It was not long ago that Google and Yahoo revamped their sender policies and made best practices a mandatory requirement. For instance, until October 2023, measures like implementing email authentication protocols—SPF, DKIM, and DMARC were “nice to have.” However, starting in February 2024, authenticating their domains with these protocols is no longer an option but…
Once you have created a DMARC record, the job is not over; the real work of monitoring begins after that. Domain owners or administrators have to assess XML reports to understand if someone is sending unauthorized emails from your domain. But what if you don’t receive these reports in the first place? You won’t get…
In an email-based interview between Forbes and Stefan Schiller, a vulnerability researcher at Sonar, the latter raised concerns about how AI-driven phishing attackers can create convincing and personalized emails, fooling victims into revealing confidential personal and financial details. Moreover, the 2023 State of Phishing Report by SlashNext unveils a staggering 1,265% surge in phishing emails…
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…
DMARC adoption is already on the rise, and its urgency is also being propagated well; however, administrators still lack the proficiency to leverage its best benefits. You need to strategically move from the lenient to strict DMARC policy while maintaining a low rate of false positives and a good sender’s reputation so that most of…
Different email error codes give different messages, and sometimes, their technical language doesn’t make sense to normal people. Google and Yahoo prioritise email protection and authentication; hence, the instances of receiving error messages are higher. That’s why we have curated this guide explaining the reasons for their prompting and ways to fix them. What are…
Email spoofing tricks users into believing that the senders of malicious emails are genuine. A robust DMARC policy framework uses SPF and DKIM to identify spoof email attempts and prevents users from accessing them. Phishing attacks in the past used to be a hit-and-miss affair. The data gets compromised if the target opens the email…
DMARC, SPF, and DKIM can improve your organization’s email security by authenticating incoming emails. This post discusses how DMARC, SPF, and DKIM work and how to create DMARC, SPF, and DKIM records. Since the preferred mode of communication for organizations, businesses, and individuals worldwide is email, avoiding phishing and spam becomes the top priority to…
DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance) is an email authentication protocol that improves the SPF and DKIM protocols. It allows senders to specify how email should be handled if it fails SPF or DKIM authentication. This post discusses one of the most crucial aspects of DMARC, i.e., DMARC Tags. DMARC provides a way for…
