By Q3 2024, organizations encountered credential theft in nearly 50% of all email security threats they handled, while malware grew by 4% which is the highest amount of volume since Q1. Learn how cloud-based solutions can help detect and prevent zero-day attacks like malware and more.

A summary of common threats faced by cloud email systems beyond malware and data breaches, this blog provides actionable tips and best practices for businesses to protect their email systems.

Modern enterprises need to be able to identify the tactics being used by cybercriminals in email attacks, especially those leveraging advanced technologies like AI. Find out what's at stake and how today's email security solutions can help mitigate these evolving attacks.

This interview in IT Security Wire with Mike Jones and Cary Hudgins of the Digital Risk and Email Protection unit of Fortra discusses how cloud service abuse is becoming ever-present and how advanced email security solutions can help to prevent it.

What is Account Takeover protection and how to stay ahead of various threats targeting email and cloud environments.

With 2024's presidential election around the corner, Fortra discusses the blunt-force impact of campaigns not hardening their cybersecurity, such as campaign impersonation, donation scams and fraud, and the possibility that it will be cybercriminals who decide the next President of the United States—not voters.

Stegomalware is still a relatively unknown term but is becoming more widely leveraged in malware. So you need to know about this semi-low-tech, yet innovative tactic that is imperceptible to the human eye.

It all sounds like the stuff of Sherlock Holmes or “Mission Impossible”, but steganographic malware, or stegomalware for short, is a real thing that broadly describes a host of tactics used to hide data in plain sight.

By understanding email data leaks, their value to attackers, and their root causes, organizations can stay savvy and set up the right tools to thwart many email-targeting attempts.

Through a layered approach utilizing a comprehensive solution as the primary defense, Fortra fills major gaps in email platform security by protecting users from external threats and safeguarding your sensitive data from being leaked both inside and outside your organization.

Following a multi-layered approach to phishing defense is a good idea, but using what you have close to home is best when it comes to a sensible security posture. In practice, a robust security awareness training program is key to instruct employees on what to look for when trying to spot phishing emails that may have landed in their inboxes.

Here's how to run a simulated phishing campaign to test and train your employees before they receive an actual phishing email. What is a Phishing Campaign?To be clear, when we say “phishing campaign,” we’re not referring to malicious, black-hat phishing campaigns. A simulated phishing campaign is part of an internal training program to raise employee awareness about real-world phishing attacks and...

To help IT teams define a robust email security policy and determine what’s required from an email security solution, we’ve put together a new six-step guide.

The holiday season is upon us, which means it’s also the busiest time of the year for online shopping. There’s Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and gifts to buy for loved ones. Plus, gifts to buy for yourself when the deals are this good! But beware, for cybercriminals ‘tis also the season to scam millions of dollars from unsuspecting people and companies. They’re banking on people being in a rush and...

What exactly is TLS when it comes to email encryption? TLS, or cybersecurity protocol Transport Layer Security first developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), was designed to establish secure communications that provide both privacy and data security. Originally created from another encryption protocol called Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL...

As we expand our integrations with industry leaders, we’re very excited to highlight a new Agari integration with Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR that helps security teams improve email threat visibility and accelerate their ability to respond to phishing attacks. This new integration is welcome news for security teams who are feeling pummeled by a never-ending onslaught of phishing attacks....

CISOs and their teams are about to get some serious performance enhancers in their high-stakes race against email security threats. According to the FBI, phishing campaigns, business email compromise (BEC) scams, and other advanced email attacks have resulted in $26 billion in business losses over the course of three years. Then 2020 happened. With 75 million corporate employees even now still...