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Zero-Day Threats: How Cloud Email Security Can Mitigate Risks

By Ravisha Chugh on Mon, 11/25/2024
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.
Advanced Email Threats
Business Email Compromise
Ransomware
Spear Phishing
Anti-Phishing Offerings
Anti-Phishing
Cloud Email Security
Email Security
On-Demand Webinar

Leveraging AI to Combat Email Attacks

By Ravisha Chugh
In today's digital landscape, email remains a cornerstone of business communication, yet its ubiquity makes it a prime target for sophisticated attacks like BEC and brand impersonation. These attacks have a significant impact on financial organizations as they can lead to direct financial and reputational loss. While traditional email security measures help, many fall short. To combat this,...
Advanced Email Threats
Account Takeover
Business Email Compromise
Domain Impersonation
Email Spoofing
Social Engineering
Spear Phishing
Vendor Email Compromise
Anti-Phishing Offerings
Cloud Email Security
DMARC Email Authentication
Email Data Loss Prevention
Phishing Simulation & Training
Triage and Response
Email Security
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Top Threats to Cloud Email Security and How to Mitigate Them

By Ravisha Chugh on Wed, 10/30/2024
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.
Advanced Email Threats
Account Takeover
Business Email Compromise
Email Spoofing
Social Engineering
Spear Phishing
Vendor Email Compromise
Anti-Phishing Offerings
Anti-Phishing
Cloud Email Security
Email Security
Microsoft Office 365
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Email Protection Strategies for Modern Enterprises

By Monica Delyani on Wed, 10/30/2024
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.
Advanced Email Threats
Account Takeover
Business Email Compromise
Email Spoofing
Social Engineering
Spear Phishing
Vendor Email Compromise
Anti-Phishing Offerings
Anti-Phishing
Cloud Email Security
Email Security
Microsoft Office 365
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The Royal & BlackCat Ransomware: What you Need to Know

Thu, 07/06/2023
The US healthcare sector continues to be aggressively targeted by ransomware operators. Royal and BlackCat are two of the more recent – and highly sophisticated – ransomware threats. These two new flavors of ransomware pose serious potential impacts on the healthcare sector, but there are appropriate mitigation and defense strategies that organizations can take to protect against them. What is...
Advanced Email Threats
Ransomware
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What is the Relationship Between Ransomware and Phishing?

Thu, 03/30/2023
Ransomware and phishing are usually put in two separate categories when cyberattack methodologies are discussed. However, ransomware operators are increasingly leveraging phishing tactics to deploy their malicious payloads, and the potential for compromise is exponentiating as a result. Ransomware and Phishing - a match made in heaven Phishing is the number one delivery vehicle for ransomware...
Advanced Email Threats
Ransomware
Social Engineering
Anti-Phishing Offerings
Anti-Phishing
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Emails Reported as Malicious Reach Four-Quarter High in Q3

Wed, 11/23/2022
The volume of malicious emails reported in corporate inboxes has reached a four-quarter high, according to the latest data from Fortra's PhishLabs.
Advanced Email Threats
Business Email Compromise
Data Breach
Ransomware
Social Engineering
Video

What is Ransomware?

Tue, 07/26/2022
window._wq = window._wq || []; _wq.push({ id: "ljet6bijbk", options: { preload: "auto" } }); Transcript Ransomware really is continuing to be that go-to attack for attackers, and it's really one of the most effective ways that they have to extort businesses and compromise user data. How does ransomware work? Well, typically, it's delivered via infected...
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Ransomware
Datasheet

Fortra Email Security Bundles Datasheet

Complete protection with maximum valueAdvanced email threats demand complete protection. This is because inefficiencies in combating phishing result in lost time and productivity for employees and internal SOC teams. Fortra Email Security makes it easy to deploy interoperable layers of defense that span the entire threat lifecycle from pre-delivery staging to post-delivery via an integrated...
Advanced Email Threats
Business Email Compromise
Data Breach
Domain Impersonation
Ransomware
Anti-Phishing Offerings
Anti-Phishing
DMARC Email Authentication
Email Data Loss Prevention
Phishing Simulation & Training
Triage and Response
Email Security
Video

Informatica Gains Visibility into Threats by Using Fortra

Listen to Bill Burns, Chief Trust Officer and VP of Business Transformation for Informatica, speak about his experience working with Fortra's Agari. window._wq = window._wq || []; _wq.push({ id: "g8anlymanz", options: { preload: "auto" } }); Transcript I'm Bill Burns, Chief Trust Officer and VP of Business Transformation for Informatica. I've been working...
Advanced Email Threats
Account Takeover
Business Email Compromise
Datasheet

Account Takeover Attack Prevention

Organizations are more likely to be breached today than ever before, as cybercriminals shift tactics once again, using account takeovers (ATOs) to launch targeted email attacks. In fact, according to Sift's Q3 2023 Digital Trust & Safety Index, account takeover attacks increased 354% year-over-year in 2023. And, Gartner has tracked the implementation of cyber-fraud fusion over the last few years...
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Datasheet

Encryption in Fortra Secure Email Gateway

The Clearswift Secure Email Gateway is a component of Fortra's technology for:TLSS/MIME / PGPPassword-protected Zip filesPortalWhat Is Encryption?Encryption, the bi-directional conversion of meaningful content to unintelligible content, is the single most powerful information security tool in the email security admin’s armory. On its own, it fulfills two of the three fundamental tenets of security...
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Ransomware
Email Security
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Preventing Phishing Attacks:  The Dangers of Two-Factor Authentication

Mon, 06/08/2020
Are you protecting your remote workers against an endless barrage of COVID-19 related phishing attacks by requiring 2-factor authentication (2FA) to log into employee email accounts? Smart move—just don't let it give you a false sense of security.
Advanced Email Threats
Account Takeover
Email Spoofing
Spear Phishing
Video

Account Takeover: The Evolution of Advanced Cyberattacks

By Markus Jakobsson
Targeted email attacks continue to escalate as organizations deal with increasing numbers of phishing, spear phishing and ransomware attempts. But another attack vector—account takeovers—is affecting 44% of organizations and is posing a significant risk. Watch this webinar to learn how: These attacks lead to large-scale data breaches and financial losses; How organizations can identify...
Advanced Email Threats
Ransomware
Spear Phishing