Barely any of the UK’s top universities are protected against being abused in phishing and spoofing attack, new research has claimed. A report from email security provider EasyDMARC reviewed the security policies of all of the main email domains used by the top 100 UK universities, finding less than a fifth (19%) of the .ac.uk […]
Generative AI is playing a significant role in reshaping the phishing email threat landscape, two new pieces of research indicate. The State of Email Security in an AI-Powered World report from Abnormal Security revealed that security leaders are highly concerned about generative AI’s potential to create more sophisticated email attacks, with many either having already […]
Phishing isn’t new. This social engineering tactic has existed in the attack toolbox for decades, with threat actors posing as trusted contacts and then targeting unsuspecting victims through email or text messages to steal sensitive data. There are plenty of data points that illustrate the effectiveness of this attack method. According to the Fortinet 2023 […]
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