email security

We’ll admit it, we’re pretty nerdy for email security and are passionate about ensuring your organization is protected from harmful cyber attacks and bad actors. You’ll often hear us talk about Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Compliance (DMARC) because…it’s kind of a big deal. Yet, as Antony Seedhouse highlighted at the recent e-Crimes & Cybersecurity…Continue Reading: The role of DMARC in email security 

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) recently proposed updates to its Mail Check coming into effect on 24 March 2025. As the service evolves to focus on accessibility and scalability, some of the features that UK public sector organisations relied on will no longer be available, including DMARC aggregate reporting. To help make sense of…Continue Reading: Mail Check: Navigating the new changes

The European Union’s (EU) Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) deadline approaches, with just one week to go before the DORA applies to all financial entities and their ICT service providers on January 17 2025. Sectors affected by the DORA include but are not limited to: Understanding and ensuring compliance with the upcoming legislation need not…Continue Reading: Countdown to compliance: Are you ready for the DORA deadline?

BreakSPF is a newly identified attack framework that exploits misconfigurations in the Sender Policy Framework (SPF) a widely used email authentication protocol. A common misconfiguration involves overly permissive IP ranges, where SPF records allow large blocks of IP addresses to send emails on behalf of a domain. These ranges often include shared infrastructures like cloud…Continue Reading: BreakSPF: How to mitigate the attack

In recent weeks, there have been reports of sophisticated phishing attacks disguised as official communication from the cryptocurrency platform, Coinbase. These phishing emails closely mimic Coinbase’s branding and language to build recipient trust and prompt clicks on malicious links. The subject lines of these emails generally follow a format: the sender’s address starts with either…Continue Reading: Boosting email security amid recent Coinbase phishing attempts

If you missed our recent virtual fireside chat “Behind the Screens: North Korea’s Focus on DMARC in Email Espionage,” or couldn’t attend due to geographical restrictions, we’ve got you covered.  Joined by cybersecurity experts from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Stanford University, together with Red Sift, the session explored how the North Korean…Continue Reading: Behind the Screens: North Korea’s Focus on DMARC in Email Espionage