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 […]
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 […]
Planned Maintenance for Safeguard Send for Office 365 (Part 2)
We wanted to let you know that tonight we will be performing maintenance changes for the Safeguard Send for Office 365 add-in. Unlike last week, you will see changes (details are below). We plan on having the add-in be updated at any point during a two hour window starting at 8pm EST. There should not […]
Ransomware On The Rise
Last month Revil, a hacking syndicate, simultaneously hacked 200 companies at once. Furthermore, the pace of attacks is relentless. I personally believe that what will happen in the future as large companies get backing and protection from their governments is that the hacking groups will turn to smaller companies who don’t get that same kind […]
Introducing a New App: Safeguard Send for Office 365
This month we’re introducing a new Office 365 app called Safeguard Send for Office 365. Some of you are probably already familiar with the desktop version of Safeguard Send. Both products are email checker tools that scan outbound emails. Before sending the email they will both look at the recipients and display a warning prompt […]