Despite not being designed for identity verification, email’s convenience made it a common business identifier. Criminals target this pervasive use as a primary entry point for their activities. Read the newly published report, The Lying Gatekeeper, to explore these topics:
A Convenient Lie — How email, a messaging protocol built in 1971, became the de facto identity layer for the digital economy, and why that decision was never as safe as it seemed.
Learn more →Email was never built to be your digital passport. Created as a simple, open-network protocol for exchanging messages between trusted parties, it lacked the foundational architecture for authentication, financial security, or identity verification.
Yet today, email has quietly become the de facto primary identifier for billions of users. From resetting bank passwords to approving high-value transactions, the email address is the gatekeeper of the digital economy. This reliance has created a security paradox: we treat email as a permanent, trusted anchor of identity, even though it is one of the most easily compromised assets in a criminal’s toolkit.
Learn more →If you’ve worked in fraud prevention or cybersecurity, you’ve probably heard it a thousand times: “Just turn on multi-factor authentication (MFA). It’ll stop the hackers.”
And sure, MFA helps — a lot. But here’s the reality no one likes to admit: the most common doorway attackers use to bypass MFA is a compromised email account. The inbox — that familiar, everyday tool we all rely on — is often the weakest link in account security. It’s the digital key to password resets, login approvals, and account verifications. When that key is stolen or spoofed, even the strongest MFA setup can crumble.
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