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 being in a rush and...

In IBM's "Cost of a Data Breach 2022" report, the average payout for ransom was $812,360. The steady payout incline suggests that ransomware remains big business for cyber criminals, particularly as successful execution means easy money without the need for malicious actors to worry about exfiltration of the data they have stolen. On top of this, the tools for a ransomware attack are becoming...

Spear phishing is more focused than normal phishing. To protect against this type of phishing, your entire company will need to be educated and protected. What is a typical spear phishing attempt? A typical spear phishing attempt is a fraudulent personalized email that is usually sent with an attachment or requests a response. The fraudster then tries to entice the recipient to open the infected...

If you haven’t protected your email yet, you’re open to attacks. This comprehensive guide explains what you need for complete email protection and where to get it. Email protection solutions provide features like spam filtering, firewalls, anti-phishing controls, antivirus policies, spyware detection, login security, data loss protection, and encryption to help secure your organization against...

Phishing attacks are all too common and can make a company lose millions of dollars. To protect against this scam, a company must have the right protocols and software in place. What is a phishing attack? A phishing attack is a social engineering attack, where an attacker mimics a trusted company or person to steal private information such as login or financial data. These attacks usually come as...

Ransomware is a pervasive and persistent threat. It comes in many different forms and guises and constantly evolves, making it very difficult for organizations to protect themselves. A current example of this can be found with the emergence of LockBit 3.0. LockBit 3.0 is the latest version of LockBit ransomware and has a range of new features, including Zcash payments and a bounty program. It's a...

How can you prevent business email attacks? Is training enough? We'll walk you through solutions and tips to protect your enterprise email from these attacks. Why is business email compromise such a problem? Business email compromise (BEC) attacks are sophisticated scams that target specific individuals with believable emails asking for funds to be transferred. These attacks can cost a company...

Cybersecurity trends ebb and flow according to a range of factors. Yet there has been one consistent (and persistent) threat over the past few years – ransomware, the practice of demanding payment to return stolen data. Ryuk, REvil, NHS, Clop, Cezar, Pubg, Webroot, and Cryptolocker are just some examples of ransomware that have been prevalent – there are others, and there undoubtedly will be more...

Business ecosystems have expanded over the years owing to the many benefits of diverse, interconnected supply chains, prompting organizations to pursue close, collaborative relationships with their suppliers. However, this has led to increased cyber threats when organizations expose their networks to their supply chain and it only takes one supplier to have cybersecurity vulnerabilities to bring a...

There were 108.9 million accounts were breached in the third quarter of 2022. This is a 70% increase compared to the second quarter. However, despite a common belief that attacks mostly involve cyber espionage or are state-sponsored, our research found that 42% of security incidents actually come from inside the organization . Since the introduction of data protection laws, such as GDPR , it is...

Reading is like riding a bicycle: once you master it, it feels easy and automatic, and you quickly forget how much effort it took to learn. For example, we are normally not aware that we move our eyes 3 or 4 times per second as we read, glancing at each word on a screen or page for a few hundred milliseconds. Nor do we realize that only a portion of a word is visible and in focus at any given...

What exactly is TLS when it comes to email encryption? 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 Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL, you may hear others use SSL and TLS...

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...

After a dramatic surge in adoption during the second half of 2020, BIMI may soon become an email marketing must-have. As of December 31, 2020, nearly 9,100 companies have adopted Brand Indicators for Message Identification ( BIMI ), an email standard for showcasing a brand's logo next to its email messages in recipient inboxes, with built-in protections against phishing-based brand spoofing. That...

Wondering what Brand Indicators for Message Identification actually means? Here, we’ll cover the basics of BIMI, what the BIMI-selector header is, what it does, whether you need it, and how to implement it. But first, do you really need the BIMI-selector header? In most cases, you only need the BIMI-selector header if you want to support multiple logos for multiple brands or subdomains. Otherwise...

Generally defined, cyber threat intelligence is information used to better understand possible digital threats that might target your organization. This data will help identify threats in order to prevent security breaches in the future. Why Cyber Threat Intelligence is Important Having a system in place that can produce threat intelligence is critical to staying ahead of digital threats, as well...

Global adoption of Domain-based Messaging, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC) topped 10.7 million email domains worldwide in 2020—reflecting a 32% increase in just six months, according to our H1 2021 Email Fraud & Identity Trends Report . The total number of domains with DMARC set to its highest level of protection against email spoofing climbed to 3.8 million during the same period. That's up a...

As we expand our integrations with industry leaders, we’re very excited to highlight a new Agari integration with Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR that helps security teams improve email threat visibility and accelerate their ability to respond to phishing attacks. This new integration is welcome news for security teams who are feeling pummeled by a never-ending onslaught of phishing attacks...

Three months ago, when I joined Agari as the Chief Marketing Officer, I knew that I was joining a leader in email security. I knew this partially because I worked for Agari from 2016-2019 during an exciting time of change for the company. But my time away from Agari made me realize how much it has to offer its customers and partners, which is ultimately why I decided to return. And I’m thrilled to...