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email viruses explained
Cybercriminals take advantage of an organization’s reliability on email services to distribute viruses and computer codes that can lead to compromised accounts and data loss. Due to email's popularity in modern-day companies, threat actors implement various types of phishing attacks into their techniques to infect devices and spread malware across others. Other email threats come in the form of social engineering attacks, which employ advanced impersonation and coding techniques that make messages appear trustworthy to victims.
Guardian Digital Perspective on CISA Cybersecurity Strategies for 2023-2025
In September 2023, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a strategic plan that covers 2023 to 2025 and outlines four goals to guide the organization as it continues to grow and push America into a higher level of cybersecurity. CISA aims to "spearhead the national effort to ensure the defense and resilience of cyberspace," help partners protect critical infrastructure, and support more vital "whole-of-nation operational collaboration and information sharing." This article will discuss the four goals in greater detail so that you can appropriately use these cyber threat protection tips to prevent successful attacks.
Instagram Credential Phishing Attacks Bypass Microsoft Email Security
In November 2022, 22,000 students at national educational institutions who were victims of a credential attack were targeted by phishing campaigns impersonating Instagram. These attacks bypassed the Microsoft email security system, as the campaigns were not recognized as potential email threats by the native email security controls that Microsoft provides. This credential phishing attack seeks to obtain the victim’s Instagram information to access their accounts entirely. This article will discuss the attack, how it managed to avoid detection, and methods to ensure you have a secure email that faces less risk of becoming a compromised account.
How Cybercrime Gets Monetized
Cybercrime has reached an all-time high as the digital age produces more technological advancements across every platform. Integrating workflow with these new technologies has granted cybercriminals the opportunity to formulate their own type of business: obtaining personal information and stealing various types of credentials.
Hard vs Soft Email Bounces: The Differences and How to Avoid Them
Have you ever sent an email only to receive a notification saying it wasn't delivered? This frustrating outcome is called an email bounce, which could happen for a number of reasons.
Social Engineering Attacks
We previously examined phishing email attacks from the eyes of an attacker in our article, Think Like A Criminal: How To Write A Phishing Email, to help you understand and protect against these email scams that are to blame for over 90% of all company cyberattacks. Ninety-eight percent of all cyberattacks rely on social engineering, so organizations of all sizes should have as much information and advice regarding these tactics to safeguard their users and critical business assets.

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