Email Voted a Weak Link for Election Security, with DMARC Lagging
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Valimail names Seth Blank as co-chairman of M3AAWG’s Election Security Special Interest Group
Valimail, the leading provider of identity-based anti-phishing solutions, announced that director of industry initiatives Seth Blank has been named co-chairman of the Election Security Special Interest Group (ES-SIG) of the email industry group M3AAWG…. Continue reading Valimail names Seth Blank as co-chairman of M3AAWG’s Election Security Special Interest Group
BEC explodes as attackers exploit email’s identity crisis
850,000 domains worldwide now have DMARC records, a 5x increase since 2016, according to Valimail. However, less than 17% of global DMARC records are at enforcement — meaning fake emails that appear to come from those domains are still arriving in reci… Continue reading BEC explodes as attackers exploit email’s identity crisis
3.4 billion fake emails are sent around the world every day
At least 3.4 billion fake emails are sent around the world every day — with most industries remaining vulnerable to spear-phishing and “spoofing” cyberattacks simply because they’re not implementing industry-standard authentication protocols, according… Continue reading 3.4 billion fake emails are sent around the world every day
Email authentication use growing steadily in every industry sector
U.S. federal government agencies and many major enterprises have made significant strides to thwart the spread of fake emails, a major cybersecurity attack vector. But many organizations remain susceptible because they’re still not using readily … Continue reading Email authentication use growing steadily in every industry sector
6.4 billion fake emails sent every day
The Valimail Q2 2018 Email Fraud Landscape shows that fake email continues to be a serious problem, with an estimated 6.4 billion fake emails sent every day. That total includes only exact-domain sender spoofing, in which senders put a fake email addre… Continue reading 6.4 billion fake emails sent every day
Rise in email impersonation attacks makes companies re-assess their security efforts
Most companies believe they’ve experienced serious data breaches driven by email impersonation in the past 12 months – but are not doing nearly enough to prevent future impersonation attacks, according to a new study conducted by the Ponemon Institute…. Continue reading Rise in email impersonation attacks makes companies re-assess their security efforts
Valimail extends its IDEA platform with Valimail Defend
Valimail Defend provides email fraud protection, eliminating inbound email impersonation attacks, including friendly-from spoofing as well as lookalike-domain (sometimes called cousin-domain) attacks. Valimail Defend is the automated, identity-driven s… Continue reading Valimail extends its IDEA platform with Valimail Defend
Valimail makes it harder for hackers to impersonate your boss over email
Valimail, a company that focuses on preventing fake and fraudulent emails from reaching your inbox, today announced that it is extending its anti-impersonation platform with a couple of new features that will make it even harder for hackers to pretend they are somebody they are not. While Valimail’s original focus was mostly on ensuring that […] Continue reading Valimail makes it harder for hackers to impersonate your boss over email
Report: DMARC email security can be too hard for some large companies
Adoption of the email security standard known as DMARC — the best way to stop fraudulent email like phishing messages — remains low, even among large banks and other major corporations, according to new figures. And that’s because many companies don’t know about it, and it can be very complex to implement in big enterprises. DMARC, or Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance, is the industry standard measure to prevent email spoofing — when hackers make their messages appear as if they come from trusted correspondents. The aim of these so-called phishing messages is to entice the recipient to click malicious links or download infected attachments. Phishing is the number one method used by hackers to gain a foothold on a company network, experts say, and a major cybercrime vector — and DMARC, when used correctly, stops it dead. But a succession of recent reports have shown that DMARC adoption rates continue to […]
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