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Successful phishing attacks have increased by 34% in the last year, making it the most common email attack. Learn why phishing is so dangerous.

The risk of supply chain compromise (also known as vendor email compromise or VEC) continues to increase. Our latest research uncovered some startling statistics about these attacks.

Business email compromise (BEC) attacks have increased considerably over the past 6 months. Here’s how cybercriminals are changing their targets and tactics.

It’s IC3 Report week! In what has become an annual holiday for anyone that’s heavily involved in researching business email compromise (BEC) attacks, the FBI released its 2021 Internet Crime Report that details trends in various types of cybercrime activity over the past year.

Today, Abnormal released our H1 2022 Email Threat Report, focused on data from July to December 2021. Over the course of those six months, we tracked a relatively new form of cyber attack—phone fraud that starts via email.

There is little doubt that business email compromise and other advanced email threats are causing significant damage–both financial and reputational—to organizations worldwide. Because these never-before-seen attacks contain few indicators of compromise, they evade secure email gateways and other traditional email infrastructure...

Abnormal Security saw a significant increase in attacker activity in May 2021. Advanced email threats rose across virtually all industry sectors, with the median rate of advanced email-based attacks increased by 64% between the first and last weeks of May. The bulk...

Recent email attacks detected by Abnormal Security, combined with an analysis of historical attack data, indicate that email attacks related to federal taxes are likely to spike in the coming weeks in advance of the May 17th filing deadline. Tax-related attacks in 2021 have followed a...

The prolific attack on SolarWinds and their partner ecosystem will forever change how we view supply chain security and the role email communication plays in it. As the events and details surrounding the attack continue to unfold, we have learned from the company itself...

Threat researchers at Abnormal Security recently discovered a coordinated spear-phishing campaign targeting numerous enterprise organizations. The attackers compromised hundreds of legitimate accounts and are sending emails...