This Threat Spotlight was co- authored by Asaf Cidon and Grant Ho of the Barracuda Sentinel team. Account takeover continues to be one of the fastest growing email security threats, but attackers are starting to adapt, introducing new ways to exploit compromised accounts. Teaming up with leading researchers at UC Berkeley and UC San Diego, Barracuda...Read More

There are roughly 156 million phishing emails sent each day. 16 million of those emails make it to inboxes and are not sent to spam. Out of those numbers, 80,000 people take the lure per day from phishing emails. A phishing email attack is when a hacker baits an organization by posing to be someone...Read More

Proofpoint’s Latest Quarterly Threat Report – May 2018, provides an update on the latest observed trends and takeaways on today’s advanced attacks. Here are some of the key takeaways from the report. Email Threats And Email Fraud On The Rise Email fraud is growing in both scale and pervasiveness. Successful email-based attacks can result in...Read More