Security News > 2022 > February > Cloudflare buys anti-phishing business Area 1 for $162m

Krazy Glue of the internet Cloudflare has buffed up its email security with the purchase of anti-phishing firm Area 1.

Area 1 Security is all about pre-emptively tracking phishing campaigns and preventing customer mailboxes being troubled thanks to its INBOX.CLEAN product.

Cloudflare introduced an Advanced Email Security Suite in 2021 and rolled out its Email Security DNS Wizard in September that year.

Prior to this, in early 2020, Cloudflare signed up with Area 1 and then things took an unexpected turn, as highlighted by Cloudflare execs yesterday.

"With Area 1, we've been able to proactively identify phishing campaigns and take action against them before they cause damage," said Cloudflare CTO John Graham-Cumming.

"Our CEO hadn't seen any phishing attempts reported by our employees for many weeks, a rare occurrence. It turns out our employees weren't reporting any phishing attempts, because Area 1 was catching all phishing attempts before they reached our employees' inboxes."

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