Email stories - Page 5

Millions of email attacks are bypassing organisations' cyber security measures, leaving them vulnerable to threats, says Barracuda.

The Open University in London has faced over 1.1 million malicious email attacks since January, with all messages being blocked by the university's servers.

 A new study has revealed 40% of all corporate email breaches occurred on websites used for personal purposes.

Workers spend up to 6.5 hours per day on emails, causing bottlenecks and hindering productivity, says research. The solution? Reduce email time.

Microsoft's new Reply All Storm Protection aims to end reply-all chaos in large organisations by halting mass email chains, benefiting Office 365 users.

MailGuard has highlighted dangerous email scams following its interception of a large run of extortion phishing emails that demand a ransom payment in bitcoin.

Significantly, spam messages account for more than half of 295 billion in 2019, making 55% of global email traffic in this year, the company states.

Email attacks are having a major impact on businesses, with ever-evolving security concerns proving a challenge for IT security professionals.

Lateral phishing is on the rise, with over 60% of affected organisations facing multiple email account takeovers, leading to thousands of phishing attempts.

Customers can now send emails, manage ad campaigns, and analyse marketing efforts as part of HubSpot's free centralised platform.

Email attachments should be banned, according to one company, in favor of more 'secure' and 'reliable' collaboration methods.

Oracle enhances its Bronto Marketing Platform with new features, boosting email marketing effectiveness and eCommerce integration to fuel business growth.

After being introduced as part of Google's G Suite back in 2004, Gmail has now progressed to become one of the most dominant email platforms on the market.

The cloud-focused distributor has forged a distribution agreement with SMX, a provider of an email management, security and archiving solution.

By adding the email API platform SendGrid into its fold, Twilio now includes email as a channel of communication for its customers.

News Corp's data privacy woes deepen as a staffer's email error reveals sensitive redundancy and salary details, sparking concerns over internal security.

There's no doubt email is the number one vector used to initiate attacks on organisations, and of those email attacks, phishing is king.

Vodafone NZ's email service is closing for good at the end of this month and the telco is urging its customers to set up an auto-forwarding service.

Proofpoint has released the findings from its massive Quarterly Threat Report – some of which are astonishing.

For customers who are keen to still receive the emails sent to their old account, Vodafone will offer a free auto forwarding service.