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Email is an old method of communication — yes, it's been here since 1965 with the first messages on the Arpanet being sent in 1971 — but the way it operates is still as much of a mystery to the average punter as it was back in those days.

COMPANY NEWS:  Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a leading AI-powered, cloud-delivered cyber security platform provider, today announced new email security features that enhance its Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration portfolio: Patented unified quarantine, DMARC monitoring, archiving, and Smart Banners. Since 2023, Check Point has released over 75 new features for Harmony Email & Collaboration, further strengthening collaborative email security with preventative measures to combat the growing threat of cyber-attacks. The addition of these new features allows for leading protection against advanced threats on a single screen.

More than one out of three of Australia’s top-ranked public and private hospitals are lagging behind on basic cybersecurity measures, subjecting patients, healthcare professionals and stakeholders to a higher risk of email-based impersonation attacks, including fraud and domain spoofing, according to cybersecurity firm Proofpoint.

COMPANY NEWS: Pax8, the leading cloud commerce marketplace, announced today the addition of Valimail to its expanded roster of security and authentication offerings on the Pax8 Marketplace for Managed Service Providers (MSPs).

The top universities in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom are lagging on basic cybersecurity measures, subjecting students, staff and stakeholders to higher risks of email-based impersonation attacks, according to new research by security firm Proofpoint.

More than three quarters of ASX 200 companies are subjecting their customers, partners, and employees to higher risks of email fraud, a Proofpoint research has found.

Symantec Email Fraud Protection is designed to help organisations automatically prevent fraudulent emails from being delivered.

Just seven of the companies that are part of the ASX100 are fully compliant with DMARC, even though this is one of the more effective ways of avoiding email and domain fraud, the email security firm Proofpoint says.

A security company claims that only 4% of companies on the ASX 100 are protecting the public against domain name spoofing that is used to trick consumers into believing messages come to them from a particular domain.

Social engineering is increasingly being used to send out highly targeted emails in the hope that someone will be stupid enough to click on a link, install malware, and go to hell!

Australia is a prime target for cyber-criminals - bad guys go where the money is. As security tightened in the US, they moved to the UK, and now it is our turn. Australia is the most phished country in the world – per capita.