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Banks want to help you send money. So do phishers

A group of U.S. banks are starting to offer a service called Zelle that lets you send money to your…

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Why it’s so easy to fool White House officials with fake emails

It just keeps happening. A prankster who over the past few months tricked the heads of several major banks into thinking that…

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Messaging industry group names Valimail CTO Peter Goldstein as technical committee co-chair

We’re proud to announce that Valimail CTO and co-founder Peter Goldstein has been appointed as a technical committee co-chair for M3AAWG,…

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Valimail earns recognition from MIT sloan CIO Symposium

MIT’s Kresge Auditorium, site of the MITSloan CIO Symposium. Photo credit: Gunnar Klack/Flickr We’re happy to announce that MIT Sloan…

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CEO to CFO phishing scams are on the rise. Here’s one we caught in the act

There has been a lot of coverage in the media recently about spear phishing and the ‘CEO to CFO’ scam, and for…

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Russian Phishing Attack Uses Harvard Emails —  Due to Lack of Email Authentication

Harvard Kennedy School’s Littauer Building. Photo credit: KAKM on en.wikipedia A Russian phishing attack used a fake Harvard email address…

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Valimail CEO Explains the Basics of Email Authentication in Wharton Podcast

Valimail CEO and cofounder Alexander García-Tobar recently spoke on the Wharton Business School talk show Bay Area Ventures.” If you…

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Email Impersonation Knows No Borders

Hello…Elvis? Photo credit: Gunnshots Email impersonation scams, also known as business email compromise (BEC) or phishing attacks, have risen 20 percent in…

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RSA Threat Report Reveals 308% Year-over-Year Phishing Rise

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A Note from Our CEO: Valimail Hits the Turbojets

Every company hits an inflection point — a point at which it’s no longer “if” there’s a market but “how…

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Attention Governments: Defense, Not Warnings, Is the Answer to Phishing

It’s been all too common a story this year. A certain government organization learns that phishing emails spoofing its identity…

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Study: Even sophisticated users can’t resist clicking on links in emails

All too often, companies respond to the threat of phishing attacks by punishing the employees who fell for them and by…

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New Black Hat Research Names Phishing #1 Concern

In the just-released 2016 Black Hat Attendee Survey, phishing far-and-away topped the list for the type of attack that scares security…

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Email Authentication Infographic and Other Stories Worth Reading

It has been a big news week for ValiMail. In addition to our presence in the Krebs on Security article I…

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CMOs: Phishing puts your brand at risk

Don’t let phishing erode your customer’s trust. Image: Flickr/ Lars Plougmann Email is the top communication channel for marketers to…

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Corporations Understand DMARC Is Critical. So Why Can’t They Get to Enforcement?

Photo credit: Chris Lim/Flickr The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) recently published the 2016 results of its annual Online Trust Audit, an analysis of corporations’…

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What Uber can teach banks — and other enterprises — about email security

Old bank vault door. Photo credit: John W. Iwanski/Flickr Phishing scams are costing American businesses big bucks. A recent FBI report (.pdf)…

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Senior Execs Fired for Spear Phishing Success

In the wake of the much-discussed payroll company that fired an employee for falling victim to a spear phishing scam, an Austrian…

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W-2 Phishing Attacks Leave All Companies Exposed

If you have been following online security threats, you may think of phishing as a practice aimed at gaining the credentials…