Email has always had security problems, and unfortunately, simply encrypting message transfers between email servers is not enough to stop spammers and other senders of unwanted email. Phishing scams, ...
In its new report on using e-mail authentication to fight phishing attacks, BITS offers a list of best practices and recommendations, including expanded use of the DMARC security protocol. BITS, the ...
Not long after the first internet email protocols were developed, computer scientist Andrew S. Tanenbaum wrote, "The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from." He wasn't ...
Email is the only sovereign and independent communication channel for businesses. More than 124.5 billion business emails are sent daily, most of which play a central role in everyday company ...
Bad actors increasingly use email as an attack vector, according to the FBI. Every day, businesses face sophisticated phishing attempts, spoofing attacks, and business email compromise schemes that ...
In today's digital world, email remains a crucial channel for businesses to communicate with clients, partners and employees. At the same time, cybercriminals realize this and place significant focus ...
Email is still the top way attackers get into organizations. Now, big players like Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft are cracking down. They’re starting to require email authentication, specifically DMARC.
Following stricter email handling mandates by Google and Yahoo, organizations worldwide have quickly adopted a trio of email authentication technologies, and organizations in the Middle East are ...
On February 1, Gmail and Yahoo will begin to enhance email security measures to lower phishing and spam problems. These requirements for senders fall into three buckets: email authentication, ...
Bulk Gmail and Yahoo Mail email senders will be required to strongly authenticate their emails following well-established best practices such as DMARC, SPF, and DKIM. Google and Yahoo have both ...
COMMENTARY: For the longest time, DMARC was one of those things that sat on the to-do list. Important, sure, but not exactly urgent. That’s changed. With Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo tightening the ...
The ‘from’ address field in an email is supposed to identify the person that sent an email, but unfortunately that’s not always the case. In a Black Hat USA 2020 virtual conference session researchers ...