Vade Secure Blog

The SolarWinds breach discovered in December 2020 was a stunning feat of cyber warfare that went undetected for nine months. The attack is one of the worst supply chain security breaches on record, impacting around 18,000 governme[...]

Are you my secret admirer? That was the question millions of people were asking 20 years ago when the Love Bug virus took the world by storm. Alternatively known as the “ILOVEYOU virus” or “Love Letter for you,” this social engine[...]

COVID-19 helped drive a continuous onslaught of phishing attacks in 2020. From the World Health Organization (WHO) to your HR department, no one was safe from being spoofed. But COVID-19 wasn’t the only thing on phishers’ minds in[...]

A coordinated effort between law enforcement agencies in the US, Canada, and Europe has brought an end to Emotet. On January 27, Europol announced they had shut down Emotet’s command and control infrastructure, which was located i[...]

Phishing emails impersonating popular brands like Microsoft or PayPal need visual content to be successful. From brand logos to colorful pictures, images provide a visual cue to the recipient that the email is harmless and legitim[...]

Unlike other types of email threats, BEC (business email compromise) emails typically feature only a few lines of text, with no URLs, attached files, or other scannable elements. As a result, email security vendors have turned to [...]