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| 02.03.2025 | Greenfield Partners: $400 Million In Capital Commitments Closed | Global early growth investor Greenfield Partners announced that it has closed $400 million in capital commitments, adding leading institutional investors from the U.S., Europe, and Asia-Pacific. These new funds bring Greenfield’s total asse... |
| 25.10.2023 | チェック・ポイント、Dropboxを騙るフィッシングの急増を確認 | 包括的なサイバーセキュリティソリューションプロバイダーであるチェック・ポイント・ソフトウェア・テクノロジーズ（Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. < https://www.checkpoint.com/ > 、NASDAQ：CHKP、以下チェック・ポイント）は、Dropboxを騙る攻撃が急増していることを確認しました。9月の最初の2週間で、5,550件の攻撃が確認されています。
ハッカーたちはDropboxを利用して... |
| 19.05.2023 | How business email compromise attacks emulate legitimate web services to lure clicks | Image: Adobe Stock.
Threat actors have added a new wrinkle to traditional business email compromise cyberattacks. Call it BEC 3.0 — phishing attacks that bury the hook in legitimate web services like Dropbox.
Avanan, a unit of Check Point S... |
| 28.02.2023 | How SlashNext is using generative AI to shut down ChatGPT phishing attacks | ChatGPT and generative AI have made life difficult for security teams. Simply by writing a brief prompt, a wannabe hacker can generate a phishing email template in seconds, which they can send off to countless unsuspecting users until one m... |
| 20.01.2023 | Хакеры распространяют вредоносы в пустых изображениях в письмах | Исследователи компании Avanan выяснили, что злоумышленники внедряют вредоносное ПО в пустые изображения в электронных письмах. Это позволяет им обходить проверку службы VirusTotal.
Хакеры отправляют жертвам мошеннический документ, связанный... |
| 21.12.2022 | More automation, zero trust and complex attacks -- enterprise security predictions for 2023 | Over the past couple of years enterprise security teams have faced a number of challenges, not least the shift to more remote and hybrid working.
This has driven forward plans to adopt automation and technologies like zero trust. So, what c... |
| 15.12.2022 | Phishing scams are coming to town | The Christmas holiday period is a peak time for phisherfolk. Research from Check Point shows 17 percent of all malicious files distributed by email in November were related to orders and shipping around the Black Friday period.
This is expe... |
| 17.10.2022 | Phishing Campaign Spoofs Google Translate To Steal Your Credentials | Email impersonation is one of the most widely used phishing attacks. Attackers send emails that look to have come from a legitimate and trusted service provider and trick victims into sharing sensitive information such as login credentials ... |
| 06.10.2022 | Almost 19 percent of phishing emails bypass Microsoft Defender | For many organizations, Microsoft 365 has become their default service for email. But for attackers this makes it attractive as a point of compromise.
New research from cloud and email security specialist Avanan shows that the missed phishi... |
| 25.08.2022 | How a business email compromise scam spoofed the CFO of a major corporation | Image: iStock/jauhari1 Must-read security coverage
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| 18.08.2022 | How phishing attacks are exploiting Amazon Web Services | Image: Adobe Stock
Cybercriminals prefer to use legitimate sites and services in their phishing scams, not just to trick unsuspecting victims but to sneak past security scanners that would otherwise block traffic from a suspicious site. In ... |
| 16.05.2022 | Gmail scam: Hackers target users with con that’s elusive even to the trained eye | TechGmail scam: Hackers target users with con that’s elusive even to the trained eye
Cyber scammers have discovered a new way to trick their victims into believing the phishing emails they send out are legitimate
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| 21.04.2022 | How phishing attacks are spoofing credit unions to steal money and account credentials | Image: iStock/jauhari1
Phishing emails work by masquerading as seemingly legitimate messages from well-known or essential companies and businesses. The goal is to trick the recipient into sharing account credentials and other sensitive data... |
| 14.04.2022 | How cybercriminals are creating malicious hyperlinks that bypass security software | Image: Andriy Onufriyenko / Getty Images Must-read security coverage
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| 05.04.2022 | Phishers taking advantage of Gmail’s SMTP relay service to impersonate brands | Image: iStockPhoto
As the number of malware and ransomware attacks continue to become more prevalent, cybersecurity has become a focal point for many industries and individuals. Google’s email client is one that has been compromised by some... |
| 24.03.2022 | Hackers spoof fintech apps as tax season approaches | The annual tax season is inevitably the cue for a spate of attacks impersonating official sites or popular accounting software.
In a new twist for this year researchers at email security firm Avanan have uncovered attacks spoofing fintech a... |
| 20.03.2022 | Standard virtual workspace security is improving but still not enough | The COVID-19 pandemic sparked a shift towards work-from-home or telecommuting arrangements, which many companies are saying they are likely to retain even after the pandemic. This new way of working or doing business has raised the demand f... |
| 09.03.2022 | SlashNext launches anti-phishing solution for Microsoft 365 | Join today's leading executives online at the Data Summit live now! Watch here.
