Category: Email

Coronavirus

Phishing during a global storm

Red Sift

At a time when uncertainty and instability are high, it’s the perfect time for scammers to try and trick individuals and organisations into handing over sensitive information and money...Continue Reading: Phishing during a global storm

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BEC

A fish, whale and CEO walk into a bar

Randal Pinto

Remember the good old days when fishing for info or money online was just called phishing? We’re an industry built on tech and science, but we do love our artsy synonyms and hyperbole.  If you’ve ever had the pleasure of talking to Rois, our Head of Cyber Governance, you’ll know how she feels about…

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DMARC

London’s romantic restaurants slacking on DMARC

Red Sift

Researchers at Red Sift analysed the primary domains of the top 48 most romantic restaurants in London, as ranked by GQ Magazine, and found that only one had DMARC in place, though not at a level to fully protect customers from email fraud...Continue Reading: London’s romantic restaurants slacking on DMARC

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DMARC

Check your email security setup in 30 seconds

Clare Holmes

Use OnDMARC’s Investigate tool for free to instantly verify if DKIM and SPF are correctly set up to ensure your business emails are authenticated...Continue Reading: Check your email security setup in 30 seconds

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DMARC

OnDMARC Success Stories

Clare Holmes

Once OnDMARC was in place, Greenhill uncovered 2,734 unauthorized email sources sending 671,000 fake emails from a parked domain; in the first 90 days, a million spoof emails were blocked; its SPF pass rate increased from 79.7% to 100%, specifically due to OnDMARC’s Dynamic SPF feature. ...Continue Reading: OnDMARC Success Stories

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DMARC

Major UK political parties vulnerable to phishing

Clare Holmes

Annnnd you’ve guessed it, none of the parties had their DMARC policies configured to quarantine, let alone reject. Only three of the parties - Liberal Democrats, Labour and SNP had a valid DMARC policy, but would still need to tighten configurations to direct impersonated emails using the @libdems.org.uk email domain for example, into the…

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