Email security threats

A single compromised email account is all it takes to let cyber criminals into your business.

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It’s too late for security by design

Unfortunately, email protocols weren’t originally designed with security in mind.
Every business must now actively defend against an ever-increasing range of sophisticated cyber threats.

Ransomware

Every organization has data that they can’t function without. Hackers exploit this need by blocking access or stealing files in order to extort payment.

Threat actors are now not only demanding money; they’re also removing sensitive data from the systems they attack, and the cost of damage to operations, assets and corporate reputation can easily run into millions.

Phishing is often the hackers’ first choice in getting ransomware through, tricking victims into directly releasing account logins or clicking a malware-laced link. Once they’re in, the malicious activity begins.

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Advanced AI-driven email security

Filters out 99.9% of phishing
and malware attacks

Tracks and monitors
all transactions

Unique sandbox defense
and time-of-click protection

Generative AI attacks

Today’s most dangerous emails don’t look dangerous at all. Bad actors are leveraging GenAI to create increasingly sophisticated phishing attacks, elevating the appearance, plausibility and frequency of their campaigns.

Cybercriminals can now use GenAI to create a convincing message that’s based on something an employee has received before, perhaps from a colleague. AI also makes it easier to use fake branding and imagery to make phishing emails look highly realistic. All this can be done much more quickly, and in far greater volume than ever before.

Traditional filters cannot keep up with the scale of GenAI-powered attacks: AI-powered threat detection is the only defense.

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Intelligent, layered email security

Context-aware protection
with detection from day 0

Adaptive Trust and Semantic AI
analyze behavior in context

Faster, smarter and local
AI email threat detection

Account takeover

Account takeover can cause all kinds of havoc and reputational damage.

Cybercriminals use bots or phishing to take over legitimate email accounts and use them to steal funds or data, install malware or ransomware.

They can also use stolen email accounts to make phishing attacks on others, so that recipients more likely to trust the sender and to do what they ask.

Hackers can change anything related to the account they’ve taken over, such as security questions, passwords and encryption settings.

This makes it impossible for the real owner to gain access.

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AI-driven anomaly detection

Identifies and prevents unusual activity

Real-time monitoring and intelligence

Suspicious email sends are proactively held

Business email compromise

Business email compromise (BEC) uses a combination of techniques, such as spoofing and phishing, to lure victims into paying fake invoices or revealing sensitive information.

It’s simple, even for those with a limited understanding of coding, for someone impersonate a user in your business, or an organization you trust, using a closely similar domain that’s not easy to spot.

Cyber criminals exploit human nature – the desire to help others, and the relationships that exist between the target and the impersonated person.

Without the right protection, email can be wide open to potential data theft using a simple, yet effective attack, with someone else using your domain to target others – or others’ to target you.

How to stop BEC

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Intelligent, layered security

Secure gateway scanning with deep AI

Dissects every URL path for hidden threats

Analyses attachments in an isolated local sandbox

Brand impersonation

With only a little coding knowledge, cyber criminals can send phishing emails from what appears to be your domain name (spoofing). Because these emails look to be from a trusted source, they can easily pass unnoticed.

By sending requests for payment, links, or even fake security questions, bad actors can then steal funds or data, or infiltrate third parties with malware or ransomware – all in your name.

To block unauthorized use of your brand and maintain trust in your domains, it’s essential to set up the right email authentication protocols (DMARC, DKIM and SPF).

You’ll be protecting your legitimate email addresses, as well as meeting the email security requirements that Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! and others demand of high-volume senders. And you don’t need specialist knowledge to put these simple measures in place.

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Validating email identity

Authenticate legitimate senders
using your domains

Protect your domains
from spoofing

Boost brand trust
and email deliverability

Phishing

Phishing contributes to 82% of all data breaches. Hackers exploit human nature as the weakest link in any cybersecurity strategy, sending fake emails to trick employees into giving away vital information.

It used to be relatively easy to spot fake phishing emails, but easy access to AI tools has made attacks more sophisticated, and therefore far more plausible.

An attacker only needs to trick one person into revealing their login details to be able to cause all kinds of harm, such as the installation of ransomware, system sabotage, or data theft. The cost can run into millions.

Like any other security or safety measures, phishing awareness, avoidance and best practice need to be embedded throughout your organization.

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