aariya goel's articles The Spooky Side of Email Don’t Let “Trick or Treat” become “Trick or Threat” When you think of pretending to be someone else, what comes to mind? Dressing up as your favorite character and taking your kids trick or treating? Perhaps you like to wear a spooky mask and visit a haunted mansion. Or maybe you like handing out candy […] January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Importance of a DMARC record checker What is Dmarc DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance) is an email validation system designed specifically to defend a company's email domain. Failure to use the DMARC record checker can lead to email spoofing, phishing schemes, and other types of cyber crime. DMARC employs cutting-edge email authentication mechanisms such as SPF (Sender Policy Framework) […] January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked How Does a DKIM Record Check Protect the Reputation of Your Company? What Is a DKIM record? DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) is an Email Security Solutions standard that ensures that messages are not tampered with while in transit between the sending and receiving servers. As an email leaves a sending server, it employs public-key cryptography to sign it with a private key. Recipient servers then use a […] January 3, 2022January 3, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Stop Email Phishing Attacks With DKIM, SPF, And DMARC Security Protocols IT decision-makers are fully aware of the recent increase in email phishing assaults. Business Email Compromise, in which firms are duped into paying fraudulent bills, and whaling phishing, in which attackers target high-profile individuals such as CFOs and COOs to acquire sensitive information, are two examples. Basic security measures such as firewalls and Internet security […] December 29, 2021December 29, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked What’s The Difference between RUA and RUF DMARC Reports If you're just starting out with your DMARC project, it's critical to grasp the distinctions between the two related report types—aggregate (RUA) and forensic (RUF). Once you've published DMARC records, DMARC data should start generating within a day or two in the form of these reports, which you may modify to offer insight into how […] December 27, 2021December 27, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked What are the different tags of a DMARC record? If you're just starting out with your DMARC project, it's critical to grasp the distinctions between the two related report types—aggregate (RUA) and forensic (RUF). December 22, 2021December 23, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked What Is The Importance Of DKIM And SPF Alignment? Since 2017, the number of emails sent and received internationally has grown each year as the internet has become more accessible. In 2020, 306.4 billion emails were sent and received every day; by 2025, this figure is expected to rise to approximately 376.4 billion per day. This humongous number comes with a set of problems: […] October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked What Is The Importance Of DKIM And SPF Alignment? Since 2017, the number of emails sent and received internationally has grown each year as the internet has become more accessible. In 2020, 306.4 billion emails were sent and received every day; by 2025, this figure is expected to rise to approximately 376.4 billion per day. This humongous number comes with a set of problems: […] October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Email Spoofing 101 and How Can You Protect Yourself from Attackers Posing as You? We’ve all heard stories of multi-million dollar impersonation scams and of companies losing huge chunks of their data. But have you ever wondered how this happens? What are the nitty-gritty details of such scams and how are they carried out? If you have and never received answers to them, don’t worry! We’ll walk you through […] October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Master Email Security With SPF, DKIM, and DMARC Protocols Email security never gets easier, does it? It seems like each new day businesses and individuals face a growing number of virus-infected emails and phishing scams they have to be on guard for in order to protect their systems and sensitive data. It can waste time, and it can sometimes be a bit of a […] October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Email Authentication Guide to Protect Your Brand from Cyber Crimes Every marketer is trying to hit on the user inbox instead of ending up on the spam/junk folder. Because nobody likes getting spam/junk as it adversely impacts on the open rate of the email you send, which thus influences the ROI of the email marketing effort. Most of the time the emails will reach in […] October 22, 2021October 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked What Is DMARC Email Security and How Do You Implement It? You’ve likely heard plenty of horror stories about email-based cyberattacks in the past few years. Social engineering has become a rising threat to business email and it’s reported that losses resulting from business email compromise scams totaled $1.2 billion in 2018 alone. Email remains one of the most likely targets of cyberattacks simply because it’s […] October 22, 2021October 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked What Is DMARC Email Security and How Do You Implement It? You’ve likely heard plenty of horror stories about email-based cyberattacks in the past few years. Social engineering has become a rising threat to business email and it’s reported that losses resulting from business email compromise scams totaled $1.2 billion in 2018 alone. Email remains one of the most likely targets of cyberattacks simply because it’s […] October 22, 2021October 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked What’s the Difference Between SPF and DKIM? The inception of modern email was both exciting and problematic. We don’t have to tell you the kind of positive impact email has had on society, but it came with a lot of security risks as well. Email is in its hundreds of thousands of years old, and in all that time one thing has […] October 20, 2021October 20, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked DMARC Basics: What It Is and How It Works DMARC is an email authentication standard that can help businesses fight the rising threat of brand exploitation, including email phishing attempts and business email compromise attacks. But it’s a complex protocol, the benefits and mechanisms of which are not often well-understood by non-security professionals. Security teams who are