we spotted in the past year.

The post The quiet evolution of phishing appeared first on Microsoft Security .

Microsoft Security

Top 6 email security best practices to protect against phishing attacks and business email compromise

October 16, 2019 0 Comments cybersecurity, email security, Microsoft security intelligence, office 365, office 365 atp, Office 365 Security

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:00:11 +0000

What should IT and security teams be looking for in an email security solution to protect all their users, from frontline workers to the C-suite? Here are 6 tips to ensure your organization has a strong email security posture.

The post Top 6 email security best practices to protect against phishing attacks and business email compromise appeared first on Microsoft Security .

Security Sophos

Critical TLS flaw opens Exim servers to remote compromise

September 10, 2019 0 Comments buffer overflow, CVE-2018-6789, CVE-2019-10149, CVE-2019-15846, email security, Exim, https, mail servers, rce, security threats, Server Name Indication, TLS, vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:06:43 +0000

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