Understanding credential phishing and the role of DMARC in defense

Your passwords and login details are literally and figuratively the key to your personal and professional accounts, which include everything from your bank details to your important documents. Now, imagine what would happen if your login credentials fell into the hands of cybercriminals. Unfortunately, it’s not just a hypothetical scenario. Attackers use sophisticated strategies to…

Configuring DMARC for validating the FROM: address domain for senders in Microsoft 365

Configuring DMARC for validating the FROM: address domain for senders in Microsoft 365

DMARC validates emails sent from your Microsoft 365 domain to prevent spoofed senders from attempting business email compromise (BEC) attacks, ransomware, and other phishing instances. For the DMARC validation process, the domains in the MAIL FROM and FROM addresses are verified for alignment. DMARC in Microsoft 365 for different domain types For MOERA domain users…

How Will Google and Yahoo’s New Sender Requirements Impact European Businesses?

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…