5 Big Myths about DMARC, Debunked

A guest blog from Agari. With email attacks contributing to billions of lost dollars each year, a growing number of organisations are adopting Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC) in an effort to protect themselves and their customers from fraudsters. Adoption of DMARC has steadily gained traction, and more than 70% of all email inboxes worldwide support […]

Email Security Case Study: United International Pictures

The challenge of increasingly sophisticated phishing campaigns Since 1981, United International Pictures (UIP) has distributed more than 1,000 films under licence, all around the world. As a key player in the movie industry, it has been responsible for more than 100 Academy Award® winners. One of the biggest threats to their data is phishing. In […]

Email Encryption in 2023

If you’ve been in security longer than fifteen seconds, then you’ve almost certainly heard the line: “Encrypting data strengthens its security”. Or something like that anyway. There’s certainly no denying it’s true, if it’s encrypted then it’s worthless to anyone who doesn’t have the key or ability to decrypt it, so that’s a win. It’s […]

What Is Email Security?

Firstly, apologies for the title, I personally cannot stand those condescending blogs or articles that try to explain what something is because you’re far too unintelligent to work it out yourself. The good news is however, that this isn’t one of those. Email Security is a term so widely interpreted by vendors and the industry […]

BEC Cash-out Methods: Email Fraudsters Experimenting With Alternative Approaches

This article was originally published by Agari in December 2020. Business email compromise (BEC) actors are exploring alternative cash-out methods for spiriting away the profits from their crimes. Traditional bank accounts have long been the go-to choice for email scammers seeking to cash out the funds they’ve pilfered from organizations they victimize. Just since 2016, […]