60% of consumers want to receive promotional content via email. This is promising news for businesses looking to engage in email marketing, including those in the healthcare industry.
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We’re back again with the latest cybersecurity news scoop of everything major that happened this past week. Join us as we take a look at state-sponsored threat actors using Orb Proxies, the arrest of the man behind a dark web drug market, Chinese hackers targeting military organizations, the return of Grandoreiro banking malware, and the infiltration of JAVS software.
DMARC has been saving brands from being victims of phishing and spoofing attacks, and lately, its adoption has been more embraced than ever. After the email authentication requirements announced by Google and Yahoo, all major email service providers are also encouraging the deployment of DMARC.
The automotive industry is known for its stability. Even when it received a significant setback during the COVID-19 phase, the automobile industry managed to come out of the dark phase and increased its sales to 75.3 million units. By the end of 2033, the global automotive industry is expected to be worth a whopping $7 million.
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This week’s cybersecurity news is packed! We’ve got Google stepping up its game with anti-malware features for Android 15, a data breach impacting Nissan employees, the takedown of a major hacking forum, and a case of stolen Ethereum cryptocurrency involving two brothers. Plus, the FCC is taking aim at robocalls with a new classification system. Want to know more? Read on!
In DKIM replay attacks, bad actors exploit highly reputed email domains and produce legitimate DKIM keys corresponding to them. The produced keys are then used to bypass DKIM filters and compromise the online security of thousands of recipients. All this is possible because, upon reception, the recipients’ mail servers find no discrepancies in DKIM authentication; hence, the emails are placed in the primary inboxes.
From January 1, 2025, all Microsoft Exchange Online users will be subjected to a daily limit of 2,000 external recipients per 24 hours. The reason for implementing this limit is to stop overburdening the resources involved in the process. Microsoft Exchange Online was never designed to send bulk emails, and that’s why the resources are not capable of handling high-volume email traffic.
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Here’s our latest cybersecurity news piece that will show you how to keep yourself safe from all the new tactics of cybercriminals and what’s going on in the digital security space. Join us, and we’ll share how the UK Ministry of Defence’s payroll data was compromised, why Wichita had to halt its IT network operations, the new details about LockBit and its potential return, NSA’s alert on North Korean threat actors misusing DMARC policies for spear phishing and intelligence exfiltration, and the data compromise of 800K individuals by the University System of Georgia.
Is the card payment system of your business secure enough to keep cyber predators at bay? Not as much as you think!
Kevin Mitnick is an unforgettable name in the history of cyber crimes. He was known by the name of “The World’s Most Famous Hacker.” An American computer security consultant, bestseller author as well as famous security speaker, Kevin David Mitnick created ripples in the cybersecurity world with his notorious hacking stints.
Businesses often outsource marketing work to third-party agencies as they have people with special skill sets and expertise in areas like branding, digital marketing, social media management, media relations, content creation, etc. Moreover, it’s a cost-effective measure because hiring an in-house marketing team can be heavy on pockets, especially for small and medium-sized businesses.
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We’re back here with the latest cybersecurity news that shook the world this week. We’ll shed light on the executive sentence issued by the U.S. military, the alert about Pro-Russian hacktivists targeting water infrastructure, the new Cuttlefish malware, the cyberattack on London Drugs, and how scammers are targeting data website users for stealing credit card details and personal information. Stay tuned!
On average, 3.4 billion forged emails are sent each day, and in the fourth quarter of 2023 alone, 1339 brands became victims of phishing attacks. The number of such instances is increasing year by year because email forging is becoming easier with automated tools, artificial intelligence, cybercrime-as-a-service (CaaS), etc. In fact, as per a report by SlashNext, there has been a 1,265% increase in phishing attacks in the 12 months from Q4 2022 to the end of Q3 2023.
When you send an email to someone, it embarks on a complex journey before it reaches the recipient’s inbox. While this might seem like a seamless, instantaneous process, it is prone to being tampered with along the way. This is why it is recommended that you implement DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) for your email communications.
Understanding the common email marketing challenges and how to overcome them is crucial to unlocking the true potential of this channel.
Cyberattacks have become a grim reality of our digital world, with each attack increasingly sophisticated, targeted, and damaging than the last! Every click, every download, and every seemingly harmless online interaction has the potential to let in uninvited guests [read: cybercriminals] who can wreak havoc on your digital infrastructure in ways you cannot imagine.
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Here we are with the latest cybersecurity news of the week, covering the scoops on the new Brokewell malware, the FTC settlement for Ring users, the sanctions on Iranian threat actors, the return of HelloKitty malware, and the spread of Redline malware via game cheats. Let’s take a look!
Email communications are sensitive and prone to exploits, as many details and attachments are exchanged. Threat actors look for vulnerabilities in an email ecosystem and develop strategies to compromise them to steal, alter, and intercept financial details, login credentials, medical information, etc.
Every email marketer strives towards one thing— ensuring that their emails not only reach their recipients’ inboxes but also engage and convert. This is what we call email deliverability, the measure of how successful an email is at reaching the recipient’s inbox, and it’s a metric that can make or break your email marketing efforts.
How safe are your emails? You might think that your email is just a simple tool for communication, but it’s actually a potential entry point for cybercriminals. With over 3.4 million malicious emails sent daily, which is 1.2% of the total email traffic, the chances of your email being one of them are not very bleak! Now, add to this the vast range of threats ranging from phishing to ransomware and malware, each designed to infiltrate, deceive, and damage to the best of its capabilities.