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Momentum Builds for DMARC in the U.S. and U.K

The movement to implement email authentication is gathering steam, and international cyber security experts are increasingly pointing to DMARC as…

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CEO to CFO phishing scams are on the rise. Here’s one we caught in the act

There has been a lot of coverage in the media recently about spear phishing and the ‘CEO to CFO’ scam, and for…

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Even Cyber Security Leaders Struggle With Email Safety

RSA is one of the largest cybersecurity providers in the world, and its annual conference in San Francisco, happening this week,…

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Russian Phishing Attack Uses Harvard Emails —  Due to Lack of Email Authentication

Harvard Kennedy School’s Littauer Building. Photo credit: KAKM on en.wikipedia A Russian phishing attack used a fake Harvard email address…

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Valimail CEO Explains the Basics of Email Authentication in Wharton Podcast

Valimail CEO and cofounder Alexander García-Tobar recently spoke on the Wharton Business School talk show Bay Area Ventures.” If you…

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Email Impersonation Knows No Borders

Hello…Elvis? Photo credit: Gunnshots Email impersonation scams, also known as business email compromise (BEC) or phishing attacks, have risen 20 percent in…

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RSA Threat Report Reveals 308% Year-over-Year Phishing Rise

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A Note from Our CEO: Valimail Hits the Turbojets

Every company hits an inflection point — a point at which it’s no longer “if” there’s a market but “how…

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Can DMARC Do for Email What SSL Certificates Did for E-commerce?

Email authentication can help secure our cloud services just like SSL did our servers. Image credit: FutUndBeidl Valimail CEO Alexander…

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Government Guidance for Email Authentication Has Arrived in USA and UK

We recently discussed governmental organizations that send out warnings rather than preventing spear phishing attacks through email authentication.Therefore it’s good…

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Spear Phishing Attacks Now Aimed at Unlocking Mobile Devices

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Attention Governments: Defense, Not Warnings, Is the Answer to Phishing

It’s been all too common a story this year. A certain government organization learns that phishing emails spoofing its identity…

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Study: Even sophisticated users can’t resist clicking on links in emails

All too often, companies respond to the threat of phishing attacks by punishing the employees who fell for them and by…

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One of Europe’s biggest companies just lost $45M in a business email scam

Leoni AG, a billion-dollar (market cap) manufacturer of cables and cable harnesses for car manufacturers, announced last month that it…

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New Black Hat Research Names Phishing #1 Concern

In the just-released 2016 Black Hat Attendee Survey, phishing far-and-away topped the list for the type of attack that scares security…

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Email Authentication Infographic and Other Stories Worth Reading

It has been a big news week for ValiMail. In addition to our presence in the Krebs on Security article I…

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Krebs Gives Trump Campaign, DNC, RNC Failing Security Grade for DMARC

Unfortunately, not in a cute way. Photo credit: Ally/Flickr. Krebs on Security today published an article describing how the Donald Trump…

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CMOs: Phishing puts your brand at risk

Don’t let phishing erode your customer’s trust. Image: Flickr/ Lars Plougmann Email is the top communication channel for marketers to…

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Corporations Understand DMARC Is Critical. So Why Can’t They Get to Enforcement?

Photo credit: Chris Lim/Flickr The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) recently published the 2016 results of its annual Online Trust Audit, an analysis of corporations’…

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What Uber can teach banks — and other enterprises — about email security

Old bank vault door. Photo credit: John W. Iwanski/Flickr Phishing scams are costing American businesses big bucks. A recent FBI report (.pdf)…

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Email Authentication Discussed in Huffington Post

The Huffington Post just featured an article detailing ten significant trends expected to change the world of email marketing in…

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Senior Execs Fired for Spear Phishing Success

In the wake of the much-discussed payroll company that fired an employee for falling victim to a spear phishing scam, an Austrian…

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W-2 Phishing Attacks Leave All Companies Exposed

If you have been following online security threats, you may think of phishing as a practice aimed at gaining the credentials…

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A Better Way to Respond to Phishing Attacks

An employee at payroll service provider Alpha Payroll got fired for falling victim to a phishing scam, as CSO Magazine’s Steve…

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Introducing Valimail

Not actually a Valimail rocket. Photo credit: NASA From inception, our vision has been to do something unique and audacious:…

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Marketers take note: Gmail might turn you into a question mark

Getting email authentication right just got a lot more important. Google’s Gmail team announced this week that it would be…

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Why you shouldn’t be afraid to insert email authentication into your DNS

The Domain Name System is one of the core services on the Internet. It’s not much of an exaggeration to…

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DKIM for ESPs: The struggle of living up to the ideal

Note: A version of this post also appeared on CircleID. Given the increase in email fraud (phishing) and an increasingly complex…

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FAQ: DMARC for email service providers (ESPs)

What is DMARC? DMARC — Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance — is an open email authentication standard that sending domains use…