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Mar 17, 2023
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By Jack Chapman, VP of Threat Intelligence
As news of Silicon Valley Bank's (SVB) collapse continues to dominate the headlines, cybercriminals are running phishing campaigns impersonating SVB and other financial institutions, including M-F-A and Bloomberg. Responding quickly to the 24-hour news cycle, cybercriminals aim to leverage their victims' potential distress over their financial situation to make them more susceptible to this type of attack.
Mar 8, 2023
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By Egress
Egress releases its Email Security Risk Report 2023, which found that 92% of organisations surveyed were victims of successful phishing attacks in the past year with 91% admitting they have experienced data loss.
Aug 18, 2022
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By Egress
Over the past several years, crypto has become increasingly mainstream. Research has predicted that by the end of 2022, the number of US adults who own at least one cryptocurrency will increase by 19% to 33.7 million. This equates to 12.8% of the population. Naturally, cybercriminals have quickly learned how to cash in on this popularity.
Aug 16, 2022
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By Egress
There’s a glimmer of good news amid the ever-evolving IT threat landscape – although it’s come about as a result of worrying illegal activity. Even though recent changes to data privacy laws have placed consumers in control of their personal information, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has found that some apps are, in fact, collecting data they don’t need.
Aug 11, 2022
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By Marcus White
Distributing malware through a. ZIP file isn’t anything new, so threat actors are using a new tactic in response to tightening cybersecurity measures across the globe. While most people know not to open an unexpected attachment, these malicious files are starting to pop up in email threads with trusted friends and colleagues — this makes them very easy to fall for.
Aug 4, 2022
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By Egress
Outbound threats cause a continuous headache for IT professionals. There’s so much variety in type and risk level, and prioritizing what to be most concerned about is a challenge. Plus, risks have ramped up in recent years due to the rise in home working, flexible working, and BYOD, making the landscape more complex. It’s easy to be concerned about whether you have the right tools in place to deal with the multitude of cybersecurity risks out there.
Aug 4, 2022
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By Jack Chapman
Hackers use many tools at each stage of an attack. These tools are often readily available online, both free of charge and to buy, and easy to use for non-technical cybercriminals. Understanding a hacker’s tools and tactics is essential for cyber security practitioners and vendors aiming to build effective defenses and stay one step ahead of a quickly evolving host of cyber threats.
Aug 2, 2022
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By Egress
We talk extensively about the impact of inbound cybersecurity attacks and the devastation they can cause, but what about outbound data loss? According to an IBM study, human error is the leading cause of 95% of cybersecurity breaches. That means 19 in 20 breaches could be avoided entirely if not for a person introducing risk either through human error, deliberately breaking security protocol, or malicious behavior.
Jul 29, 2022
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By Duncan Mills
Industry analyst Gartner recently published their 2022 report on the state of the DLP market. They consider DLP a mature technology but do talk to the emergence of next generation data security tools for insider risk management and cloud use cases. The enterprise DLP (EDLP) market is growing at around 6.6%.
Jul 26, 2022
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By Marcus White
While cybersecurity risks are similar across the board for any IT leader, it's down to each CISO to decide what takes priority. Before doing that, they need to assess the risks and plan accordingly for them. Unfortunately, many businesses don't do this. A 2022 UpCity study – the Small Business Cybersecurity Survey Investigations Report – found that only 50% of SMBs have a cybersecurity plan.
Mar 7, 2023
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By Egress
Download your copy of the 2023 Email Security Risk Report here: https://egress.co/ufxrO
Oct 3, 2022
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By Egress
Jack Chapman, Egress VP of Threat Intelligence, talks through some key results from the Fighting Phishing report and what they mean for organizations. Get the latest insights into ransomware, business email compromise (BEC), and payment scams. Egress' mission is to make digital communication safer for everyone.
Jun 6, 2022
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By Egress
Human activated risk is real for every organization Whether it’s introduced through coercion by bad actors, human error, or malicious intent, human activated risk is a problem that keeps getting worse. Organizations need intelligent technology that can stop the sophisticated phishing attacks that continue to evade native security defenses, as well as outbound email risk which is too often underestimated.
