Everything NetSec Observer has reported about email security: 6 stories, newest first. Part of our Cyber Attacks coverage.
Most attachment infections succeed because users trust file extensions, not because they click obvious links, allowing malware to hide in plain sight within standard document formats.
Most successful attacks rely on psychological urgency rather than technical flaws, bypassing even the most advanced security filters through simple human error.
Technical email filtering removes the threat before it reaches the human, making user training a secondary defense rather than the primary barrier against sophisticated attacks.
Most organizations lose control of a vendor compromise because they reset passwords before checking if the attacker already created forwarding rules that bypass authentication.
HTML smuggling hides payloads in browser cache files, allowing malware to execute without ever landing on the disk in a detectable format.
Spear phishing hides in plain sight by mimicking trusted relationships, leaving traces only in metadata, authentication logs, and subtle behavioral shifts.