BOSTON, July 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- More users than
ever are using their smartphones to browse and open emails, leaving
them vulnerable to scammers who are taking advantage of the small
screen sizes and reduced information displayed. The Email Laundry's
new Friendly Name Filter adds a new layer of protection by looking
at various parts of the header of an email to verify if it is
actually coming from the display name that is shown in a user's
inbox.
The Friendly Name filter works alongside cyber threat
intelligence and the other layers of email security protecting The
Email Laundry customers from advanced and ever-evolving email
attacks.
- Protection against social engineering attacks like whaling, CEO
fraud, business email compromise or W-2 fraud.
- Instant action from The Email Laundry Threat Intelligence
Network and Security Analyst teams
- Protects against Newly Registered and Newly Observed Domains to
catch the first email from a newly registered domain.
- Protects against Display name spoofing and attacks targeting
phones
- Protects against "looks like" and "sounds like" versions of
domain names
"Our new "FriendlyName filter" is an important tool in the
fight against impersonation detection."
"Attackers are using publicly available information to craft
emails which appear to come from legitimate users within an
organisation. Any user can fall victim to such an attack so having
effective protection is vitally important."
"Our customers now have an additional layer of security
against these CEO Fraud / Business Email Compromise
attacks."
-Ralph
Casey, CTO of The Email Laundry
For more information on The Email Laundry's Friendly Name Filter
please visit The Email Laundry Blog.
ABOUT THE EMAIL LAUNDRY
Email Laundry is a leading cloud-based email security and secure
gateway service, protecting over 10,000 companies worldwide. Backed
by advanced cyber threat intelligence and multi-layer filters, The
Email Laundry offers comprehensive email security defending against
impersonation attacks, ransomware, phishing, and other weaponized
attachments before they reach a user's inbox.
Top rated on Gartner Peer Insights and Spiceworks, The Email
Laundry supplies MSPs and other cyber security companies with cyber
threat intelligence feeds, email security, email archiving, email
continuity, as well as phishing awareness training.
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SOURCE The Email Laundry