ChatGPT-Generated Phishing Emails Are Too Good to Be Ignored!
ChatGPT has literally revolutionized the digital world. The generative AI tool is capable of churning out content based on pretty much everything that is available under the sun. However, with good comes the bad. And hence, the world is divided into two parts as of now- one that is elated about ChatGPT’s abilities, and the…
SPF Softfail or SPF Hardfail: What’s Right for Your Domain?
When it comes to email authentication, SPF offers different result qualifiers to indicate how the receiving mail server should handle emails that are outside of the list mentioned in the SPF record of the sending domain. These result qualifiers are SoftFail and HardFail. There is no hard-and-fast rule as to which one’s the better choice…
Determining DMARC Authentication with Relaxed and Strict Alignment Modes
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…
Why Are Your Emails Getting Blocked When Sent From Your Yahoo Account?
The global email marketing market reached USD 911.3 million in 2022 and is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 2.9% from 2022 to 2029. Almost 26 billion emails are sent daily from Yahoo Mail, and just like other mailbox providers, it also has built-in spam and phishing filters. This is because it’s not practically…
SMTP Smuggling is Allowing Email Spoofing; DMARC Prevents Such Attacks
In 2022, America’s Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency assessed federal and critical infrastructure partners, which revealed that 84% of employees took the bait by either replying with sensitive information or engaging with the malicious links embedded in a spoofed email. What do studies and assessments like these convey? Well, they convey that it’s easier for…
A Guide to Leveraging DMARC to Mitigate Email-Based Attacks
Let’s face it: the fear of falling prey to cyberattacks through deceptive emails is emerging at a higher rate than ever. As businesses become more reliant on emails for communications and daily operations, the threat of attackers creeping in through this channel also increases, thereby bringing to light the need for robust protective measures. Amidst…
How to Setup DMARC to Meet Google’s New Requirements for Bulk Senders?
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…
The Importance of DMARC For Email Marketing and How to Get Started With it
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…
Why is Email Deliverability Important for Online Businesses?
Have you ever wondered what happens to the email campaigns you carefully crafted after you press the send button? Do they land in your clients’ inboxes or lurk around in the fringes of their spam folders? Well, every 1 in 6 emails fails to make it to the receiver’s inbox and is marked as spam….
