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May 29
Internet Threats Report 2014: Paypal Experiences 73% Rise in Phishing

CYREN , a provider of cloud-based security solutions, published its April 2014 Internet Threats Trend Report.  Among its findings, The CYREN GlobalView™ Security Lab revealed a 73 percent increase in the number of phishing attacks aimed at PayPal users. The upward trend illustrates the move by cybercriminals from less profitable spam to attacks that generate more revenue. […]

May 22
eBay Compromised: Asking for Password Updates

eBay said beginning later today it will be asking eBay users to change their passwords because of a cyberattack that compromised a database containing encrypted passwords and other non-financial data including user email address. After conducting extensive tests on its networks, the company said it has no evidence of the compromise resulting in unauthorized activity for […]

Aug 16
Bonar Calls #BS : Gmail Privacy Scandal, Not!

In the first of a new series of posts to call out #BS you may be hearing in the mainstream press or general industry chatter. This post is on the ‘Gmail Privacy Scandal’ that does not exist. Over the past week much mainstream media has devoted screenspace, print and even broadcast media to the privacy […]

Jan 20
The Anatomy of Email #2: Pre-headers and more

There’s a lot to think about when building an email; headers, footers, testing and of course the content itself.  Here’s Part 2 in ‘Email Anatomy’ series, where Andy Thorpe from Pure360 takes you through the from name, reviewing the preview pane appearance and pre-headers. From name This is the bit in the inbox that shows […]

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