Tag: email

The Cyber Security Guide for SME’s

July 19, 2024

Today, SMEs face unique cyber security challenges that can impact their business continuity and data integrity. Understanding these challenges and implementing effective security measures is not just beneficial; it’s crucial. That’s why IT.ie has crafted an extensive Free Cyber Security Guide, tailored specifically for small and medium-sized enterprises. This guide is an invaluable resource, designed to bolster … More The Cyber Security Guide for SME’s

ESET Research: AceCryptor attacks on the rise

March 20, 2024

ESET Research has recorded a dramatic increase in AceCryptor attacks, with ESET detections tripling between the first and second halves of 2023, correlating to the protection of 42,000 ESET users worldwide. In recent months, ESET registered a significant change in how AceCryptor is used, namely that the attackers spreading Rescoms (also known as Remcos) started … More ESET Research: AceCryptor attacks on the rise

Dear all! What are some common subject lines in phishing emails?

July 25, 2023

Scammers exploit current ongoing events, account notifications, corporate communication, and a sense of urgency. In 2014, a data breach exposed information of three billion Yahoo users. In 2016, Sony Pictures employees saw sensitive private information leaked along with thousands of company documents. What do these two attacks have in common? Both started with a phishing … More Dear all! What are some common subject lines in phishing emails?

Malicious email campaign uses fake DocuSign messages to exfiltrate login credentials

February 2, 2023

SiliconAngle reports that more than 10,000 users across various organizations have been targeted by a new phishing email campaign using fake DocuSign messages to facilitate login credential theft. A new report from researchers at Armorblox Inc. today warns of a recent malicious email campaign that attempted to trick users into believing the emails were from … More Malicious email campaign uses fake DocuSign messages to exfiltrate login credentials

How a spoofed email passed the SPF check and landed in my inbox

August 18, 2022

The Sender Policy Framework can’t help prevent spam and phishing if you allow billions of IP addresses to send as your domain. Twenty years ago, Paul Vixie published a Request for Comments on Repudiating MAIL FROM that helped spur the internet community to develop a new way of fighting spam with the Sender Policy Framework (SPF). The issue then, as now, … More How a spoofed email passed the SPF check and landed in my inbox