Today, software-as-a-service (SaaS) -based anti-phishing provider SlashNext announced the launch of SlashNext email protection for Microsoft 365. The phishing p... |
| 09.03.2022 | SlashNext launches anti-phishing solution for Microsoft 365 | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Today, software-as-a-service (SaaS) -based anti-p... |
| 23.02.2022 | Microsoft Teams is the new frontier for phishing attacks | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Even with email-based phishing attacks proving to... |
| 23.02.2022 | Microsoft Teams is the new frontier for phishing attacks | Join today's leading executives online at the Data Summit on March 9th. Register here.
Even with email-based phishing attacks proving to be more successful than ever, cyberattackers are ramping up their efforts to target employees on additi... |
| 21.02.2022 | Microsoft Teams Malware Has Spiked in Recent Months | Your Microsoft Teams account might not be as secure as you thought: Hackers are spreading malware through the business software service.
Since January, researchers say, Microsoft Teams‘ 270 million users risked an attack in the form of a ma... |
| 18.02.2022 | Cyberattack threat: Corporate users infected via Microsoft Teams | Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto
Researchers from Avanan, a Check Point company, have announced the discovery of attacks exploiting the Microsoft Teams communication platform to infect corporate users. How the attacks got their initial footh... |
| 17.02.2022 | Microsoft Teams Meetings Now Targeted by Hackers to Spread Trojan Malware | Urian B., Tech Times 17 February 2022, 02:02 pm
Microsoft Teams is the newest target for hackers as malicious executable files are being dropped under the disguise that they might just be coming from a co-worker. Security provider Avanan, h... |
| 15.02.2022 | Metaverse As The New Attack Vector And Other Security Headlines To Come In 2022 | Stu Sjouwerman is the Founder and CEO of KnowBe4 Inc., a security awareness training and simulated phishing platform. |
| 05.02.2022 | Google SMTP service exploited to send spoof emails | Most of us don't think too much about the 'From' address field on our emails, it's filled in by your mail program or web service. At the recipient's end security tools can check this against the sending server to verify that the mail is leg... |
| 13.01.2022 | Attackers use Adobe Cloud to host phishing documents | Adobe Creative Cloud hosts popular apps including Photoshop and Acrobat, it also aids collaboration by allowing users to share documents.
Cybersecurity researchers at Avanan have discovered that hackers are now exploiting these file-sharing... |
| 06.01.2022 | Google Docs Users Beware! New Phishing Campaign Uses Comment Feature to Send Malicious Emails | Teejay Boris, Tech Times 06 January 2022, 08:01 pm
Google Docs comment feature is now being used to spread phishing emails by cybercriminals, sending malicious links to their targets without being evaded by the email spamming system.
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| 06.01.2022 | Hackers exploit Google Docs in new phishing campaign | Image: GrafVishenka, Getty Images/iStockPhotos
One of the favorite tactics of cybercriminals is to exploit legitimate products for illegitimate purposes. And the more popular the product, the greater the chances of success. A new report rel... |
| 09.12.2021 | How a phishing campaign is able to exploit Microsoft Outlook | Image: iStock/OrnRin
Phishing attacks often try to arouse interest by impersonating actual companies, products or brands. And the more popular or pervasive the company or brand, the greater the chances of trapping unsuspecting victims. That... |
| 05.11.2021 | Voice phishing attack spoofs Amazon to steal credit card information | Image: iStock/OrnRin
As the holidays approach, cybercriminals will be pulling the usual stunts to take advantage of the season. That means we can expect scams that exploit retailers such as Amazon. A recent campaign spotted by email securit... |
| 28.10.2021 | How safe is your email? | Despite the rising popularity of other communication and collaboration methods like Zoom and Teams, email remains at the core of business correspondence. However, it also remains a popular vehicle for delivering cyberattacks and other unwel... |
| 02.09.2021 | Check Point Software adquire empresa de segurança de colaboração e e-mail em nuvem | A Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd., fornecedora líder de soluções de cibersegurança global, anunciou a aquisição da Avanan, empresa de segurança de e-mail em nuvem com Inteligência Artificial (IA). A tecnologia Avanan oferece seguran... |
| 10.08.2021 | Keep Company Emails Safe from Phishing Attacks | Email services are central to modern communication. Ironically, 85% of emails today aren’t meant to foster communication at all. Spam is rampant in inboxes all over the world. While some spam is merely annoying, spam can also include real d... |
| 30.06.2021 | Manufacturing and healthcare among top targets for phishing attacks | A new report from cloud email and collaboration specialist Avanan shows healthcare and manufacturing as two of the top industries being targeted by hackers in the first half of the year.