able to clearly explain DMARC and its […] October 19, 2021October 19, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Stop Email Spoofing Once and for All with DKIM DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an anti-tamper protocol that ensures your mail remains secure in transit. DKIM uses digital signatures to check that a specific domain sent an email. DKIM validates your communications in two ways. The first operation occurs on a server that sends DKIM-signed emails, and the second occurs on the receiving server […] October 18, 2021October 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Use Email Security Tools to Protect Remote Employees and Data The pandemic has prompted a novel shift in work culture, where employees from all parts of the globe transitioned from office working to remote working. What does this mean for companies and major brands? It means that these employees are using their personal devices for work. This BYOD culture, however, introduces its own set of […] October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked DKIM beyond authentication – Protecting Brand identity and reputation DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an anti-tamper protocol that secures your emails while in transit. It uses digital signatures to confirm whether the email was sent by an authentic domain. What is DKIM? The first DKIM action occurs on the server that sends a DKIM signed email, while the second takes place on the recipient […] October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked What is DKIM and why you need it Email authentication is vital to successful webmail administration. It provides a way for users to verify that the email they receive really is from the organization it claims to be from. DKIM (Domain Keys Identified Mail) is a public-key cryptography method that forces email servers to use public-keys instead of domain names when authenticating email […] August 23, 2021August 23, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked How DKIM Affects Email Deliverability Theintersection of email best practices and technical knowledge can be tricky, sowe’re going to break down a few things you need to know about DKIM. Then, togive you some extra hands-on experience, we’ll walk you through DKIM from endto end: we’ll explain how it works, why it matters, and how you can start usingit. DKIM’s […] August 17, 2021August 17, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Why are SPF and DKIM not enough for securing your emails? Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance, or DMARC, is an email validation system that helps to prevent unauthorized use of your domain. It protects against forged sender addresses and the sending of unwanted mail to your users. As a best practice in order to ensure your domain is protected, it. The SPF and DKIM are […] August 16, 2021August 16, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked The 5 most common types of Phishing attack Phishing attacks can take many forms. From simple scams that try to get you to hand over your personal information, such as your credit card or online log in details, to more sophisticated campaigns that attempt to infect entire organizations with malware and espionage software. Here we provide an overview of the most common phishing […] August 10, 2021August 10, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Spooky Side of Email Don’t Let “Trick or Treat” become “Trick or Threat” When you think of pretending to be someone else, what comes to mind? Dressing up as your favorite character and taking your kids trick or treating? Perhaps you like to wear a spooky mask and visit a haunted mansion. Or maybe you like handing out candy […] January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Importance of a DMARC record checker What is Dmarc DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance) is an email validation system designed specifically to defend a company's email domain. Failure to use the DMARC record checker can lead to email spoofing, phishing schemes, and other types of cyber crime. DMARC employs cutting-edge email authentication mechanisms such as SPF (Sender Policy Framework) […] January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How Does a DKIM Record Check Protect the Reputation of Your Company? What Is a DKIM record? DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) is an Email Security Solutions standard that ensures that messages are not tampered with while in transit between the sending and receiving servers. As an email leaves a sending server, it employs public-key cryptography to sign it with a private key. Recipient servers then use a […] January 3, 2022January 3, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Stop Email Phishing Attacks With DKIM, SPF, And DMARC Security Protocols IT decision-makers are fully aware of the recent increase in email phishing assaults. Business Email Compromise, in which firms are duped into paying fraudulent bills, and whaling phishing, in which attackers target high-profile individuals such as CFOs and COOs to acquire sensitive information, are two examples. Basic security measures such as firewalls and Internet security […] December 29, 2021December 29, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What’s The Difference between RUA and RUF DMARC Reports If you're just starting out with your DMARC project, it's critical to grasp the distinctions between the two related report types—aggregate (RUA) and forensic (RUF). Once you've published DMARC records, DMARC data should start generating within a day or two in the form of these reports, which you may modify to offer insight into how […] December 27, 2021December 27, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What are the different tags of a DMARC record? If you're just starting out with your DMARC project, it's critical to grasp the distinctions between the two related report types—aggregate (RUA) and forensic (RUF). December 22, 2021December 23, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What Is The Importance Of DKIM And SPF Alignment? Since 2017, the number of emails sent and received internationally has grown each year as the internet has become more accessible. In 2020, 306.4 billion emails were sent and received every day; by 2025, this figure is expected to rise to approximately 376.4 billion per day. This humongous number comes with a set of problems: […] October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What Is The Importance Of DKIM And SPF Alignment? Since 2017, the number of emails sent and received internationally has grown each year as the internet has become more accessible. In 2020, 306.4 billion emails