Tag: E-mail attacks

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Email attacks cost Benelux companies on average 1.2 million euros

Email attacks cost Benelux companies on average 1.2 million euros

Companies in the Benelux have suffered an average of 1.2 million euros in damages from email attacks in the past 12 months. This is the finding of a recent global study by Barracuda Networks on the impact of email attacks. This is according to the global annual 2023 Email Security Trends Report,... Read more

date1 year ago
Online impersonation of CEOs on the rise during COVID crisis

Online impersonation of CEOs on the rise during COVID crisis

Email scammers have impersonated over 7000 CEOs since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The COVID-19 emergency has unleashed another epidemic, namely a sudden rise in the impersonation of CEOs through business email compromise (BEC) attacks. A BEC attack allows a hacker to impersonate a company execut... Read more

date4 years ago
Email attacks are source of stress for security professionals

Email attacks are source of stress for security professionals

Security professionals in Europe experience a high workload due to e-mail attacks. Investigating their fraudulent nature takes a long time. 7 percent of EU security teams receive more than 50 suspicious emails a day, while 32 percent receive between 6 and 50 of these emails every day. Barracuda... Read more

date4 years ago