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Cosmic Lynx Threat Disorder: The Rise of Russian BEC

By Crane Hassold
In this webinar, Agari Sr. Director of Threat Research, Crane Hassold discusses Cosmic Lynx, the first-ever reported Russian BEC criminal organization, and how the group has significantly impacted the email threat landscape with sophisticated, high-dollar phishing attacks.
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Business Email Compromise
Cloud Email Security
DMARC Email Authentication
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Shining a Light on BEC Risk and Fraud: How Active Engagement Closes the BEC Intelligence Gap

By Crane Hassold
Business Email Compromise (BEC) costs organizations like yours $9 billion every year. These hard-to-detect phishing schemes drive more than 40% of all cybercrime losses. But threat intelligence and fraud prevention teams have had little visibility into the scope of their risk, the BEC attack cycle, or threat actors’ objectives and methods. That’s about to change. Agari Active...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Business Email Compromise
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Agari DMARC Protection Explainer

Mon, 07/25/2022
Transcript Email remains the most popular method for businesscommunications. It's also the number one target for cyber attacks. And one malicious email is all it takes to destroy years ofbuilding a trusted relationship with your custom versuswhich is why DMARC is an essential email securitysolution that prevents cyber attacks from hijacking yourdomains for email...
Cloud Email Security
DMARC Email Authentication
Video

How and Why COVID-19 is Being Used for BEC and Phishing Attacks

Mon, 07/25/2022
Phishing and Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks always take advantage of natural disasters and personal misfortune to target even the most vulnerable among us. This time is no different as we are all experiencing the COVID-19 outbreak, but the tactics can be spotted and defeated. In this webinar Crane Hassold, Agari's former Senior Director of Threat Research, provides...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Business Email Compromise
Advanced Threat Protection
Anti-Phishing
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Using Agari in Marketing

Mon, 07/25/2022
    Transcript Email security is often overlooked when thinking about brand protection, but it's actually very pivotal. On one hand, I want to make sure as a CMO that I am disallowing anyone from co-opting my brand to spoof consumers or customers. That's very important to me. On the other hand, I want to make sure that my email, my legitimate...
Cloud Email Security
Press Release

How Enterprises Can Defend Against Rapidly Evolving Ransomware

Ransomware threats can change daily, making consumers and businesses more vulnerable than ever. Names like Angler malvertising, Locky ransomware and Angler Exploit Kit frequently crop up in the news, despite law enforcement’s best efforts to contain them. Simply put, malware is popular because it’s successful. Cyber criminals make an estimated 1,425% ROI for exploit kit and...
Chevron Credit Union
Video

Chevron Federal Credit Union

Fri, 07/22/2022
"On the outbound side, our biggest asset is our brand. Being able to have that confidence that our customer base is invaluable to us." - Sachin Kundra, Vice President of Information Security
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Farm Bureau Bank

Fri, 07/22/2022
"Since email security is so important, we work very hard to ensure the transport of email is done efficiently as we as securely." - Howard Gordon, Vice President and Information Security Officer
Cloud 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.       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...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Account Takeover
Business Email Compromise
Press Release

Agari Identifies First-ever Reported Russian BEC Cybercriminal Ring Targeting Executives in 46 Countries Across Six Continents

FOSTER CITY, Calif. (July 7, 2020) -- Agari, the market share leader in phishing defense solutions for the enterprise, revealed today details of the threat actor group dubbed Cosmic Lynx, the first-ever reported Russian cybercriminal ring to conduct business email compromise (BEC) phishing scams. This is a historic shift to the global email threat landscape and portends new and...
Blog

Customer Phishing Protection Couldn’t Be Easier with PhishLabs' Digital Risk Protection

Fri, 07/01/2022
It’s not news that cybercrime is a constant battle—large enterprises and small businesses everywhere are susceptible to a myriad of advanced email threats and socially engineered attacks, such as executive or brand impersonation. According to IC3’s Internet Crime Report, over $44 million in losses in 2021 were a direct result of malicious phishing and advanced email scams....
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Business Email Compromise
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Five Key Points When Preventing Cybersecurity Attacks in a World of Hybrid Working

Tue, 06/07/2022
On 19 July, the UK will finally lift the final social distancing measures that were put in place during the pandemic. Although concerns about the pandemic still exist, many people will now be contemplating a tentative return to the office. Although the benefits of homeworking are well-documented and recent events have proven that people can work just as effectively from home as...
Blog

SMTPS: Securing SMTP and the Differences Between SSL, TLS, and the Ports They Use

Thu, 05/26/2022
What is the difference between SMTPS and SMTP? SMTPS uses additional SSL or TLS cryptographic protocols for improved security, and the extra "S" stands for SECURE! Image By default, SMTP to send email lacks encryption and can be used for sending without any protection in place, leaving emails with an SMTP setup susceptible to man-in...
Cloud Email Security
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Why Cybersecurity Matters: Elevating IT to the C-Suite in Your Organization

Fri, 04/29/2022
There isn’t a CEO or board member in the world that would publicly state that their organization believes cybersecurity doesn’t matter. A Cybersecurity Ventures report has forecast that cybercrime will cost businesses worldwide an astonishing $10.5 trillion annually by 2025, so it’s an evident and sizable area of concern. Any CEO not taking this seriously would be roundly...