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by Brad Slavin | Jul 8, 2024 | Announcements
Welcome back to our weekly bulletin, where we bring you the latest cybersecurity information so you can stay safe against the latest attacks and malicious campaigns. We’ll share details about the new Brain Cipher ransomware, how info stealers could track users linked to child abuse sites, the corporate attack on Team Viewer, the story of a scorned employee stealing patient healthcare data, and the latest crypto drainer phishing attack on Ethereum. Stay tuned!
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by Brad Slavin | Jul 5, 2024 | Email Security
A DKIM record is a DNS record in the TXT format that includes a public key that is used by recipients’ mail servers to verify the legitimacy of emails they receive from your domain. A standard DKIM record has a name, version, key type, and public key. Some domain owners think that creating a DKIM record requires hardcore technical expertise, but that’s not true, especially when it comes to generating a basic DKIM record. You just need to be an average tech user, and you will be able to create a DKIM record on your own.
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by Brad Slavin | Jul 3, 2024 | Email Hosting
Have you ever wondered how much more effective your marketing could be if you had the right email addresses? In 2023, email marketing delivered a return on investment (ROI) of $42 for every $1 spent, making it one of the most cost-effective marketing strategies available. Yet, sourcing accurate email addresses can feel like finding a needle in a haystack. Fear not! This guide will help you discover practical methods to build your email list with precision and efficiency.
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by Brad Slavin | Jul 3, 2024 | Outbound SMTP
Not all your emails pass authentication checks and other filters, thus returning with error codes. These codes help diagnose and understand issues that occurred during email transmission, letting you fix them and resend the message. For instance, it could indicate if the problem is due to incorrect credentials, a blocked email, or a temporary server issue. Some error codes indicate security-related issues, such as failed authentication attempts or detection of spam or phishing attempts.
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by Brad Slavin | Jul 2, 2024 | Data Privacy
You probably know by now that cybersecurity isn’t just about protecting your computers and data from threat actors, but it has broader implications that go as far as national security. Yes, it’s true! Case in point: the recent ban on Kaspersky antivirus software by the US government.
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by Brad Slavin | Jul 1, 2024 | Announcements
This week’s cybersecurity bulletin is packed with news that’s making headlines around the world! We’ve got reports on a failed scare tactic by the LockBit ransomware gang, a new and sneaky Android malware called Snowblind, the FBI warning about fake law firms targeting crypto scam victims, a supply chain attack that backdoored WordPress plugins, and Chinese cyberspies using ransomware as a diversion. Read more below!
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by Brad Slavin | Jun 28, 2024 | Email Security
Email authentication protocols are the foundation of your email security strategy, and even the most seemingly insignificant error can mess up your deliverability and security. One such issue is an invalid DKIM signature, which means there are inaccuracies in your domain’s DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) configuration.
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by Brad Slavin | Jun 27, 2024 | Email Security
The main purpose of DKIM is to verify whether a malicious entity tampered with email content in transit. To ensure this, a pair of public and private keys are produced for your domain and used by the source email systems to digitally sign the headers of outgoing messages. This digital signature remains valid until intermediate email systems modify the signed part. The d= value represents the signing domain in the header field.
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by Brad Slavin | Jun 26, 2024 | Email Security
Back in October 2023, Google released its revamped version of email-sending policies, which mandated bulk email senders to comply with the new authentication standards by February 2024. Cut to today: Google has now officially started rolling out these updated policies, and some organizations are receiving the following error message while sending emails:
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by Brad Slavin | Jun 25, 2024 | DMARC
DMARC, or Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance is one of the most important email authentication protocols that helps protect your email domains from phishing, spoofing, and other email-based cyber threats. Perhaps this is why it has now become a norm for organizations that send bulk emails to comply with.
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