Email stories

Exclusive: Why Content Snare continues to get positive feedback
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xero
To learn more about the company and what they do, TechDay spoke with James Rose, the Founder and Director of Content Snare.

Email defence methods increasingly falling short - report
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According to the Secureworks Incident Response report, the number of incidents involving business email compromise doubled between January and December 2022.

How rapidMATION's email solution is utilising OpenAI and ChatGPT
Wed, 17th May 2023
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The digitalisation of internet communication is continuing to evolve with email for businesses and the recent explosion of interest in artificial intelligence (AI).

Avast uncovers new scam scaring employees into paying big
Thu, 20th Apr 2023
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cybersecurity
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Targets receive an email from senders claiming to be from a ransomware group, like “Silent Ransom”, or “Lockffit”, addressing them by their full name.

DigiCert brings Verified Mark Certificates to Kiwi companies
Thu, 30th Mar 2023
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DigiCert has announced that it is now issuing VMCs for trademarks registered in New Zealand, compliant with the BIMI standard.

Email programs critical for business growth, report finds
Fri, 24th Feb 2023
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email
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marketing
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communication
"Email is a powerhouse communication tool that can drive business results with the right strategy, partners, and tactics in place."

74% of Aussie organisations fell victim to an email attack in last year
Mon, 13th Feb 2023
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barracuda
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Barracuda Networks has published its 2023 Email Security Trends report that shows how email-based security attacks affect organisations both in AU and globally.

How organisations can overcome the information management challenges businesses face today
Wed, 31st Aug 2022
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document management
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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.

NZ's FileInvite raises $10M in latest investment round
Wed, 6th Jul 2022
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document management
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FileInvite has raised $10 million in Series A investment to fast-forward the extinction of email for requesting and collecting documents online.

Entrust expands strategic partnership with Red Sift
Wed, 25th May 2022
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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.

Email revealed to be riskiest channel for data loss
Wed, 25th May 2022
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ponemon institute
More than half (60%) of organisations experienced data loss or exfiltration caused by an employee mistake on email in the last 12 months.

Validity and Red Sift enter data partnership to aid marketers
Mon, 9th May 2022
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The data exchange will facilitate compliance with DMARC to ensure Validity and Red Sift customers are implementing secure email marketing campaigns.

Developments in phishing and how to protect your business
Mon, 9th May 2022
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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 recognises Cheetah Digital as ‘Strong Performer’
Thu, 28th Apr 2022
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Forrester has recognised Cheetah Digital as a ‘Strong Performer’ in its The Forrester Wave: Email Marketing Service Providers report for Q1 2022.

Retail and wholesale at significant risk of phishing attacks
Tue, 26th Apr 2022
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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.

Australian consumers demand hyper-personalisation, new report reveals
Thu, 31st Mar 2022
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The way to engage with consumers is through real-time, hyper-personalised experiences, a new eConsultancy report, in partnership with Cheetah Digital reveals.

Cloudflare announces new widely available security tools
Tue, 15th Mar 2022
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Cloudflare has announced new updates to its email security offering, including making enterprise-grade email security tools available to any Cloudflare customer.

KnowBe4 identifies email and SMS security risks for APAC
Tue, 22nd Feb 2022
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risk
"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."

Katana announces expansion and release on DIA marketplace
Thu, 27th Jan 2022
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email
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 acquires SaaS email encryption company for $860M
Fri, 31st Dec 2021
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encryption
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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.

Investigation: The NZ Govt is weakening its grip on nuisance spam
Thu, 16th Dec 2021
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spam
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government
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.

OPC finds leading cause of privacy breaches is human error
Wed, 1st Dec 2021
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cybersecurity
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breach prevention
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email
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.”

Auckland-based email signature firm Crossware sold to European CX firm eKomi
Mon, 4th Oct 2021
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“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.”

Email: Still the number one threat vector
Wed, 29th Sep 2021
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phishing
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cybersecurity
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email security
Just as cyber-criminals are ever honing their methods to increase their chances of success, so must security teams.