Kaspersky is proud to announce its new partnership with the Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Center – the location in Star City where cosmonauts from all over the world prepare to go to space. As part of this collaboration, the company will hold special training for cosmonauts, as well as IT specialists at the center, to educate them on the current cybersecurity landscape. Space development and exploration is actively driven by advanced technology and it is important that the i...
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Cyber-criminals are evolving their tactics with Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks by transferring victims from email over to mobile communications channels early on in a scam, according to Agari. Researcher James Linton described how such an attack typically takes place, with the initial spoofed CEO email containing a request for the recipient’s mobile phone number. “By moving them over to their cell phone, the scammer is equipping their victim with all the functionality needed...
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Cyber-criminals are taking advantage of a little-known feature in Gmail to escalate their scam operations more efficiently, according to new research from Agari. The email security vendor claimed in a blog post that the problem stems from what it describes as “dot accounts.” This relates to a decision by Google to allow Gmail users to own “all dotted versions” of their address. In the example given by Agari senior threat researcher, Ronnie Tokazowski, if a user registers ...
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Wallarm is looking to gain share in the growing market for application security, with continued advancements to the company's Framework for Automatic Security Testing, or FAST, platform. On Oct. 22, Wallarm announced that it raised $8 million in a Series A round of funding, led by Toba Capital and including the participation of Y Combinator, Partech and Gagarin Capital. Alongside the funding, the company is rolling out the latest update of its FAST platform that provides improved vulnerabili...
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Many Fortune 500, FTSE 100 and ASX 100 companies have failed to properly implement the DMARC standard, exposing their customers and partners to phishing and other email-based attacks, according to email security firm Agari. In a report titled “Global DMARC Adoption Report: Open Season for Phishers,” Agari, which in the past years has obtained tens of millions of dollars in funding, shared the results of its analysis into the adoption of DMARC....
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SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwired - Dec 13, 2016) - Agari, a leading cybersecurity company, today announced the release of a new book by Agari Chief Scientist Markus Jakobsson and other cybersecurity thought leaders, Understanding Social Engineering Based Scams. The book describes the increased use of social engineering for email scams, and offers tools and techniques to identify these trends, as well as countermeasures to prevent these attacks. Examples of social engineering attacks, which are typica...
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Cybercriminals are maturing their “weaponization” of email borne attacks, with sophisticated malware and “blitzkrieg” attacks designed to steal personal information, extort money and destroy trust between business and customer, according to email security firm Agari....
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