According to the recently released Verizon 2019 DBIR report, Social Engineering and BEC Scams contributed to 370 incidents and 248 confirmed breaches. FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) said that losses from business email compromise (BEC) scams reached $1.2 billion in 2018, almost double the adjusted losses of $675 million in 2017. BEC or Business […]
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Business email compromise (BEC) scams have been growing in prevalence and creativity over the past couple of years. Today, it is recognized as a major financial cyberthreat, impacting businesses across the globe. In January 2015, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) and the FBI released a public service announcement that warned of a sophisticated scam […]
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Despite the obvious benefits of email, it has a major downside: weak cybersecurity. In fact, as a mission-critical application for organizations everywhere, email is frequently targeted by cybercriminals and fraudsters. The popularity of email has naturally made it central to illicit schemes like business email compromise (BEC) and phishing. In fact, the FBI reported that […]
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Despite the various methods to filter out unwanted email, spam still presents a number of challenges to organizations. While ordinary spam is simply considered a nuisance, the true danger lies in the spoofed emails or the malware that it delivers. The effect of spam on your business Like phishing emails, spam can also be designed […]
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Business owners consider various cyberthreats when it comes to security planning. One of the older but most effective weapons in a cybercriminal’s arsenal is phishing. Phishing can be the first stage in a sophisticated information-stealing attack and remains pervasive for one simple reason: it works. It has been around for years, but today’s cybercriminals are […]
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We all make mistakes. In fact, making mistakes is a core part of the human experience, as it’s how we grow and learn. When it comes to cybersecurity, however, human error is often overlooked. Minimizing threats from within is more important than ever for every organization. Based on a study by IBM, 95% of data […]
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Detecting zero-day attacks is what Graphus® specializes in but what happens when the attack starts from a ‘trusted’ domain/URL? These can be nearly impossible to detect for most security solutions which means it is most likely making it into the inbox of your employees. But you may be thinking to yourself, “We provide phishing training […]
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The Anthem data breach is one of the most famous data breaches of all time. It took place in 2015 and nearly 79 million people’s personal information was compromised and it spanned across multiple Anthem brands – Anthem Blue Cross, Amerigroup, Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and others. It all started with a single […]
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HTTPS is an authentication protocol designed for accessing a website with an encrypted connection to make it more secure and trusted. It was created to protect page authenticity and keep user communications, identity, and web browsing information private. HTTPS levages Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) which is a standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link […]
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Using Google G Suite or Microsoft Office 365 out of the box security to protect your organization from sophisticated cyber attacks? Good luck. Just like secure email gateways (SEGs), Microsoft and Google have their place when it comes to email security but struggle to detect sophisticated, targeted, and zero-day attacks. On top of this, when […]
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