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.
This white paper takes an expansive look at the hidden threats lurking around email inboxes, and how layered email security with a clear understanding of goals can keep your organization better protected.
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"
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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...
Listen to Francisco Miranda, Information Security Officer & IT Manager of the American College of Radiology, on his experience working with Fortra's Agari.
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 reduced level of effort...
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 impersonate...
Agari Phishing Response prioritizes reported incidents, automating investigative analysis and triage, to elevate the most suspicious to the top of the list. Then, it reduces manual efforts with remediation workflows to accelerate time-to-containment.
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.