Avanan Blog Industry Insights


Hackers Shifting Their Messages

A new study from KnowBe4 has quantified which phishing subject lines and links are the most likely to be clicked.

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Incident Responders Have it Rough

A new survey by IBM confirms what many in the incident response field know all too well--it's an incredibly difficult job.

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Link Re-Writing Inside Attachments

Scanning a link in the body of an email list an essential part of any security solution, though not everybody can do it. It's important because links that appear fin...

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Ransomware Tops Companies' Concerns

A new report from SonicWall found that ransomware is the biggest concern of most customers. A whopping 91% said it was their biggest concern. Phishing (76%) and encr...

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Secure Handling of Password-Protected Attachments

Password-protected attachments can be inspected, even if the email does not contain their passwords. Many phishing attacks include password-protected attachments as ...

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URL Emulation Behind Links for Better Security

Avanan's Click-Time Protection emulates websites behind links, to detect elusive zero-day phishing websites.  

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Evaluating Microsoft and Other Email Security Services

Microsoft is the most popular email service in the world. 

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Phishing in the Sky

Recently, Americans Airlines stated that the personal information of a “very small number” of employees and customers was affected by an unauthorized party’s comprom...

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Avanan Featured in G2's Best Of Lists...Again

Every season, G2 comes out with badges for their Best Of Lists. And every season, we humbled and blown away by the amount of positive reviews and badges we receive. ...

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Avanan Named to Channel Futures Top 20 List of Email Security Providers

Channel Futures published a list of the top 20 email security providers and Avanan is proud to be on the list. 

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Are You Scanning URLs?

Many attacks detonate post-delivery, meaning they easily get by email scanners and are only dangerous after the user clicks on the link. URL rewriting, along with ti...

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Sending Phishing Emails to Junk Remains a Bad Idea

A few years back, we coined the term "Dumpster Diving."

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The API Agent Sync Problem

How many times a day do you check your email on your phone? For 85% of us, checking email on mobile is the default. It's simple and easy.

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API-Based Competitors Have the Same Two Flaws. We Solved It Years Ago.

Avanan created the API-based email security field in 2015.

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Anti-Phishing Steps to Take Today

Phishing is the number one cause of breaches today. From simple-seeming spoofs to complex, malware-driven scams, phishing is everywhere. It can be a huge cause of co...

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Other API Vendors Are a Fake Substitute for Email Security

There are two types of API-based email security solutions. One provides real security. The other is a knockoff. Let's explain: 

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How To Stop The Drip-Drip of Phishing

Have you heard that fabled water-faucet analogy?

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The Five Tenants of True Protection

What does protection against the most virulent threats today look like? There are tons of measures to take to keep your organization secure. But incorporating these ...

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ThreatCloud's Scale is Unmatched

ThreatCloud, Check Point's threat intelligence repository, does 86 billion transactions a day.

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The Workforce Security Report

In 2021, hackers were more productive than ever. In 2021, according to Check Point Research, over 10,000 new malicious files and 100,000 new malicious websites were ...

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