Domain spoofing declines as protective measures grow (research part 3)
Valimail’s data shows a slow decline in the rate of email spoofing through exact-domain impersonation over the past several years. In the last year it’s remained roughly level at about 1% of all email volume authenticated by Valimail. This is significantly down from 2.3% in the first half of 2018, ... Read More
Which industries are doing best at email security? (research part 2)
The majority of the 933,000 domains with DMARC are owned by small companies, small nonprofits, or individuals. Perhaps companies with large IT budgets can do better at deploying DMARC and getting to enforcement? The answer: A little bit — but it depends on the industry. Among billion-dollar publicly traded companies ... Read More
Email: The front line of cybercrime (research part 1)
The battle against phishing rages on. Estimates from the FBI peg losses due to just one type of email-based attack, the business email compromise (BEC), at $1.7 billion in 2019 alone. Other sources have noted that 83% of email attacks are brand impersonations and another 6% are impersonations of people, ... Read More
How DMARC works to protect companies — and elections (video)
TechRepublic recently published an article plus a short, 6-minute video that explains exactly how DMARC works and why it’s needed to protect companies, organizations, and even presidential campaigns. Lance Whitney, a writer for TechRepublic, spoke with Karen Roby about how email spoofing works, how devastating it can be, and why ... Read More
Presidential campaigns reach email security milestone
The 2020 U.S. presidential election has reached a significant cybersecurity milestone. For the first time, more than half of the candidates for president have domains that are protected from spoofing. Of the 15 candidates currently in the race (as listed by the New York Times), eight are protected by DMARC ... Read More
