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Going Phishing Isn't Seasonal–Get the Latest Results from 2023's Tournament
By Monica Delyani on Fri, 02/23/2024
Preview the latest global phishing benchmarking results and expert security awareness recommendations from Fortra's Terranova Security 2023 Gone Phishing Tournament.
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Help Net Security: Exploring the Impact of Generative AI in the Presidential Election
Mon, 12/25/2023
2024 is a presidential election year in the U.S. and Ryan Maltzen, Cybersecurity Architect at Fortra, predicts an increase in attempts to influence votes through propaganda and social media campaigns, aided by the use of generative AI.
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VM Blog: Braving the Digital Risk & Email Security Landscape
By Eric George on Fri, 12/15/2023
How will the digital risk and email security landscape evolve in 2024? In this VM Blog article, Eric George discusses the industry's future and shares his seven predictions for 2024.
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Identifying Security Threats with Network Monitoring Software
By Kevin Jackson on Tue, 12/05/2023
Now more than ever, securing your infrastructure is critical to the success of your organization.
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Solutions Review: Social Media Scams Impacting Businesses and Individuals Today
By John Wilson on Thu, 11/02/2023
In this Solutions Review article, John Wilson highlights common social media scams, their impact on businesses, and ways to safeguard yourself and your organization.
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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...
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Data Classification and Data Loss Prevention (DLP): A Comprehensive Data Protection Strategy
Tue, 05/23/2023
Data is the world’s currency and has been for some time. Protecting data should be at the top of the list for organizations of any size, and the heart of any security strategy. Think about it: the purpose of any firewall, email solution, compliance regulation, or XDR platform is to keep data safe. Why not cut to the heart of it with a dedicated Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solution? And why not...
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ConsumerAffairs: Phishing Attempts are Growing Like Wildfire and Becoming Harder to Detect
John Wilson spoke to ConsumerAffairs about today’s phishing scam scene and provided tips to recognize legitimate emails from phishing attempts.
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Forbes Advisor: Your Payment Cards Face A Growing Threat From Hackers
Safeguarding our credit and debit cards is something we all need to prioritize. In his latest Forbes Advisor article, John Wilson provides tips to keep your payment card details safe from fraud.
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Are Cybersecurity and Data Protection Now Integral to Business Success?
Mon, 02/06/2023
A famous front cover of The Economist in 2017 declared that the 'world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data.' The value of data has indeed increased significantly. Organizations rely on data and data analytics for almost every facet of their operations and use it to make insightful decisions to help move the business forward.
Many have invested in the tools and solutions - AI, CRM,...
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Crucial Tech Podcast with John Wilson: Hybridized Vishing Attacks
In Cyber Protection Magazine’s Crucial Tech podcast, John Wilson, Senior Fellow, Threat Research, delves into the latest research from Agari and PhishLabs by Fortra.
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The Last Watchdog: The Drivers Behind Persistent Ransomware and Defensive Tactics to Deploy
In his guest essay for The Last Watchdog, Eric George, Director of Solutions Engineering at PhishLabs by Fortra, explains what ransomware is, who the high-stake threat actors are, and how organizations can defend themselves against ransomware attacks.
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Forbes: What is Vishing, and Why is it a Threat to Your Financial Health?
In his August contribution to Forbes Advisor, John Wilson explains what vishing is, the most common vishing scams and how individuals and organizations can protect themselves from vishing scammers.
News Article
ZDNet: Scammers Are Using This Sneaky Trick to Bypass Spam Filters
Hybrid vishing (email-initiated voice phishing) attacks are on the rise. In this ZDNet article, John Wilson discusses the findings from the latest Agari and PhishLabs research and explains what organizations can do to help prevent hybrid vishing attacks.
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Response-Based Email Threats Targeting Corporate Inboxes Are The Highest Since 2020, According To Fortra's Latest Agari And PhishLabs Report
Response-based attacks targeting corporate inboxes have climbed to their highest volume since 2020, representing 41 percent of all email-based scams targeting employees, during Q2 of this year. This is according to the latest Quarterly Threat Trends & Intelligence Report from Agari and PhishLabs, part of the Fortra cybersecurity portfolio.