Microsoft Office 365 is a cloud-powered productivity platform that offers its users many benefits. However, like any other platform, it is also infested with cybercriminals and their ill-intended agendas. According to a recent report by SlashNext, there was an 856% increase in malicious email and messaging threats from April 2023 to April 2024. And that’s…
There’s so much talk in the industry about phishing attacks, but do you know how this classic technique of cyber deception came into being and evolved into the malicious force that we know today? There is no doubt that phishing attacks are one of the most nefarious and sophisticated cybersecurity threats, where the hacker tricks…
Is your mailbox flooded with unsolicited emails? While most of these emails are harmless (like bulk or spam), some of them have the potential to seriously damage your entire ecosystem. Year after year, these emails are getting more frequent and formidable. In fact, we are only halfway into 2024, and the number of fraudulent emails…
You might be familiar with DNS records that map domain names to IP addresses. But have you ever come across the term “PTR (Pointer) records” or perhaps “reverse DNS records?” PTR records, or reverse records, as the name suggests, are the exact opposite of “a” DNS records. So, instead of translating domain names to IP…
News Flash: The infamous North Korean group of hackers — Kimsuky strikes back! Kimsuky is not a new name in the cybersecurity circle, as it is well known for pulling off sophisticated email-based attacks and leveraging social engineering tactics. But this time, they have changed their approach and shifted their focus towards organizations that have DMARC…
Does your business involve your customers making card payments? If yes, this one is for you! Now that digital payments have become the backbone of most businesses, you cannot afford to let any unauthorized entity snoop in on your transactions or your customers’ card details. They could use this information to unleash havoc on your…
There is a multi-step journey between your outbox and the recipient’s inbox. Since the process is very quick, we don’t realize that when an email is in transit, it’s prone to tampering and modifications by malicious actors. You can deploy DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) to ensure nobody tampers with your emails in transit and prevent…
The process of deploying DMARC is crucial but complicated. To avoid problems related to maintenance, modifications, reporting, and troubleshooting, it’s vital that you plan and record everything. We suggest that before you start creating or modifying DNS records to analyze DMARC data, you take care of two things for a smooth deployment: Why Should You…
Google Calendar invites fail DMARC checks when the recipient replies to them, and the response goes back to Google’s servers instead of the sender’s domain. This happens because the ‘From’ address and the originating server don’t match. This failure also occurs due to the fact that Google uses shared IP addresses to send Google Calendar…
Deploying and configuring DKIM on Google Workspace is a two-step process, and administrators often skip the second step. In such cases, DKIM and DMARC function properly, and email delivery is not impacted either. However, DKIM doesn’t authenticate emails using your custom domain. Let’s see what these two steps are and how you can avoid breaking…
