A few weeks ago, we wrote about the coming onslaught of AI powered spear phishing email campaigns, where highly convincing emails could be generated by AI and sent out by rented phishing services. And then last week we noticed in our own main mailbox our first pretty good fake email: You can see the fake […]
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How a Simple Typo Exposed US Military Secrets to Mali (and How to Avoid It)
Imagine sending an email with confidential information to the wrong person, just because you typed one letter wrong. That’s what happened to the US military, who for over 10 years have been sending millions of emails to Mali, a West African country allied with Russia, instead of their own .MIL domain according to an article […]
Safeguard Send for Microsoft 365 Can Now Prompt When Sending Email to Two Different Companies
This month we are introducing the following new features for the Safeguard Send for Microsoft 365 add-in for Outlook: New rules are made to run first by default Your main company rule(s) are now created on your behalf when a new subdomain gets added or creating a new test user New condition allows you […]
Windows 10 and Sperry Software v7.1 Causing Outlook to Disconnect
Recently Microsoft issued a security update for Outlook that is causing a problem with all our version 7.1 (desktop) add-ins, but only if you are also on Windows 10 (Pro or Home). The symptom is this: When you go to send an email, the email goes into the Outbox, but then the mailbox becomes disconnected. […]
The Rising Tide of AI-Powered Spear Phishing
Cybersecurity is not just a concern but a crucial necessity. One of the emerging and deeply unsettling trends we’ve noticed is the incorporation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in spear phishing attacks, which is rapidly escalating the sophistication and success rate of these threats. This article aims to explore this perilous intersection of AI and spear […]
Thinking About Switching to the Newest Version of Microsoft Outlook? Read This First…
You might have been offered to try the newest version of Outlook like several of our customers have been reporting. It shows up as a toggle button in the upper right of the Outlook desktop window that says “Try the new Outlook”: The new version looks similar to the web based version of Outlook, […]
Safeguard Send for Microsoft 365 – Force Users to Confirm Each Email Address
Safeguard Send for Microsoft 365 lets you review recipients and attachments before sending emails. But now, it has a new feature to force users to confirm each recipient and/or attachment before the user is allowed to send the email: Click to see it in action Notice how the Yes button is disabled. After the user […]
Safeguard Send for Microsoft 365 – Announcing The New Dashboard
Sperry Software’s Safeguard Send: The New Dashboard Feature for Microsoft 365 Sperry Software is a renowned provider of software solutions for email management. Their flagship product, Safeguard Send, is a Microsoft 365 Outlook add-in that enables users to send sensitive information more securely. With the growing importance of data privacy and security, Sperry Software has […]