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Phishing is one of the most common and costly cyberattacks in cybersecurity. But there isn't just one type of phishing attack.

Email password leaks happen after a compromised account or a data breach. A single password leak can jeopardize an entire database. You need to adhere to password best practices with a strong email security program.

Phishing attacks are on the rise; the FBI reports that such attacks cost $54 billion in 2020, and phishing complaints increased by a whopping 110% from 2019 to 2020. If you're one of the many people targeted by a phishing email, you're not alone.

The phishing email is one of the oldest and most successful types of cyberattacks. Attackers have long used phishing as a common attack vector to steal sensitive information or credentials from their victims. While most phishing emails are relatively simple to spot, the number of successful attacks has grown in recent years.

Business email compromise (BEC) is the most significant cybersecurity threat to enterprise organizations, with $1.8 billion in reported losses in 2020 alone. This type of email attack occurs when a cybercriminal uses social engineering to impersonate a trusted contact...

You’ll find similar characteristics in BEC that you will in VEC. A common trait of BEC is it does not contain malware or malicious URLs, and due to that technique, it is able to bypass conventional email security measures like SEGs. BEC relies...

Abnormal Security recently detected two new types of attacks where scammers are targeting victims by redirecting their own Microsoft 365 out-of-office replies as well as read receipts back to them. These tactics indicate attackers are using every available tool and loophole...

Abnormal Security has detected an increase in business email compromise (BEC) attacks that successfully compromise email accounts, despite multi-factor authentication (MFA) and Conditional Access. While MFA and modern authentication protocols...

Abnormal recently detected campaigns targeting our customers where malicious actors will impersonate major brands and reach out to accounting teams to ask if there are any outstanding invoices for the company they are impersonating. Abnormal classifies these messages...