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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 Persistent Threats (APT)
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 Persistent Threats (APT)
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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Blog

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 Persistent Threats (APT)
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
Blog

Harrowing Tales of Social Engineering Attacks from the Trenches

By Monica Delyani on Wed, 10/23/2024
The social engineering attacks that businesses are seeing today – from hiding payloads in files to commit fraud, to quishing and smishing – and what can be done about them.
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Social Engineering
Spear Phishing
Anti-Phishing Offerings
Anti-Phishing
Cloud Email Security
Email Security
Data Security
Agari Machine learning
Guide

Machine Learning Models in Cloud Email Protection

Traditional email security products struggle to detect email impersonation threats such as Business Email Compromise (BEC) and spear phishing campaigns. These threats consistently bypass defenses that rely on signatures and policies like Secure Email Gateways and native-cloud email filters. This guide breaks down how Fortra uses advanced data science, including machine learning models, to find and mitigate attacks that slip past traditional email defenses.
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Business Email Compromise
Social Engineering
Anti-Phishing Offerings
Anti-Phishing
Blog

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 Persistent Threats (APT)
Ransomware
Social Engineering
Anti-Phishing Offerings
Anti-Phishing
Blog

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 Persistent Threats (APT)
Business Email Compromise
Data Breach
Ransomware
Social Engineering
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What is Social Engineering?

Tue, 07/26/2022
Transcript Social engineering is the use of idiosyncrasies of the way our brains work to trick us into doing something we would otherwise not do.Let me give you an example. Suppose that you live in an apartment complex that has a secure gate and everyone at that complex has been told, "Don't let strangers in. Don't hold the door for anyone." I could use a few...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Social Engineering
Guide

Scarlet Widow Part 1: Breaking Hearts for Profit

Table of Contents Who is Scarlet Widow? Femmes Fictionale and Counterfeit Romeos The Long Con: Making Moves for Money Starry Eyes for Starling Michael Up Close and Personal: The Case of "Robert Blackwell" ...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Social Engineering
Anti-Phishing Offerings
Anti-Phishing
Guide

Scarlet Widow Part 2: BEC Bitcoin Laundry—Scam, Rinse, Repeat

While many cybercriminal gangs scam medium-sized and large corporations, Agari has now uncovered and documented the practices of a Nigeria-based scammer group, dubbed Scarlet Widow, that has evolved a different strategy focused on more vulnerable sectors such as school districts, universities, and nonprofits. In this report, we uncover: How...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Business Email Compromise
Social Engineering
Blog

Top Social Media Threats Targeting the Retail Industry

Fri, 03/04/2022
Social media threats targeting enterprises more than doubled last year. Attacks on the retail industry specifically have grown, as threat actors are targeting victims with impersonation and counterfeit ad campaigns. Purchasing behavior is increasingly influenced by social media, making it an attractive vector for these kinds of campaigns. The tendency of social media users to consume information...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Social Engineering
Blog

2022 Data Privacy Week – Education and Inspiration

Mon, 01/24/2022
As the world becomes more and more dependent on online resources to complete daily tasks, such as work meetings, grocery shopping, and even exercising, the risk of cyber attacks, data breaches, and information stealing increases. If you’re not already protecting your personal information online, now is the perfect time to start, as Data Privacy Weeks kicks off today. Led by the National Cyber...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Data Breach
Social Engineering
Anti-Phishing Offerings
Anti-Phishing
Blog

How to Make Oauth2 Play Nice with EKS Ingress

Tue, 12/22/2020
Over the course of my technical career, I’ve always thought of Oauth2 to, frankly, be a bit of a pain. Oauth2 offers a mind boggling amount of possibilities and is the basis of many authorization workflows.However, I have found the documentation and supporting examples of how to integrate Oauth2 somewhat lacking. I hope that someone out in the ether will find this blog post and save a few days of...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Social Engineering
Anti-Phishing Offerings
Anti-Phishing