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December 09, 2021 3:53 PM
Tip of the ICEberg for Cloud-Native Email Security: Area 1 Named in the Gartner™ Market Guide for Email Security
Gone are the days of the Secure Email Gateway (SEG) being an option. Cloud-native email protection with multiple deployment options are now changing the game. With winter in our minds, it’s time to start talking about “ICE.”...
April 07, 2021 3:12 PM
Hackers Spill the Wine: Lockdown Led to Rise in Wine Domains and Wine Scammers
Area 1 Security and Recorded Future researchers report a significant increase in the number of new wine-themed phishing domains registered starting in April 2020, and continuing through at least March 2021....
April 02, 2021 3:15 PM
Area 1 Security Announces the Most Spoofed Brand of 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic’s influence on phishing and cyberattack lures is clear. Area 1 Security identified over 2 million phishing spoofs that exploited the World Health Organization between May 2020 and February 2021....
March 31, 2021 3:22 PM
Annual March Hackness 2021: The Not-So-Sweet 16 —The Pandemic’s Phishing Influence
The COVID-19 pandemic influenced which brands attackers exploited for phishing campaigns in 2021. For example, the World Health Organization and DocuSign made Area 1 Security’s 2021 March Hackness “Not-so-Sweet 16.”...
March 22, 2021 4:33 PM
Annual March Hackness: The Opener — What a Difference a Year Makes in the World of Phishing Attacks
Area 1 has been doing our own Phishing brackets over the past five years. We took a hiatus in 2020 (as did the NCAA), so today, we proudly introduce the 5th Annual March Hackness: The Phishing Tournament....
March 18, 2021 3:35 PM
Sophisticated Microsoft Spoof Targets Financial Departments
A sophisticated Microsoft Office 365 credential harvesting campaign targets financial departments at companies across multiple industries, as well as newly-appointed CEOs and executive assistants....
January 27, 2021 11:37 AM
Count yourself in for a vaccine phish: new phishing campaign exploits concern over COVID-19 vaccine availability
Area 1 has uncovered a coronavirus vaccine-themed campaign spoofing the CDC. The attack, which originally bypassed Office 365’s email security, uses a number of techniques to bypass normal anti-spoofing and email authentication methods....
December 11, 2020 12:03 PM
Phishpoint back in full swing: an infamous Microsoft SharePoint spoof resumes with new tactics
Our researchers detected an updated wave of Microsoft SharePoint phish that are leveraging new COVID-19 restrictions to steal victims’ login information....
November 10, 2020 2:49 PM
What is an Integrated Email Security solution? And is it right for your organization?
Gartner has named Area 1 Security as a Representative Vendor for IESS. We believe, Area 1 Security, as an IESS, provides the core functionalities of a SEG, but has the advantage of being very quick and easy to deploy, without requiring changes to the email flow at the gateway....
November 09, 2020 3:09 PM
Phishing campaign threatens job security, drops Bazar and Buer Malware
A phishing campaign is threatening targets with false claims of employment termination. The goal of the attacker is to intimidate employees into clicking on a link that will ultimately lead to Bazar or Buer malware infections by way of Trickbot....
October 20, 2020 9:45 AM
With 14 days to go, we haven’t nailed the basics: election security risks from expired domains
Failure for any organization to properly register their domains poses several key risks. For example, anyone who might register an election-sensitive domain would be able to assume the identity of elections officials and send phishing emails....
October 13, 2020 2:33 PM
Spike in Amazon phishing for Prime Day: a new day of deals means new phishing campaigns
Cyber criminals target Amazon Prime members. 2020 Prime Day phishing attacks attempt to steal credit card details, PII data....
October 06, 2020 10:48 AM
PAC spoof drops Emotet: phishing campaign leverages stolen PAC content to drop Emotet
President Donald Trump, election fundraising, Microsoft Office 365 used to send Emotet malware in fake Political Action Committee phishing email....
September 23, 2020 10:57 AM
Are you GDPR-compliant? New phishing message harvests credentials with GDPR lure
Credential harvesting phishing emails leverage GDPR compliance and exploits cloud-based services, Virtual Private Servers, to target sales executives....
