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Email Phishing: Endgame
Blog by Daniella Smith | Posted on Tuesday May 7 2019
Spam emails are more powerful than ever
Strengthen your armour against them, before they creep in further than your junk folder
A recent research report by Global InfoSec shows 83% of their respondents experienced phishing attacks in 2018. Reports of credential compromise have risen 70% – and they’ve soared 280% since 2016.
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Malicious agents are building a micro-economy around sensitive corporate information.
Cyber criminals are trading stolen company secrets and intellectual property for cash, and incidents of businesses and individuals being scammed online is at an all time high. While banks, traditionally the biggest targets for online con artists, are tightening their security, spammers are turning their attention to smaller organisations and individuals who are less prepared and protected.
This is even more prominent in today’s malware-ridden world, where security compromises are more unnoticeable than ever. Contrary to the myth of cyber attacks causing your computer to transform into some sort of rabid machine with laughing skulls all over the screen, a compromise could be as simple and subtle as changing your invoice bank details to their own.
Email security is essential – regardless of antivirus systems
93% of company security breaches start with a phishing email, and there’s reason for it: it’s the easiest way in!
Hackers know you have anti-virus and malware systems in place for your devices and servers, but they also know many don’t have such security in place for their emails. Industry experts stress the importance of email security procedures, so why aren’t we implementing them?
Step One: implement machine-learning email security
Sophos Email: powered by artificial intelligence
Today’s email threats move quickly, and growing businesses need predictive email security to defeat today’s threats with an eye on tomorrow. Sophos Email protection provides:
- Predictive email security – able to block known and unknown threats
- Defence against ransomware, spam, and phishing attacks
- Support for all major platforms
- Automatic Active Directory Synchronisation
- Self-Service Portal with end-user and admin controls
Step Two: learn how to spot and defeat phishing attacks
Sophos Phish Threat: effective training for email resilience
Your armour does a great job, but end users are the largest, most vulnerable target in most organisations, often relentlessly bombarded with spear-phishing and socially engineered schemes. Sophos Phish Threat prepares them with:
- Over 140 realistic and challenging email simulations
- Powered by the latest global threat intelligence
- Personalised simulated & interactive training
- Automated reporting on phishing and training results
- Available in 9 languages
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Attacks are more coordinated than ever. Now, your defences are too.
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