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….
The effectiveness of data protection measures and the utility of available patches have worsened in recent years. The Cymulate Cybersecurity Effectiveness Report 2022 highlights that the overall data exfiltration risk score has become poor, with cloud service-related evaluations standing at an average score of 70, while network protocols have a moderate risk score of 43. …
DMARC reporting and monitoring is the practice of choosing to receive DMARC aggregate and forensic reports. These are detailed reports that include insights on email activities that businesses study to learn about false positives and domain exploitation instances. If evaluated adequately and regularly, you can prevent potential financial and reputational damages caused by phishing attacks…
In November 2022, the Google Workspace team saw a spike in phishing and spoofing emails targeted toward Gmail users. As a result, Google blocked almost 231 billion emails in just two weeks. That’s why experts suggest configuring SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records in Google Workspace, and this guide explains the steps for that. Setting Up…
A bug bounty is a program that allows ethical hackers to find vulnerabilities in a system or software, and they are rewarded for it. Usually, the reward is in the form of money, and sometimes it’s done in exchange for favors. As of 2020, the average bounty payout is the highest in the software industry,…
Cyber crimes have been taking place at an exponentially high rate in the past two decades. In 2022, Canada alone bore a loss of a whopping 2 billion US dollars because of cyber crimes. Cyber security experts have been trying hard to blend conventional as well as modern techniques to prevent threat actors from breaking…
The healthcare industry has become the center of focus for threat actors since 2022. In the past 12 months, the global healthcare sector has witnessed a whopping 60% increase in the number of cyberattacks. Multiple factors, like critical infrastructure, sensitive data, and IoMT, make this industry a popular target among cybercriminals. Healthcare centers are a…
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…
Since the fourth quarter of 2022, there has been a 1,265% increase in malicious phishing emails and a 967% rise in credential phishing. The expansion of ChatGPT and similar AI generative tools are contributing to this steep surge, and experts are anticipating the situation to worsen in the coming months. Although the message for the…
Phishing exists, and we all are well aware of it. However, we still end up getting trapped in the new tricks of scammers. These attacks surge specifically during the holiday seasons as people look for discounted gifts and household items. Threat actors create spoofed email addresses and websites to trap executives and attempt business email…