Mar 31, 2022
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By Egress
We recently caught up with Max Harper to get his view on why our partnership with Spear Shield - Cybersecurity Solutions (https://www.spearshield.co.uk) is off to a flying start 👌 We love our shared value of using great t
Mar 23, 2022
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By Egress
In this video, we’ll provide an in-depth explanation on business email compromise. Learn more about BEC here: Business email compromise, or 'BEC', presents a growing problem for organisations of all sizes. In fact, over 6,000 businesses are targeted each month, making the UK the second most targeted region (26%) after the US (39%). That's why you and your colleagues should be aware of the tell-tale signs of a BEC attack and what you can do to avoid falling prey to phishing attempts. Do you have any questions about business email compromise? Let us know in the comments section below!
Jan 14, 2022
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By Egress
Stop targeted email attacks with Egress Defend. We combine zero-trust models with intelligent linguistic and contextual analysis to detect the sophisticated cyberattacks that bypass your traditional email security solutions. Our real-time alerts and feedback provide teachable moments that clearly explain risk to users. This provides active learning that augments your security awareness training programs and builds a first line of defense against threats.
Jan 14, 2022
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By Egress
Stop email data loss with Egress Prevent Prevent uses social graph and contextual machine learning technologies on desktop and mobile to accurately model user relationships. We then detect anomalous recipients in real time to avoid a damaging data breach. Importantly, we also supervise our machine learning algorithms with policies so Prevent can immediately detect more outbound risks, such as wrong attachments, conflicts of interest, data exfiltration, and weak TLS certificates.
Jan 14, 2022
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By Egress
Make sending encrypted emails easy with Egress Protect. Our simple controls combined with gateway encryption, means you can send and revoke sensitive emails and large files securely. Maintaining your compliance and removing risk. Our flexible authentication techniques remove friction and even allow trusted recipients seamless access to sensitive emails without having to log into a separate secure portal.
Jan 14, 2022
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By Egress
Easily share confidential data with Egress Secure Workspace. Our encrypted environment offers enterprise-grade permissions at the click of a button. This enables employees to control how teammates and external partners interact with files to keep sensitive content secure. Secure Workspace can be used to share files of any size or format, and users can set controls to limit when and where recipients can access information, and what they can do with it. Robust anti-virus checks, and accredited security frameworks provide additional protection.
Nov 30, 2021
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By Egress
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Sep 23, 2021
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By Egress
People are your last line of defense against phishing attacks: it's time to secure your human layer Organizations have rapidly matured security and controls for their networks and applications but their human layers - their people - urgently require better defenses to detect and mitigate email-borne threats.
Sep 23, 2021
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By Egress
Microsoft 365 is the world's go-to productivity platform - but its native security technology is limited in its ability to stop outbound email data breaches. Outbound email is the leading cause of data loss across all industries and native Microsoft 365 security features aren't intelligent enough to protect you from human-activated data loss.
Sep 1, 2021
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By Egress
People will always make mistakes - and, unfortunately, in busy and stressful workplaces, such as hospitals and medical clinics, the likelihood of this increases. Without the right processes and technologies in place to help avoid mistakes, sensitive patient information remains at risk.
Sep 1, 2021
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By Egress
Remote working has been a necessity for many organisations over the past year. But with a tentative re-opening of offices on the cards, how many of us will be making a full-time return? We've surveyed 3,000 remote workers to bring you the most up-to-date picture of the remote working landscape.
Aug 1, 2021
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By Egress
The 2021 Data Loss Prevention Report The rapid uptake of digital communication has kept organisations operating - but not without risk. With more data being shared comes the increased likelihood of a breach - and with employees burnt out from the pandemic, the risk in 2021 is higher than ever.
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We’re all targeted by attacks. We all make mistakes. We all break the rules. After all, we’re only human. Make people your greatest defense with Human Layer Security, by Egress.
Our Human Layer Security platform combines contextual machine learning, powerful encryption and analytics technologies to prevent human-activated data breaches, protect sensitive data, and enable you to proactively monitor risk.
Egress Intelligent Email Security:
- Machine learning that stops email security breaches: Make sure you’re emailing the right content to the right people, every time. Our contextual machine learning analyses message content, recipients and domains all in real time to deeply understand user behaviour, spot anomalies and remove the risk of a costly breach.
- Beyond Microsoft 365 controls: Every 12 hours, organisations experience email security incidents that native controls in clients such as Outlook for Microsoft 365 can't mitigate. Using the latest in intelligent technology, we're able to detect email security risks and stop security breaches before they happen.
- Securing your digital transformation: The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation at an unprecedented rate. Our intelligent technology puts security at the heart of new digital communication processes, including email and secure file transfer, protecting you from non-compliance with regulations and litigation by data subjects.
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