The most attacked industries are IT, healthcare, and ... |
| 22.06.2021 | Google Docs está sendo usado para enganar usuários e roubar senhas | Todo mundo sabe que é importante ter cuidado com links compartilhados via email, mensagens instantâneas e redes sociais. Mas ações maliciosas também podem explorar outras plataformas. É o caso do Google Docs: a empresa de segurança e serviç... |
| 20.04.2021 | 16 Essential Questions An Effective Cybersecurity Assessment Must Answer | Getty |
| 08.01.2021 | Businesses need to take Teams security seriously | Microsoft Teams has been one of the winners of the pandemic, with usage in December 2020 estimated at 115 million daily users, growing from 32 million in early March.
But this success has also made Teams a tempting target for hackers. Cloud... |
| 10.01.2020 | How cybercriminals are using Microsoft Sway to launch phishing attacks | You may not be familiar with Microsoft Sway or at least have never used it. But cybercriminals have been exploiting this web app to send phishing emails to unsuspecting victims, according to a new report from Avanan. Must-read security cove... |
| 11.10.2019 | Gone phishing -- how the threat has developed | Phishing attacks have become commonplace to the point where we almost take them for granted. From the cybercriminal's point of view they are popular because they work.
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| 10.04.2019 | A quarter of phishing emails bypass Office 365 security | According to a new study analyzing more than 55 million emails, 25 percent of phishing emails bypass Office 365 security, using malicious links and attachments as the main vectors.
Other findings of the report from cloud-native security fir... |
| 19.12.2018 | New York-Based Enterprise Security Provider Avanan Raises $25 Million | New York-based enterprise security provider Avanan announced it has raised $25 million in Series B funding from existing investors StageOne Ventures, Magma Venture Partners, and Greenfield Partners (TPG Growth investment platform). |
| 17.12.2018 | Avanan Raises $25M in Series B Funding | Avanan, a NYC-based enterprise security provider for SaaS-based email and collaboration platforms, raised $25m in Series B funding.
Backers included StageOne Ventures, Magma Venture Partners and Greenfield Partners (a TPG Growth investment ... |
| 17.12.2018 | Daily funding roundup - December 17th, 2018 | TicketGuardian raised $8M; Omnivore, Sea Machines and SonarMD raised 10M; Avanan raised $25M;
TicketGuardian: TicketGuardian is a InsurTech company in the Live Events space. TicketGuardian has raised $8 million in Series A funding. The roun... |
| 17.12.2018 | Avanan Raises $25M in Series B |
NEW YORK, NY, Avanan has raised $25 million in Series B funding.
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| 17.12.2018 | Term Sheet — Monday, December 17 | THE GREAT POLITICAL FIGHTS OF 2019
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| 17.12.2018 | Avanan Raises $25 Million to Revolutionize How Businesses Secure SaaS Email and Collaboration | Avanan is the only multi-vendor security app store to protect businesses using SaaS in the workplace
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Avanan, an enterprise security provider for SaaS-based email and collaboration platforms, annou... |
| 17.12.2018 | Avanan Raises $25M Series B | NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Avanan, an enterprise security provider for SaaS-based email and collaboration platforms, announced today that it has raised $25 million in Series B funding from existing investors StageOne Ventures, Magma Venture... |
| 17.12.2018 | Avanan Raises $25 million to Revolutionize How Businesses Secure SaaS Email and Collaboration | Read more |
| 17.12.2018 | Top startup news for today, Monday, December 17 | Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Monday, December 17.
Tech startup Toast bags $115 million to simply work for restaurant owners. Toast, an all-in-one restaurant technology platform, has rais... |
| 28.06.2016 | Meet Jigsaw, the ransomware that taunts victims and offers live support | Enlarge
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| 18.05.2016 | Avanan Raises $14.9M Series A Round |
NEW YORK, NY, Cloud security innovator, today announced that it has raised $14.9 million in Series A financing.
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| 17.05.2016 | Avanan Raises $14.9 Million Series A Financing Round | NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 17, 2016–
Avanan, a cloud security innovator, today announced that it has raised $14.9 million in Series A financing. Greenfield Cities Holdings, L.P. (GFC), a TPG Growth portfolio company, led the round, with p... |
| 17.05.2016 | Avanan Raises $14.9M in Series A Funding | Avanan, a New York City-based provider of a cloud security platform, raised $14.9m in Series A funding.
Greenfield Cities Holdings, L.P. (GFC), a TPG Growth portfolio company, led the round, with participation from existing investors Magma ... |
| - | Google Docs comment flaw exploited by attackers | A flaw in the comments feature of Google Docs is allowing attackers to target users with phishing emails.
Security researchers at email security company Avanan have observed what they call, "a new, massive wave of hackers" using t... |
| - | Check Point Software adquire empresa de segurança de colaboração e e-mail em nuvem | A Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd., fornecedora líder de soluções de cibersegurança global, anunciou a aquisição da Avanan, empresa de segurança de e-mail em nuvem com Inteligência Artificial (IA). A tecnologia Avanan oferece seguran... |
| - | Keep Company Emails Safe from Phishing Attacks | Email services are central to modern communication. Ironically, 85% of emails today aren’t meant to foster communication at all. Spam is rampant in inboxes all over the world. While some spam is merely annoying, spam can also include real d... |
