Email security

Proofpoint’s State of the Phish report says cybercriminals continue to focus on attacking people versus gaining access to systems via technical vulnerabilities.

Egress researchers say attackers are targeting Microsoft Outlook 365 users in North America and the United Kingdom.

Proofpoint researchers say man-in-the-middle attacks will continue in the months ahead, bypassing multi-factor authentication.

Microsoft has resealed the seams of its patch of a 2020 Outlook vulnerability after a bypass was found, according to the researcher who found both the original vulnerability and its bypass.

The DMARC standard was published some 10 years ago, and nearly 80% of domains still don’t use it.