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Guide

Preventing Domain Impersonation

How to Stop Look-Alike Domains and Spoofing In the first half of 2023, cybercriminals targeted company brands using an average of 40 look-alike domains per month. Domain impersonation threats trick users into giving away sensitive information by convincing them an email is from a trusted source or a website is authentic. It’s crucial that companies take preventive measures against look-alike...

Guide

Enterprise Automation: The Holistic Guide

Enterprise IT automation that leverages a strategic approach helps manage diverse automation tools and solutions holistically. Learn more about the key principles to embrace for holistic enterprise IT automation.

News Article

Security Weekly: Email Impersonation Threats Reaching Corporate Inboxes Hit An All-Time High

By John Wilson on Mon, 08/21/2023

During his recent interview with SC Media Security Weekly Podcast, John Wilson delves deep into threat actors' common techniques and shares strategies for defending against email impersonation.

News Article

ABC11 EyewitnessNews: FBI Warns of Teens Being Targeted in Sextortion Scams

By John Wilson on Tue, 08/01/2023

The FBI has issued a warning about teenagers being targeted in sextortion scams. John Wilson spoke to ABC11 EyewitnessNews about the techniques the scammers use.

News Article

Cybersecurity Insiders: The Looming Threat of Business Email Compromise

By John Wilson on Thu, 07/20/2023

How can organizations protect themselves from business email compromise (BEC)? John Wilson spoke to Cybersecurity Insiders about the complexities of these threats and shared important insights from Fortra's latest report on BEC.

News Article

SC Media: Malicious Emails Pelting Inboxes Hit All-time High in Q1, 2023

Tue, 07/18/2023

According to the latest research by Fortra’s PhishLabs, in Q1 2023, about a quarter of emails landing in inboxes were classified as “do not engage” or malicious. SC Media shared key insights from the report.

News Article

The Last Watchdog: Fortra Researchers Find Email Impersonation Attacks Climbing to an All-Time High

By John Wilson on Mon, 07/17/2023

John Wilson spoke to The Last Watchdog and discussed the key findings of Fortra’s recent research on business email compromise (BEC).

News Article

CFO Dive: AI Linked to New Crop of Business Email Scams

John Wilson spoke to CFO Dive about Fortra’s recent report on business email compromise. He discussed the recent surge in the number of malicious or untrustworthy emails detected in corporate inboxes.

News Article

Digital Journal: FBI’s Warning Around Sextortion Schemes

The FBI has issued a warning about the use of "deepfakes" in a new wave of sextortion schemes. In his interview with Digital Journal, John Wilson examines the techniques used and provides valuable tips to help protect children from such scams.

Blog

99% of User-Related Threats Are Email Impersonation Attempts

Wed, 06/21/2023

Threats in corporate inboxes hit new highs with a quarter of all reported emails classified as malicious or untrustworthy. 99% of these threats were email impersonation threats, such as BEC and credential theft lures, that lack attachments or URLs delivering malware payloads. Cybercriminals continue to bypass traditional email security tools and reach end users by impersonating individuals,...

News Article

Forbes Advisor: Beware Of These Vacation Rental Scams That Con Guests And Hosts

In his May contribution to Forbes Advisor, John Wilson sheds light on vacation rental scams targeting guests and hosts.

Blog

Untrustworthy Email in Inboxes Reaches All-Time High

Thu, 06/01/2023

In Q1, the volume of emails classified as malicious or do not engage reached nearly a quarter of all reported emails. This is the highest combined volume of these categories since Fortra’s PhishLabs has documented this data point. Of those classified as malicious, threats considered email impersonation or, those lacking known signatures, made up a significant 98.7%. Every quarter, PhishLabs...

Case Study

RPA at PhishLabs: How Automation Benefits a Busy Cybersecurity Team

Discover how the cybersecurity professionals at PhishLabs turned to robotic process automation (RPA) to boost productivity without increasing labor costs.

Article

How to Automate Google Chrome: Web Browser Automation

By EJ Stanley on Wed, 05/17/2023

Follow along with our tutorial to create your own web browser automation actions from Google Chrome using robotic process automation (RPA) from Automate.

News Article

Forbes Advisor: Pig-Butchering Scams

In his April contribution to Forbes Advisor, John Wilson discusses the anatomy of “pig butchering” scams and shares insights on how to stay safe in the crypto world.

Press Release

Industry-first Integration from Fortra Allows Organizations to Supercharge Their Automation Footprint

Newly released Automate Execution Method leads to improved process efficiency, increased productivity, and faster turnaround times.

Blog

How to Automate Login to a Website and Download a File

Tue, 04/18/2023

If you're a developer, scripting automations like webpage logins and file downloads can be fun. But most business users don't have the time or skill for such an undertaking. Learn how robotic process automation (RPA) offers an alternative to scripting and makes it easy to automate login to a website and download a file.

News Article

Preventing Domain Impersonation

Enterprise Automation: The Holistic Guide

Security Weekly: Email Impersonation Threats Reaching Corporate Inboxes Hit An All-Time High

ABC11 EyewitnessNews: FBI Warns of Teens Being Targeted in Sextortion Scams

Cybersecurity Insiders: The Looming Threat of Business Email Compromise

SC Media: Malicious Emails Pelting Inboxes Hit All-time High in Q1, 2023

The Last Watchdog: Fortra Researchers Find Email Impersonation Attacks Climbing to an All-Time High

CFO Dive: AI Linked to New Crop of Business Email Scams

Digital Journal: FBI’s Warning Around Sextortion Schemes

99% of User-Related Threats Are Email Impersonation Attempts

Forbes Advisor: Beware Of These Vacation Rental Scams That Con Guests And Hosts

Untrustworthy Email in Inboxes Reaches All-Time High

RPA at PhishLabs: How Automation Benefits a Busy Cybersecurity Team

How to Automate Google Chrome: Web Browser Automation

Forbes Advisor: Pig-Butchering Scams

Industry-first Integration from Fortra Allows Organizations to Supercharge Their Automation Footprint

How to Automate Login to a Website and Download a File

Bloomberg Tax: Tax Pros and Their Clients Can Be Targets of ‘Vishing’ Scams

Forbes Advisor: Beware Of Loan Scams

ConsumerAffairs: Phishing Attempts are Growing Like Wildfire and Becoming Harder to Detect

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