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Abnormal has expanded its protection to block high-volume, low-impact email hygiene threats such as spam and graymail; deliver a new approach for detecting malware attacks using behavioral analysis; and improve detection of targeted phishing and social engineering attacks.

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Chief Information Security Officer, Gopal Padinjaruveetil, has been with Auto Club Group (ACG) for nearly five years, on a mission to serve its members in the digital world.

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a Binding Operational Directive (BOD) forcing federal agencies to remediate known and exploited vulnerabilities within CISA’s given timeline.

CISA’s Compulsory Order Directs Federal Agencies To Patch 300 Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities Within Two Weeks

Los ciberdelincuentes están ganando territorio en el escritorio de trabajo de miles de empleados al aparecer en sus correos electrónicos. Algunos de estos hackers pueden estar en el extranjero, en regiones como África Occidental y Nigeria. Algunos pueden pedir cosas como una transferencia bancaria o que entreguen cualquier tipo de información personal.

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A recently discovered phishing campaign leveraged QR codes as a means to bypass malicious link detection mechanisms — and while this particular scam featured some fundamental flaws, the public’s increased use of “quick response” barcodes since the start of the pandemic may be behind their recent abuse in scams.

QR codes offer scammers another avenue to circumvent traditional email security

A recently discovered phishing campaign leveraged QR codes as a means to bypass malicious link detection mechanisms — and while this particular scam…

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Recent history shows holiday weekends and vacations provide an attack surface bonanza for threat actors.

Ahead of summer holiday weekends, IT security leaders brace for deliberate cyber mischief

Even though nearly three-quarters of business email compromise attacks during the past year have emerged from Nigeria, Israel has been gaining traction as a base for sophisticated BEC campaigns.

Israel-based BEC attacks on the rise

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Abnormal Security is tracking cybercriminals from an unusual location for business email compromises who are using sophisticated spoofing to spur payments for fake acquisitions.

Israel-based threat actors show growing sophistication of email attacks

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A BEC group has been spotted in Israel. It’s crafting fake messages in multiple languages and impersonating real company bosses to hoodwink target companies out of more than ten times the average amount for payment fraud attacks.

Israel BEC group is so good at robbing big firms it only needs to work part time

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The cybercrime industry is evolving tremendously, and CISOs need to have stringent practices to keep their IT infrastructure secure against sophisticated cyber threats and risks. IT Security Wire interviewed Mike Britton, CISO, Abnormal Security, to understand today’s threats and the best ways to stay secure.

Modern Cyber Threat Landscape and Ways to Stay Secure

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The group, identified by Abnormal Security, targets multinational firms using email display name spoofing and multiple fake personas.

Israeli threat group uses fake company acquisitions in CEO fraud schemes

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A BEC campaign has been tracked to a threat group in Israel, an unlikely genesis for a cyberattack of any kind, Abnormal Security said in a new report.

Widespread Email Ruse Launched from Israel, an Unlikely Source in Moneygrab

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Researchers at Abnormal Security discovered an Israel-based threat group carrying out a BEC campaign primarily targeting large and multinational enterprises with an average annual revenue of over $10 billion.

BEC Campaign via Israel Spotted Targeting Large Multinational Companies

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The report reveals how an emerging threat group employs a multi-phased BEC attack with an M&A theme to steal  from multinational enterprises

New Research from Abnormal Security Shows the Rise of Business Email Compromise Attacks Sent from Israel

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Abnormal Security has announced the results of a new ESG survey, revealing that more than two-thirds of IT and security leaders are concerned that attackers are leveraging communication and collaboration channels beyond email to evade security controls.

Email is Not the Only Channel Open to Attack

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Artificial intelligence presents a unique proposition to the cybersecurity industry given its ability to be used by cybercriminals, but also by enterprises to combat that very threat.

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Abnormal’s latest report on business email compromise trends and statistics finds that employees open 28% of attacks and reply to 15% of them.

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