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How to Avoid an Email Security Breach

How to Avoid an Email Security Breach

Email is still the most important communication channel. More than 300 billion e-mails are sent and received every day. According to forecasts, this figure will increase to almost 400 billion a day by 2026. Hackers know this and are constantly targeting companies,...

Monthly Threat Report February 2024: A Month for Breaches and Ransomware

Monthly Threat Report February 2024: A Month for Breaches and Ransomware

This month, we’ve witnessed a decline in low-effort high-volume email attacks, but a rise in targeted, sophisticated assaults. FedEx, Amazon, and Facebook were prime targets for brand impersonation. The breach of Microsoft’s executive emails by the ‘Midnight Blizzard’ group highlighted OAuth application security concerns. Additionally, AnyDesk reported a breach, and Johnson Controls faced a significant ransomware attack.
Integrating Azure AD with Microsoft 365

Integrating Azure AD with Microsoft 365

Behind M365 lies a directory which holds user accounts, groups, and other security objects. That was known as Azure Active Directory for many years, even though it had very little in common with Active Directory on-premises. Azure AD was renamed to Entra ID in July...