were sent and received every day; by 2025, this figure is expected to rise to approximately 376.4 billion per day. This humongous number comes with a set of problems: […] October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Email Spoofing 101 and How Can You Protect Yourself from Attackers Posing as You? We’ve all heard stories of multi-million dollar impersonation scams and of companies losing huge chunks of their data. But have you ever wondered how this happens? What are the nitty-gritty details of such scams and how are they carried out? If you have and never received answers to them, don’t worry! We’ll walk you through […] October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Master Email Security With SPF, DKIM, and DMARC Protocols Email security never gets easier, does it? It seems like each new day businesses and individuals face a growing number of virus-infected emails and phishing scams they have to be on guard for in order to protect their systems and sensitive data. It can waste time, and it can sometimes be a bit of a […] October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Email Authentication Guide to Protect Your Brand from Cyber Crimes Every marketer is trying to hit on the user inbox instead of ending up on the spam/junk folder. Because nobody likes getting spam/junk as it adversely impacts on the open rate of the email you send, which thus influences the ROI of the email marketing effort. Most of the time the emails will reach in […] October 22, 2021October 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What Is DMARC Email Security and How Do You Implement It? You’ve likely heard plenty of horror stories about email-based cyberattacks in the past few years. Social engineering has become a rising threat to business email and it’s reported that losses resulting from business email compromise scams totaled $1.2 billion in 2018 alone. Email remains one of the most likely targets of cyberattacks simply because it’s […] October 22, 2021October 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What Is DMARC Email Security and How Do You Implement It? You’ve likely heard plenty of horror stories about email-based cyberattacks in the past few years. Social engineering has become a rising threat to business email and it’s reported that losses resulting from business email compromise scams totaled $1.2 billion in 2018 alone. Email remains one of the most likely targets of cyberattacks simply because it’s […] October 22, 2021October 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What’s the Difference Between SPF and DKIM? The inception of modern email was both exciting and problematic. We don’t have to tell you the kind of positive impact email has had on society, but it came with a lot of security risks as well. Email is in its hundreds of thousands of years old, and in all that time one thing has […] October 20, 2021October 20, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
DMARC Basics: What It Is and How It Works DMARC is an email authentication standard that can help businesses fight the rising threat of brand exploitation, including email phishing attempts and business email compromise attacks. But it’s a complex protocol, the benefits and mechanisms of which are not often well-understood by non-security professionals. Security teams who are able to clearly explain DMARC and its […] October 19, 2021October 19, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Stop Email Spoofing Once and for All with DKIM DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an anti-tamper protocol that ensures your mail remains secure in transit. DKIM uses digital signatures to check that a specific domain sent an email. DKIM validates your communications in two ways. The first operation occurs on a server that sends DKIM-signed emails, and the second occurs on the receiving server […] October 18, 2021October 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Use Email Security Tools to Protect Remote Employees and Data The pandemic has prompted a novel shift in work culture, where employees from all parts of the globe transitioned from office working to remote working. What does this mean for companies and major brands? It means that these employees are using their personal devices for work. This BYOD culture, however, introduces its own set of […] October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
DKIM beyond authentication – Protecting Brand identity and reputation DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an anti-tamper protocol that secures your emails while in transit. It uses digital signatures to confirm whether the email was sent by an authentic domain. What is DKIM? The first DKIM action occurs on the server that sends a DKIM signed email, while the second takes place on the recipient […] October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What is DKIM and why you need it Email authentication is vital to successful webmail administration. It provides a way for users to verify that the email they receive really is from the organization it claims to be from. DKIM (Domain Keys Identified Mail) is a public-key cryptography method that forces email servers to use public-keys instead of domain names when authenticating email […] August 23, 2021August 23, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How DKIM Affects Email Deliverability Theintersection of email best practices and technical knowledge can be tricky, sowe’re going to break down a few things you need to know about DKIM. Then, togive you some extra hands-on experience, we’ll walk you through DKIM from endto end: we’ll explain how it works, why it matters, and how you can start usingit. DKIM’s […] August 17, 2021August 17, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Why are SPF and DKIM not enough for securing your emails? Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance, or DMARC, is an email validation system that helps to prevent unauthorized use of your domain. It protects against forged sender addresses and the sending of unwanted mail to your users. As a best practice in order to ensure your domain is protected, it. The SPF and DKIM are […] August 16, 2021August 16, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The 5 most common types of Phishing attack Phishing attacks can take many forms. From simple scams that try to get you to hand over your personal information, such as your credit card or online log in details, to more sophisticated campaigns that attempt to infect entire organizations with malware and espionage software. Here we provide an overview of the most common phishing […] August 10, 2021August 10, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
