DKIM is a cryptography-based email authentication protocol that ensures that only authorized people send emails on your behalf and that nobody changes the content of the message in transit. Salesforce highly encourages its users to deploy SPF, DKIM, and DMARC to protect their domain and email receivers from getting duped. Salesforce has also made it quite straightforward to integrate and configure DKIM so that most of your outgoing emails land in the inboxes of recipients and not their spam or junk folders. With DKIM, the chances of your emails getting marked as spam go down significantly.
Phishing attacks are gradually becoming commonplace. This is evident from the fact that around 94% of firms experienced phishing attacks in 2023. With time, threat actors have been able to make these attacks more sophisticated and credible. FBI’s Internet Crime Center gets the highest number of complaints of phishing attacks every year.
TLS, which is short for Transport Layer Security, is an email security protocol based on cryptography. It facilitates the end-to-end security of data transmitted between applications over the Internet. Most people know it as the padlock icon that appears in web browsers when a secure session is established. But there is more to it—it’s also used in emails, file transfers, video and audio conferencing, instant messaging, and voice-over IP. The overall aim of the TLS is to add an extra layer of security, preventing threat actors from hijacking connections between internet-enabled devices. It lets you know whether the person you are communicating with is actually who they are claiming to be.
With an ROI of $36 for every $1 spent, email marketing’s benefits are clear. Despite this, less than a quarter of marketers would say their email marketing strategy was “very successful.”
OTP Theft Guilty, Social Media Exploits, APT29 Targets Mobile – Cybersecurity News [September 02, 2024]
by Duocircle
We’re back to provide you with the latest cybersecurity news of the week, designed to keep you informed and secure against evolving threats. This week, we highlight the final verdict of an OTP theft case relating to 1-Time Passcode, a loophole in the financial system aided via social media platforms, Android and iOS users attacked by Russian hackers, a more personalized approach towards social engineering techniques, the role of CISOs in curating business strategies and finally the concerns associated with encryption policies amidst Telegram founder’s indictment.
Troubleshoot DMARC problems for Google Workspace domains
by Duocircle
Google Workspace encourages domain owners to use the three email authentication protocols, SPF, DKIM, and DMARC, to ensure outgoing emails are properly authenticated. This reduces the security gaps; otherwise, threat actors can exploit them to send phishing and spoofing emails from your domains. Moreover, from February 2024, Google has mandated DMARC deployment for regular and bulk email senders, urging domain owners or administrators to create a DMARC record in their DNS settings and specifying policies to handle emails that fail SPF and/or DKIM checks.
How do you receive DMARC reports on external email addresses?
by Duocircle
While most domain owners prefer receiving DMARC aggregate and forensic reports on internal email addresses, some want to have them in external inboxes. Internal email addresses refer to those belonging to the same domain for which the DMARC record is created. For example, if your organization’s domain is example.com, then an internal domain email address would be something like employee@example.com. On the other hand, external email addresses are the ones not belonging to that domain. For example, department@otherdomain.com.
What are the different phases of DMARC deployment?
by Duocircle
With sophisticated cyberattacks looming over your email landscape, you need to employ the latest techniques that not only protect your communications but also enhance the security posture, and DMARCfits the bill! Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance (DMARC) is an email authentication protocol that helps you do just that! It protects your domains against spoofing, phishing, and other email-based frauds.
We’re back with the latest cybersecurity scoop of the week that will keep you privy to the latest attacks and help you stay safe. This week, we’ll take a look at how hackers are leveraging the WPS office to spread malware, the withdrawal of Notion from Russia, how Uber was fined $325 million for illegal data transfers, the Tickler malware attacking US government systems, and the FBI’s report on RansomHub ransomware’s 210 victims and the tactics used. Let’s take a look!
VM-expert landed up in jail for planning cyber extortion in New Jersey!
by Duocircle
A New Jersey-based core infrastructure engineer at a US industrial firm got arrested as he locked out Windows admins from 254 servers. He was trying to target his employer and, in the process, landed up in prison. Daniel was a specialist in hosting virtual machines or VMs.
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