Best Practices to Follow When Implementing SPF, DKIM, and DMARC

Best Practices to Follow When Implementing SPF, DKIM, and DMARC

Best Practices to Follow When Implementing SPF, DKIM, and DMARC

by Duocircle

 

We are in 2024, and it’s officially the era of email authentication, especially after Google and Yahoo made it mandatory for organizations to protect their email ecosystem with SPF, DKIM, and DMARC. Now that email authentication has become the new norm; enterprises have no other choice but to level up their cybersecurity game by implementing robust email authentication protocols. 

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French Agency Breach, PixPirate’s Stealth Technique, Fake Wallet Scam – Cybersecurity News  [March 11, 2024]

French Agency Breach, PixPirate’s Stealth Technique, Fake Wallet Scam – Cybersecurity News [March 11, 2024]

French Agency Breach, PixPirate's Stealth Technique, Fake Wallet Scam - Cybersecurity News [March 11, 2024]

by Duocircle

 

Here we are again with the latest inside scoop on the cybersecurity highlights of the week. We’ll share details of the data leak in France’s job-seeking portal, the latest advancements of PixPirate Android malware, the fake “Leather” wallet crypto drainer application on the App Store, the Russian attack on Microsoft, and the arrest of a former Google employee who stole cutting-edge AI tech from the organization. Stay tuned!

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DMARC For Shopify Users

DMARC For Shopify Users

 

DMARC isn’t a new regime; however, regulations and email service providers have now made it mandatory. This exercise is meant to reduce phishing and spoofing by filtering genuine and fraudulent emails. DMARC works in accordance with SPF and DKIM to instruct recipients’ servers to either reject or mark illegitimate emails as spam, reducing the likelihood of victims engaging with such emails and getting manipulated. 

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Clop Ransomware: Overview, Working Style, and Preventive Measures

Clop Ransomware: Overview, Working Style, and Preventive Measures

Clop Ransomware: Overview, Working Style, and Preventive Measures

by Duocircle

 

Clop Ransomware was first discovered by Michael Gillespie in 2019. It’s a developing family of ransomware that encrypts all data in a company’s digital ecosystem, and hackers demand money to decrypt and give back access. The malware is packed covertly and smartly to hide its inner workings.

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Understanding PTR DNS Records for Emailing

Understanding PTR DNS Records for Emailing

 

If you have a website’s IP address and don’t know its domain name, you would need to perform a PTR lookup. A PTR record, which is short for a Pointer Record, is the opposite of an A record; an A record translates domain names into their corresponding IP addresses, and a PTR record translates IP addresses into their corresponding domain names. 

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Internet Crime Costs U.S. $12.5B, WordPress Breach Exploits, Cybercriminals Impersonate Government – Cybersecurity News [March 04, 2024]

Internet Crime Costs U.S. $12.5B, WordPress Breach Exploits, Cybercriminals Impersonate Government – Cybersecurity News [March 04, 2024]

Internet Crime Costs U.S. $12.5B, WordPress Breach Exploits, Cybercriminals Impersonate Government - Cybersecurity News [March 04, 2024]

by Duocircle

 

We’re back with the latest cybersecurity news that will keep you a step ahead of cybercriminals and their new tactics. This week, we’ll examine the findings of the 2023 Internet Crime Report, the new WordPress brute force password attacks, BEC attacks with threat actors impersonating the U.S. Government, the new WogRAT Malware, and how Germany’s Düsseldorf Police took down the country’s largest cybercriminal portal.

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How does Microsoft 365 Manage Inbound Email Messages that Don’t Pass the DMARC Checks?

How does Microsoft 365 Manage Inbound Email Messages that Don’t Pass the DMARC Checks?

How does Microsoft 365 Manage Inbound Email Messages that Don’t Pass the DMARC Checks?

by Duocircle

 

Microsoft refrains from rejecting emails that don’t pass the DMARC checks even if the sending domain’s DMARC policy is set to ‘p=reject.’ This is because it is considerate of the legitimate emails that get false positives. So, to avoid disrupting genuine conversations, Microsoft takes a different route.

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What is Cybercrime-as-a-Service or CaaS?

What is Cybercrime-as-a-Service or CaaS?

Don’t we all love it when tasks become easier for us? And by saying ‘all’ we unfortunately have to include cybercriminals as well. What we are talking about today is cybercrime-as-a-service or CaaS– a model that has democratized cybercrime by allowing even budding malicious actors to wreak havoc with just a rudimentary understanding of cyber menaces, access to the internet, and some money. 

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Microsoft’s 000 Reason for Email Failure With DMARC

Microsoft’s 000 Reason for Email Failure With DMARC

 

If you notice outgoing emails going to spam folders of only Outlook recipients and reflecting a ‘000’ reason, then it means your messages failed DMARC with ‘quarantine’ or ‘reject’ effects. You are likely to see the following snippet from the headers of email messages getting dumped in the spam folders-

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Child Data Ransom, Hessen Encryption Report, Steganography RAT Deployment – Cybersecurity News [February 26, 2024]

Child Data Ransom, Hessen Encryption Report, Steganography RAT Deployment – Cybersecurity News [February 26, 2024]

Child Data Ransom, Hessen Encryption Report, Steganography RAT Deployment - Cybersecurity News [February 26, 2024]

by Duocircle

 

We’re back again with the latest in cybersecurity news this week! Join us for a detailed look into the Rhysida ransomware and the Hessen attack to get updates on how you can stay safe. We’ll also share news of the new IDAT loader targeting the Ukrainian Armed Forces, PayPal’s new patent for browser cookie security, and Apple’s latest PQ3 encryption for iMessages. Stay tuned.

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