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Identillect Technologies Corp V.ID

Identillect Technologies Corp. operates through its wholly owned subsidiary, Identillect Technologies Inc. is a software development company that has developed an email encryption software solution. Its activities include research, design, and development of an email encryption solution for use by business and individuals in their day-to-day communication. Its software Delivery Trust is a proprietary email encryption technology targets organizations of all sizes, as well as individuals medical professionals, insurance companies, accountants, lawyers, real estate agents, and educators on a monthly subscription basis. Delivery Trust can be accessed by professionals on a range of electronic communication devices. Delivery Trust integrates multi-factor authentication (MFA) for account login as well as recipient verification. MFA combines two or more independent credentials: what the user knows (password), what the user possesses (token) or what the user is like (biometric verification).


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Post by PennyTrader10on May 16, 2019 9:41am
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$$$$ - Email security is greater threat than ever

Email security is greater threat than ever

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Emails containing malicious URLs are up by 125 percent when compared to last quarter according to new research from Mimecast.

The email and data security company's latest Email Security Risk Assessment(ESRA) report has revealed that the delivery of emails containing malicious URLs is on the rise as the lines between email and web security are blurring.

 

This is the first year that Mimecast has tested for malicious URLs in its ESRA report and the firm detected 463,546 malicious URLs in over 28m emails that were deemed “safe” by an organization's existing email security system for an average of one malicious URL in every 61 emails.

The firm also conducted recent research with Vanson Bourne independently to confirm that malicious URLs are a rampant problem with 45 percent of 1,025 respondents saying the volume of these URL-based attacks has increased over the last year.

 

Undetected email attacks

In addition to malicious URLs, Mimecast's latest ESRA report also found 24m spam emails, 26,713 malware attachments, 53,753 impersonation attacks and 23,872 dangerous file types. In total, the firm inspected over 230m emails that contained a variety of attack types missed by today's security solution providers that put both organizations and individuals at risk.

Cybersecurity strategist at Mimecast Matthew Gardiner provided further insight on the ESRA report's findings, saying:

“Email and the web are natural complements when it comes to the infiltration of an organization. Email delivers believable content and easily clickable URLs, which then can lead unintended victims to malicious web sites. URLs within emails are literally the point of intersection between email and the web. Organizations need the visibility across both channels in order to have the protection required to stay on top of today’s ever evolving and expanding threats and having a single vendor in an integrated solution can help. Cybercriminals are constantly looking for new ways to evade detection, often turning to easier methods like social engineering to gain intel on a person or pulling images from the internet to help ‘legitimize’ their impersonation attempts to gain credentials or information from unsuspecting users.” 

Mimecast's research with Vanson Bourne also brought attention to the fact that impersonation fraud continues with 41 percent of respondents reported seeing an increase in impersonation fraud from vendors or business partners asking for money, sensitive information or credentials. Furthermore, 38 percent said they've seen an increase of impersonation fraud from well-known internet brands.


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