Sometimes, even illegitimate emails pass the DMARC check, and that’s because of the lack of enforcement controls by the domain owners. This is one of the primary cybersecurity vulnerabilities that allow cybercriminals to fool people through phishing emails. In October 2022, phishing attacks targeted nearly 600 brand names globally. Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo emerged as…
Nobody drafts an email intending to have it land in the spam or junk folder of the recipient, but when it happens, your communication gets hampered. You either fail to communicate a message or don’t get a response unless the recipient happens to check their spam folder. Mailboxes place suspicious emails in spam folders to…
As of January 16, 2023, the United States led globally in the daily volume of spam emails sent, totaling approximately 8 billion. Czechia and the Netherlands followed closely, ranking second and third with 7.7 billion and 7.6 billion spam emails, respectively. To combat such uncontrollable numbers of phishing and spamming instances, Google and Yahoo rolled…
DNS is a foundational component of email security, providing essential mechanisms for authenticating senders, emails routing, and filtering malicious content. The integration of DNS-based protocols enhances the overall trustworthiness and security of email communication. Since email has become a primary mode of communication, with the number of global e-mail users set to grow to 4.73…
Now that DMARC implementation has become a norm in 2024, it is important that you understand its nuances to make informed decisions and fortify your organization’s defenses. One of the integral aspects that determine the efficacy of DMARC authentication is choosing the right DMARC alignment mode. When it comes to DMARC alignment, choosing between relaxed…
Google and Yahoo have unveiled a new email authentication policy that will be effective from February 1, 2024. So, if you send over 5,000 emails daily and haven’t aligned your email settings as per the new requirements, this guide is for you. What are the New Requirements? Bulk senders who dispatch more than 5,000 emails…
Email marketing is the backbone of the new-age online business era, where newsletters and other forms of marketing content are dispatched in bulk with the intention of attracting prospects into opening them and clicking on the links. Upon clicking the links, the recipients are taken to the products or services pages, hoping they will make…
A change is expected in the DMARC policy settings as IETF has introduced a draft that reports replacing the ‘pct’ tag with the ‘t=’ tag to overcome some challenges. Things are not certain yet, as the document is under discussion and consideration. Nonetheless, let’s see what can we expect. What is DMARC? DMARC is an…
Learning how to generate and add a DMARC record to DNS helps fortify phishing and spoofing attacks. DMARC is short for Domain-based Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance, a protocol designed to help recipients’ mail servers identify genuine and suspicious emails. To add a dmarc record to DNS, you need to update your DNS settings with…
DMARC is not just about creating a record and defining DMARC policies. You have to gain insights into how it works and figure out if your record needs any advancements or demotions. This careful analysis is done by adding RUA and RUF tags to a record, followed by email addresses where you want to receive…
