DigiCert has announced that it is now issuing VMCs for trademarks registered in New Zealand, compliant with the BIMI standard.

"Email is a powerhouse communication tool that can drive business results with the right strategy, partners, and tactics in place."

Barracuda Networks has published its 2023 Email Security Trends report that shows how email-based security attacks affect organisations both in AU and globally.

Digitalisation means that physical filing cabinets may have disappeared; however, in many cases, these relics have simply been replaced with digital file shares that replicate legacy information management practices.

FileInvite has raised $10 million in Series A investment to fast-forward the extinction of email for requesting and collecting documents online.

Entrust has expanded its strategic partnership with Red Sift to make it easier for businesses to adopt Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) standards for email identification and security.

More than half (60%) of organisations experienced data loss or exfiltration caused by an employee mistake on email in the last 12 months.

The data exchange will facilitate compliance with DMARC to ensure Validity and Red Sift customers are implementing secure email marketing campaigns.

Phishing, the practice of sending malicious emails to encourage users to perform actions that benefit an attacker, is a key security concern for modern businesses due to its prevalence and impact.

Forrester has recognised Cheetah Digital as a ‘Strong Performer’ in its The Forrester Wave: Email Marketing Service Providers report for Q1 2022.

New research from Zscaler has found that many retail and wholesale environments are at significant risk, with a 400% increase in phishing attacks being reported in the last 12 months.

The way to engage with consumers is through real-time, hyper-personalised experiences, a new eConsultancy report, in partnership with Cheetah Digital reveals. 

Cloudflare has announced new updates to its email security offering, including making enterprise-grade email security tools available to any Cloudflare customer.

"The obvious first issue with this is that if APAC office workers are unable to identify scam emails and SMS messages then they are at significant risk."

Managed service company Katana has announced that its managed Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance (DMARC) implementation service has been released on the Department of Internal Affairs Marketplace.

OpenText has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Zix Corporation, a specialist in SaaS-based email encryption, threat protection and compliance cloud solutions for SMBs.

The nuisance spam has decreased markedly in 2021, but in 2007, a widely-disseminated factoid, of unknown origin, suggested that up to 85% of email sent in that year was unwanted spam.

Privacy Commissioner John Edwards says, “We are seeing clear patterns emerging since mandatory reporting of serious privacy breaches came into effect with the Privacy Act 2020 on 1 December last year.”

“The software from Crossware is used by millions of users worldwide, providing our group of companies with immediate growth and improve the customer experience for our customers.”

Just as cyber-criminals are ever honing their methods to increase their chances of success, so must security teams.

Not only is email everywhere, but it is ‘built-in’ to our lives as a required mode of communication for too many activities to name.

"IP and domain reputation data contains fingerprints of malicious behaviour. Therefore, it is vital to expand the breadth of data shared, analysed, and utilised globally."

The new Advanced Email Security pack enables service providers to extend their cybersecurity capabilities by detecting and stopping all email-borne cyber threats before they can reach their clients' end users.

OnePlace Solutions has launched Solution Profiles in the OnePlaceMail app for the Microsoft 365 platform.