Abnormal Blog

Like all threats in the cyber threat landscape, ransomware will continue to evolve over time. This post builds on our prior research and looks at the changes we observed in the ransomware threat landscape in the first quarter of 2022.

At Abnormal, we pride ourselves on our excellent machine learning engineering team. Here are some patterns we use to distinguish between effective and ineffective ML engineers.

Learn how Microsoft 365 and Abnormal work together to provide comprehensive defense-in-depth protection in part two of our webinar recap.

Learn about the most common socially-engineered attacks and why these tactics are still so successful—despite a growing awareness from employees.

In episode 8 of Abnormal Engineering Stories, Kevin interviews Saminda Wijegunawardena, an engineering leader who is no stranger to fast-growing enterprise startups.

High-impact emails are on the rise and secure email gateways (SEGs) don’t have the functionality to mitigate them. Learn how your SEG is letting you down.

While phishing emails have long been a popular way to steal Facebook login credentials, we’ve recently seen an increase in more sophisticated phishing attacks.

The email threat landscape is evolving fast. Discover the new tactics cybercriminals are using and how to reduce your risk of falling victim to these modern email attacks.

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.

Abnormal is excited to be named a Great Place to Work and one of America’s Best Startup Employers, showcasing our incredible culture and people.

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

Threat actors are posing as businesses and individuals seeking tax preparation services and then providing copies of the Sorillus client remote access tool (RAT).

See how the Abnormal platform has improved the effectiveness of lateral attack detection and how it stops the most advanced attacks.

Hear how Lily Li, Product Designer at Abnormal, broke into the world of email security and learn how you can successfully start a role in a new industry.

There’s no room for 2002 solutions when it comes to your organization’s email security. In 2022, you need a modern approach and modern architecture to stop modern attacks.

There are many approaches to ensuring our system can adapt quickly to new attack trends. One of the most successful approaches we’ve found is to take in the newest attacks and retrain our system end-to-end to detect them.

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.

Here at Abnormal, our machine learning models help us spot trends and abnormalities in customer data in order to catch and prevent cyberattacks.

The new navigation involved a significant functional and visual overhaul of the user interface. It includes a refined user experience divided into three design themes.

To help the restaurant business succeed, the Director of Cybersecurity implemented Abnormal Security to stop spear phishing emails and other advanced attacks.

Actors are now exploiting the customer contact form on websites to bypass email security and encourage BazarLoader downloads.

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