How Cloudflare helps secure the inboxes of democracy
December 12, 2022 2:00 PM
Cloudflare email security tool worked hard in the 2022 midterm elections to ensure that the email inboxes of those seeking office were secure....
December 12, 2022 2:00 PM
Cloudflare email security tool worked hard in the 2022 midterm elections to ensure that the email inboxes of those seeking office were secure....
September 20, 2022 1:30 PM
Cloudflare started using Area 1 in 2020 and proceeded with acquiring the company in 2022. We were most impressed how phishing, responsible for 90+% of cyberattacks, basically became a non-issue overnight when we deployed Area 1. But our vision is much bigger than preventing phishing attacks...
June 20, 2022 2:02 PM
As part of our exciting journey to integrate Area 1 into our broader Zero Trust suite, Cloudflare Gateway customers can soon enable Remote Browser Isolation for email links. With Email Link Isolation, gain an unmatched level of protection from sophisticated multi-channel email-based attacks...
June 20, 2022 1:28 PM
Area 1’s massive datasets of phishing campaign TTPs, seed infrastructure and threat models are now combined with Cloudflare’s extensive network and global insight into the origins of DNS, email or web traffic...
June 20, 2022 1:14 PM
Traditional SEG architectures were built for the email environments of yesterday. Learn how to seamlessly transition to cloud-native, preemptive email security...
March 26, 2022 3:44 PM
Learn who made the list of the top brands that attackers use in phishing lures. This bracket is based on an analysis of more than 56 million phishing emails blocked by Area 1’s solution in the preceding 12 months since Feb 2022. ...
February 23, 2022 10:00 PM
Earlier today we announced that Cloudflare has agreed to acquire Area 1 Security...
December 09, 2021 3:53 PM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Cyber criminals target Amazon Prime members. 2020 Prime Day phishing attacks attempt to steal credit card details, PII data....