New AI assistant verifies unknown email senders to protect your inbox
Employees receive large numbers of emails every day and it’s estimated that 25 to 35 percent of these will be from people they haven’t communicated with before. Knowing whether or not a message has come from a legitimate new sender is almost impossible.
Until now that is. Email security specialist StrongestLayer is launching AI Advisor, a security assistant designed specifically to verify first-time senders and unknown contacts in real-time.
Delay responding to email breaches likely to lead to ransomware attacks
A new report shows that organizations taking longer than nine hours to address an email security breach have a 79 percent chance of also being a victim of ransomware.
The study from Barracuda, based on a survey of 2,000 IT decision makers carried out by Vanson Bourne, also finds that most of the organizations surveyed (78 percent) experienced an email breach in the previous 12 months, with the average cost to recover reaching $217,068.
How AI is driving email phishing and how to beat the threat [Q&A]
Among all of the various forms of cyberattack phishing attempts delivered by email are still one of the most common.
What’s more AI is making these attacks more effective, because you can no longer rely on looking out for dodgy grammar or other signs that a message may not be what it seems.
Privacy-focused email provider Fastmail launches desktop app for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Fastmail users can now access their email inboxes, calendars, and contacts directly from the desktop. The privacy-focused email provider has released its first dedicated desktop app for Windows, macOS, and Linux, delivering the familiar Fastmail experience in a standalone format that works even when offline.
The app looks and feels like the web version but behaves like a true desktop client. It can be pinned to the dock or taskbar, opened from the app switcher, and set as the default email handler so that clicking an email link automatically launches a new message in Fastmail.
Organizations face growing email security crisis
While businesses continue to depend on email for mission-critical communication, a new report issued by email signature management specialist Exclaimer reveals they're struggling to secure and govern this most essential channel.
The survey of over 4,000 global IT leaders, including 1,000 in the US, and exposes a critical gap: while 86 percent of US IT leaders say more than half of their business communication flows through email, the infrastructure supporting it hasn't kept pace with modern security and governance demands.
Proton Mail launches new mobile apps for Android and iOS
Popular encrypted email service Proton Mail is rolling out brand new iOS and Android apps, offering users a faster, more modern and smoother experience.
Email started on desktop computers and was designed accordingly. As a result early mail apps could feel awkward with slow speeds, clumsy tabs unintuitive layouts. But today, phones are users' primary access to the internet. With this in mind, over the past year, Proton has embarked on an ambitious project to rebuild Proton Mail's iOS and Android apps from the ground up.
Microsoft to block Outlook Lite installation and will then retire the app forever
If you are a fan of Lite apps – those mobile apps that are light on data usage and small in size – prepare to mourn the loss of Outlook Lite. Microsoft has announced plans to kill off the lightweight email app, and will start by blocking new installations.
The company does not use the words “streamlining" or “money saving”, but says that the decision was taken so “we can focus our investments on the Outlook Mobile app, our flagship Android experience, which provides better functionality and user experience”.
Google hits out at ‘entirely false’ claims of a major Gmail security issue
Google has taken the unusual move of addressing claims about a major Gmail security issue – claims the company says are “entirely false”.
Insisting that “Gmail’s protections are strong and effective”, Google does not specify which claims it is referring to or where they stem from. What is clear, though, is that the company has been rattled by whoever has tried to bring into question the security of its email platform.
Thunderbird Pro is moving closer to launch with new productivity tools: Thundermail, Appointment, and Send
Thunderbird has revealed more about Thunderbird Pro, its optional paid subscription service, and the new productivity tools it currently has in development.
First announced in April, Thunderbird Pro includes three main services: Thundermail, Appointment, and Send. Each of these tool are open source, available for community review, and can be self-hosted for users who prefer to run their own infrastructure.
Gmail finally has a Mark As Read option in Android notifications
Google has introduced a handy new way for Android users to keep on top of their emails – a Mark As Read option.
This may sound like nothing new, but this is not just any Mark As Read option. It is a new Mark As Read option that can be accessed from. The notification that appears when a new email arrives.
Malicious URLs overtake attachments as top email threat
Cybercriminals increasingly favor malicious URLs over attachments, as they are easier to disguise and more likely to evade detection, according to the latest report from Proofpoint.
These links are embedded in messages, buttons, and even inside attachments like PDFs or Word documents to entice clicks that initiate credential phishing or malware downloads.
Thunderbird 141 delivers email stability, fixes, and smarter security reminders
Thunderbird 141 is now available, building on the major improvements delivered in version 140 “Eclipse” earlier this month.
While this update is smaller in scope, it brings useful refinements and more than a dozen bug fixes that improve everyday reliability and security in one of the most widely used open-source email clients.
KnowBe4 unleashes AI-powered email security to small and medium businesses
KnowBe4 has launched Prevent, an AI-driven email security solution aimed at helping small and medium-sized businesses tackle one of cybersecurity’s most persistent threats: outbound email risk.
The platform, now expanded from its enterprise version, uses machine learning, behavioral analytics and neural networks to detect and stop data breaches caused by employee error, before they happen.
The searches that reveal the most common email mistakes
It’s known as an ohnosecond -- that moment just after you realize that you’ve made a mistake. Something that happens frequently with emails when you press send too soon, do reply all when you didn’t meant to, or just send a message to the wrong person.
A new study from ZeroBounce has analyzed search data from Google Keyword Planner to determine which email mistakes UK residents commonly make and need help fixing.
Google launches Manage Subscriptions for Gmail to kill unwanted email
Keeping on top of emails can feel like a full-time job, but Google is making things easier for Gmail users. We learned about the Manage Subscriptions feature earlier in the year, but it is now starting to hit inboxes.
Everyone receives huge volumes of emails these days, and a lot of time can be spent sorting the wheat from the chaff, determining which email need attention and which are junk to be deleted. Google’s new Manage Subscription option provides a way to quicky see a list of the mailing lists you have subscribed to.
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