dmarc
Just how bad is the problem with fake sender identity?
For years, secure email gateways have been playing a cat and mouse game with phishers, countering email attacks by constantly scanning for malware, viruses, bad links, and poor sender IP reputations. That ...
Microsoft Announces a New Email Filtering Option Based on DMARC Score
Research from Valimail indicates that domains lacking DMARC enforcement are nearly 4X more likely to get spoofed — how Microsoft’s new feature could help differentiate junk from legitimate emails Hey... The post ...
7 common mistakes people make with DMARC
Interest in DMARC is growing exponentially, but most of the organizations that deploy DMARC don’t actually achieve its full anti-spoofing benefits. Here’s how to overcome the most common DMARC deployment challenges. In ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Marketers: Have you talked to your IT team about your email deliverability and open rates? (Hint: You should.)
We all know that the greater your brand presence, the greater your pipeline growth, your digital presence, and ultimately your brand trust with consumers. So what if you could display your company’s ...
Less than 10% of enterprise email domains are protected from spoofing — is yours?
Flaws in email security are among the leading causes of cybersecurity incidents for many organizations. Whether it’s ransomware, business email compromise (BEC) attacks, or a spear-phishing email that leads to cyber criminals ...
How Yelp took the fast track to spoof-proof email
Even though DMARC at enforcement is incredibly effective at preventing the vast majority of all cyberattacks, adoption rates remain relatively low. And many companies that do implement DMARC continually struggle to reach ...
