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Guide
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Behind the 'From' Lines: Email Fraud on a Global Scale

Organized criminals are targeting businesses with identity deception attacks that cause financial losses and broken trust, but Agari is changing the game. Using responsible active defense techniques to analyze criminal email accounts, the Agari Cyber Intelligence Division (ACID) unmasked 10 cybercriminal groups during a 10-month period. ACID has used the results of its work to:...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Account Takeover
Business Email Compromise
Spear Phishing
Guide
Guide

The Total Economic Impact™ of Agari Phishing Defense

Agari commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study and examine the potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by deploying Agari Phishing Defense. Quantified benefits expressed in risk-adjusted present value generated return on investment of 97% over three years, including: $270k value from improved IT security and...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Spear Phishing
Advanced Threat Protection
Anti-Phishing
Guide
Guide

Cosmic Lynx Threat Dossier: The Rise of Russian BEC

Cosmic Lynx is a Russia-based BEC cybercriminal organization that has significantly impacted the email threat landscape with sophisticated, high-dollar phishing attacks. In this threat dossier, you’ll discover key details about Cosmic Lynx, including: How Cosmic targets global corporations with incredibly sophisticated BEC attacks How Cosmic Lynx exploits DMARC controls to...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Business Email Compromise
Spear Phishing
Advanced Threat Protection
Anti-Phishing
Cloud Email Security
Datasheet
Datasheet

Fortra's Integration for Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR

Why Integrated Email Threat Data Matters Email is a primary vector for attacks on your business today—and email threats are evolving faster than ever. But actionable data about email attacks is often inaccessible to time-strapped security operations and incident response teams. That disconnect leaves your business vulnerable and unable to mitigate hidden email threats. ...
Advanced Threat Protection
Anti-Phishing
Cloud Email Security
Email Security for G-Suite
Email Security for MS Exchange
Email Security for Office 365
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Blog
Blog

Six Steps to Email Security Best Practice

Thu, 01/13/2022
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.
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Advanced Threat Protection
Anti-Phishing
Cloud Email Security
Blog
Blog

What Is Email Phishing? Protect Your Enterprise

Wed, 12/08/2021
Phishing emails can steal sensitive data and cost companies' their reputation. However, protecting a company from these scammers doesn't need to be difficult.  What Is Email Phishing?  Phishing is when an attacker mimics a trusted person or brand in an attempt to steal sensitive information, or gain a foothold inside a company network. While phishing emails are by far the...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Business Email Compromise
Data Breach
Spear Phishing
Cloud Email Security
Blog
Blog

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year… for Cybercriminals

Mon, 11/29/2021
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...
Advanced Threat Protection
Anti-Phishing
Phishing Simulation & Training
Cloud Email Security
DMARC Email Authentication
Blog
Blog

TLS Email Encryption: What It Is & How to Check if Your Email Is Using It

Mon, 06/21/2021
What exactly is TLS when it comes to email encryption? Image 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...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Business Email Compromise
Advanced Threat Protection
Anti-Phishing
Cloud Email Security
DMARC Email Authentication
Blog
Blog

What is Email Spoofing & How to Stop Attackers from Spoofing Your Email Address

Tue, 12/15/2020
What is email spoofing, how does it work, and why is it so dangerous to your company? We’ll explain everything you need to proactively stop attackers from spoofing your email address. Email Spoofing: What Is It? Email spoofing is when a fraudster forges an email header’s ‘From’ address to make it appear as if it was sent by someone else, usually a known contact like a high...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Consumer Phishing
Spear Phishing
Advanced Threat Protection
Anti-Phishing
Cloud Email Security
Blog
Blog

Agari Fall ' 20 Release Boosts CISO Confidence in Enterprise DMARC Deployment

Tue, 09/29/2020
With cyber gangs leveraging business email compromise (BEC) attacks that actively exploit their targets' level of DMARC adoption, CISOs have been ratcheting up email security. Until now, the need to dial up defenses against imposters posing as senior executives in email attacks has been increasingly forcing legitimate business correspondence into quarantine. The chain reaction...
ACID Research
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Business Email Compromise
Cloud Email Security
DMARC Email Authentication
Blog
Blog

Phishing: How to Protect Against Email Attacks Sent from Compromised SendGrid Accounts

Mon, 09/28/2020
Blocking SendGrid email traffic isn't a realistic option for most businesses hit by a barrage of phishing attacks emanating from compromised accounts at the Twilio-owned email service provider in recent months. Instead, Agari leverages a strategic data modeling approach to neutralize the threat while enabling legitimate SendGrid-distributed emails to safely reach employee...
Advanced Threat Protection
Anti-Phishing
Cloud Email Security
Blog
Blog

DMARC: How Phishing Rings Can Use Your Email Authentication Controls Against You

Thu, 07/23/2020
In the first reported case of its kind, a phishing ring in Eastern Europe is exploiting companies' own Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) controls to impersonate CEOs in business email compromise (BEC) scams worth millions.As detailed in our new threat actor dossier on a group we call Cosmic Lynx, the Agari Cyber Intelligence Division (ACID)...
ACID Research
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Business Email Compromise
Cloud Email Security
DMARC Email Authentication
Blog
Blog

Forrester: Agari Phishing Defense Works a 97% ROI Over Three Years

Mon, 06/22/2020
A new Total Economic Impact (TEI) Study from Forrester finds that Agari Phishing Defense™ (APD) delivered results 36% faster than competing solutions, and results in a 97% ROI in just three years.But it turns out that's just the warm-up act.TEI reports are designed to help organizations accurately evaluate potential IT initiatives. In this instance, we commissioned the study so...
Advanced Threat Protection
Anti-Phishing
Blog
Blog

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 Persistent Threats (APT)
Account Takeover
Consumer Phishing
Spear Phishing
Blog
Blog

COVID-19 Credential Phishing Scams: Feeding Off Coronavirus Fears

Tue, 04/28/2020
Since the beginning of February, we have seen more than a 3,000% increase in Coronavirus-themed phishing attacks targeting our customers. The spike in attacks is as logical as it is repugnant. With an estimated 75 million employees more reliant than ever on email during the largest "work-from-home experiment" in history, phishing scammers and other threat actors seem hellbent...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Consumer Phishing
Advanced Threat Protection
Anti-Phishing
Phishing Simulation & Training
Blog
Blog

Phishing Attacks: Top 3 Reasons Healthcare Employees Are Prime Targets

Wed, 01/22/2020
A growing body of evidence suggests employees throughout the healthcare sector may be uniquely vulnerable to phishing attacks. If finding itself a growing target for cybercriminals weren’t bad enough, the industry is also seeing associated lawsuits piling up. Montana-based Kalispell Regional Healthcare was recently hit with a suit after it disclosed that multiple employees had...
Advanced Threat Protection
Anti-Phishing
Phishing Simulation & Training
Phishing Incident Response
Blog
Blog

How to Stop Phishing Message Voicemail Attacks

Tue, 09/24/2019
At Agari we often talk about the evolving nature of advanced email attacks and the identity deception tactics that go with them. These attacks bypass legacy controls and like a magician delighting a curious audience, they trick the human psyche by targeting core human emotions such as fear, anxiety and curiosity. Of course, the magic in this case comes with ill intent. A good...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Consumer Phishing
Spear Phishing
Product Video
Product Video

Watch a Short Demo of Agari Phishing Defense

Fri, 02/01/2019
Agari Phishing Defense uses predictive, artificial intelligence and real-time insights from trillions of emails each year, and we stop 99.987% of the attacks that secure email gateways missed. How? Let's take a look.
Advanced Threat Protection
Anti-Phishing