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Expert Insights: Cybersecurity Best Practices and Warnings During the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 is a rapidly spreading virus that is causing a fundamental shift in how business is conducted in every industry from retail, financial services, healthcare and more. Malicious attacks are rising during this time as hackers see the panic and opportunity to move swiftly to capitalize on fear and desire for answers. Read the full …

March 27, 2020

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No, Corona Antivirus can’t fight COVID-19

COVID-19-themed scams are exploding both online and offline. Hijacked Twitter accounts peddling fake cures, scammy sites offering emergency supplies, misinformation campaigns, phishing emails and – can you believe it? – even a computer antivirus solution that protects against COVID-19! What will online scammers think of next? Read the full article in Help Net Security here.

March 26, 2020

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World Health Organization sees targeted cyberattacks double

The WHO said cyberattacks have more than doubled in recent months as malicious hackers attempt to pose as the organisation. Read the full article in Silicon Republic here.

March 26, 2020

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Hackers Created Thousands of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Related Sites As Bait

As the world comes to grips with the coronavirus pandemic, the situation has proven to be a blessing in disguise for threat actors, who’ve taken advantage of the opportunity to target victims with scams or malware campaigns. Read the full article in The Hacker News here.

March 20, 2020

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Cyber Attacks Increase as Cybercriminals Capitalize on COVID-19 Fears

With everyone hunkered down, working from home, taking online classes or just killing the time browsing the web, cyber attacks are exploiting the public’s fears about the coronavirus and using email phishing schemes. According to software company Abnormal Security, the hacker responsible for this scheme is taking advantage of the fact that “students and staff …

March 20, 2020

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Coronavirus: Cybercriminals profit off COVID-19 fears; here are ways to secure your information and connection

While many across the U.S. and Bay Area are sheltering-in-place, cybercriminals are striking. Cybersecurity experts say online scammers are on the offensive, targeting vulnerable Internet users. Another phishing attack, uncovered by Abnormal Security, targeted students and university staff with bogus emails in a bid to steal their Office 365 credentials by redirecting unsuspecting victims to …

March 19, 2020

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Coronavirus phishing scam targets university students, staff

A new phishing email campaign targeting college students and staff to capture log-in credential and infect computers with malware is taking advantage the coronavirus pandemic to appear more legitimate to its targets. The San Francisco-based software company Abnormal Security published an advisory on its website last Friday noting that attackers are using the fact that students and …

March 19, 2020

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The cybersecurity industry is in an ‘arms race’ to use AI and stop a huge surge in hackers trying to exploit the coronavirus crisis to steal passwords

New research from the San Francisco email security firm Abnormal Security has found that students as well as businesses are being targeted. A new phishing campaign is sending emails that appear to be from universities announcing campus virus news. But links in the emails that spell out a legitimate web address lead instead to a …

March 19, 2020

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Hackers are using coronavirus concerns to trick you, cybersecurity pros warn

Hackers and cybercriminals have been leveraging the hype and fear connected with the growing COVID-19 pandemic as a tool to steal passwords and data. Discovered by San Francisco-based Abnormal Security, one attack uses an email that looks like it is coming from the school’s “health team” leading to a fake login page that tries to steal …

March 19, 2020

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Product Spotlight: Abnormal Security – Abnormal Cloud Email Security Platform

The Abnormal Cloud Email Security Platform stops targeted phishing, business email compromise and account takeover attacks using a uniqu combination of data science and behavior modeling. Read more at Enterprise Security Tech here.

March 6, 2020

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10 hot industry newcomers to watch at RSA Conference 2020

The RSA Conference 2020 Early Stage Expo is an innovation space dedicated to promoting emerging talent in the industry. Here are some of the most exciting companies exhibiting innovative products and solutions, which you can see in person in the San Francisco Ballroom, Moscone South, Level 2. Read the full article in Help Net Security here.

February 21, 2020

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25 Startups to See at RSA Conference 2020

Founded in 2018, Abnormal Security protects companies from targeted email attacks that were previously undetectable. Read more at Crunchbase here.

January 24, 2020

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VCs name the startups that will boom in 2020

“According to the FBI, business email compromise is the No. 1 cyber crime for enterprises,” says Motamedi. “Unlike other enterprise solutions, their technology models the identity of users, graphs their relationships and analyzes content to stop attacks that bypass other solutions.” Read the full article in Business Insider here.

January 21, 2020

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Built In San Francisco’s 50 Startups to Watch

Ever received a terse email from a suspicious account asking for wire transfers and potentially compromising information? Abnormal Security fights back against these scammers with data science tools, listening for signals and behaviors associated with malicious activity. The company claims its technology can detect compromised business email accounts and knows when a hacker is impersonating someone within …

January 21, 2020

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Abnormal Security’s CEO Aspires To Go Public. That Makes Him A Rarity.

But in a chicken-and-egg kind of way, one of the results of the decline in public exits is that fewer startup founders seem to aspire to build great companies…Evan Reiser [CEO of Abnormal Security] is different. He’s set his sights set on the old-fashioned dream of building an institution – and left a nice job …

January 11, 2020

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The 10 Hottest Cybersecurity Startups Of 2019

Abnormal Security was founded in 2018, and in November closed a $24 million Series A funding round led by Greylock Partners to better protect enterprises from unknown or targeted email attacks through a combination of identity models, relationship graphs and content analysis. Read more at CRN here.

November 27, 2019

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Can machine learning stop sophisticated email scams? This cybersecurity company thinks so.

A cybersecurity startup launched a new platform Tuesday designed to thwart sophisticated scams by identifying abnormal emailing behaviors. Aptly named Abnormal Security, the San Francisco startup aims to use behavior modeling and machine learning to root out suspicious emails that can cost companies big bucks. Read the full article in the San Francisco Business Times …

November 25, 2019

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How an Ex-Twitter Adman Plans to Squash Business Email Compromise, One of Tech’s Most Pernicious Threats

In spring of 2017, Asheem Chandna was sitting in a meeting at the Silicon Valley offices of Greylock Partners, the venture capital firm where he works as an investor, when he learned someone had hijacked his identity. Read the full article on Fortune here.

November 19, 2019

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Silicon Valley VC firm Greylock is betting big that startup founders are ready to trade garages and basements for swanky offices with its legendary startup incubator

Garages have a special place in Silicon Valley lore. The biggest behemoths, from Apple to Google to Amazon, reportedly started from those humble beginnings. The garage even earned itself several references in HBO’s tech industry satire “Silicon Valley.”  But just like hoodies and Soylent, the garage trend is falling out of favor with the next …

November 19, 2019

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Our Investment in Abnormal Security

We are excited to announce that Greylock led a $24M Series A investment in Abnormal Security, a company initiated and incubated in 2018 at Greylock offices. Founded by Evan Reiser and Sanjay Jeyakumar, two exceptional technologists and entrepreneurs, Abnormal is officially launching their product today: a next generation cloud email security platform that leverages data …

November 19, 2019

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