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Holiday Season Triggers Rise in Counterfeit Activity

Fri, 12/09/2022
Counterfeit activity increases every year during the pre-holiday shopping blitz -- most notably Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Christmas and Hanukkah. Arm yourself with defenses now to combat ever-evolving counterfeiting methods during peak retail shopping season.
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Data Breach
Blog
Blog

Financials & Card Data Top Q3 Targets on the Dark Web

Mon, 12/05/2022
In Q3, credit unions nearly overtook national banks as the top targeted industry on the Dark Web, according to recent data from Fortra’s PhishLabs.
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Business Email Compromise
Consumer Phishing
Blog
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
Cloud Email Security
Press Release
Press Release

Forbes: 8 Ways To Keep Your Social Security Number Safe From Identity Theft

It’s difficult to control your Social Security number in the wild. In his September contribution to Forbes Advisor, John Wilson discusses the most common scams involving Social Security numbers and provides 8 steps individuals can take to prevent identity fraud. Originally published in Forbes Advisor : “For too many of us, our SSNs are already in the hands of miscreants, along with our other...
Article
Article

How to Mitigate Online Counterfeit Threats

Tue, 09/27/2022
The broad scope of counterfeit campaigns and unclear boundaries of abuse make it challenging to successfully mitigate online threats targeting retail brands. There is a fine line between infringement and fair use of publicly made materials, as well as immeasurable online environments where counterfeit campaigns may live and grow.
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Consumer Phishing
Data Breach
Blog
Blog

The “i'’s” Have It: How BEC Scammers Validate New Targets with Blank Emails

Fri, 07/29/2022
Have you ever received a blank email from someone you don’t know? If you have, it may have been from a cybercriminal making sure your email account is legitimate prior to a Business Email Compromise (BEC) attack. Agari and PhishLabs define BEC as any response-based spear phishing attack involving the impersonation of a trusted party to trick victims into making an unauthorized financial...
ACID Research
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Consumer Phishing
Spear Phishing
Video
Video

What is a Data Breach?

Tue, 07/26/2022
Transcript A data breach occurs anytime somebody has unauthorized access to data. In a corporate sense, this can be anytime that an employee internally is able to access data that they do not have permission for, or more specifically, when somebody outside of the organization is able to gain access inside the organization by using compromised credentials or some type of persistence on an endpoint...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Data Breach
Datasheet
Datasheet

Stop Identity-Based Email Attacks

Understanding The Threats Today’s modern identity-based email attacks exploit the identity of trusted colleagues and brands. However, each varies in the tactics and techniques used. Understanding the differences will be critical in being able to effectively and accurately stop these attacks. Customer Phishing : Cybercriminals use brand impersonation techniques such as domain spoofing and malicious...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Consumer Phishing
Cloud Email Security
Video
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. Transcript I'm Bill Burns, Chief Trust Officer and VP of Business Transformation for Informatica. I've been working with Fortra's Agari for about six years at previous companies, introducing them to solve specific problems and I'm bringing Fortra's...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Account Takeover
Business Email Compromise
Case Study
Case Study

Los Angeles-Based Large Credit Union Eradicates Phishing Attacks

Executive Summary Los Angeles Federal Credit Union (LAFCU) was in the crosshairs of email scammers. Its brand was constantly being spoofed, putting its members at risk of being defrauded. The CTO prioritized email security as part of his broader risk management strategy, and selected Agari as his partner. That was more than a decade ago. Today, domain spoofing is at near-zero. "Our initial goal...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Consumer Phishing
Advanced Threat Protection
Anti-Phishing
Guide
Guide

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: Warn financial...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Account Takeover
Business Email Compromise
Spear Phishing
Silent Starling Guide
Guide
Guide

Silent Starling Threat Dossier: BEC to VEC

Vendor email compromise is a new form of advanced email attack that uses compromised email accounts to target the global supply chain. With the cybercriminal group we’ve named Silent Starling, we see how devastating these attacks can be. Download the threat actor dossier to: How Silent Starling uses phishing email lures to target their victims Why compromised email accounts make email attacks easy...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Account Takeover
Business Email Compromise
Cloud Email Security
Scattered Canary Guide
Guide
Guide

Scattered Canary Threat Dossier

Business email compromise (BEC) has continued to grow into a billion-dollar industry as cybercriminals turn to it as their preferred scam. But with the West African gang we’ve named Scattered Canary, we have deeper insight into how BEC is connected to the rest of cybercrime, and why it has grown in recent years. Download the threat dossier to learn: How Scattered Canary grew from a one-man startup...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Business Email Compromise
Data Breach
Spear Phishing
Datasheet
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, a recent Osterman Research survey reported that one in five organizations fell victim to an ATO-based email attack within the past 12 months. Attackers know that trusted email is the most effective way of...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Account Takeover
Blog
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
Advanced Threat Protection
Anti-Phishing
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 most popular, these attacks...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Business Email Compromise
Data Breach
Spear Phishing
Cloud Email Security
Blog
Blog

Inside a Compromised Account: How Cybercriminals Use Credential Phishing to Further BEC Scams

Mon, 06/07/2021
Why would a cybercriminal spend time developing malware when he can simply trick unsuspecting users into handing over their passwords? Why would a threat actor spend her money and resources on ransomware, when she can get that same information through a compromised account? It’s a good question, and exactly what the Agari Cyber Intelligence Division wanted to discover. In a growing trend known as...
ACID Research
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Business Email Compromise