Have you ever received an email that contains the company logo in it? Do you want to implement them in your organization? Are you an email marketing professional looking for more leads? Or do you have some knowledge about BIMI, VMC, and CMC and want to implement them or learn…
What is Ransomware? Ransomware is a malicious application that locks a person’s data, which is impossible to access until they pay money. Cybercriminals get into systems through phishing emails, software weaknesses, or more sophisticated techniques such as session hijacking. Explore in Details: Everything to Know About Ransomware Attacks Statistics of…
Because of critical weaknesses in the WHOIS system, the CA/Browser Forum has required that WHOIS-based Domain Control Validation (DCV) methods be retired. This change applies to all CAs, and there was a broader effort to improve the security and reliability of publicly trusted SSL/TLS certificates. To be compliant, all big…
Cybersecurity is a moving target, with organizations and vendors at the forefront of protecting their systems from the newest threats. In a significant development, leading cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks has released a critical patch to fix a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in its PAN-OS software. If left patched, the vulnerability…
DigiCert confidently continues to improve validations for digital certificates. At this time, it keeps up with new ideas and the new rules set by the industry for this much-needed release. Its latest development is an open-source library on Domain Control Validation. This makes it easier, more automated, and more dependable…
What is PKI? PKI is a set of technologies, policies, and procedures applied to establish, administer, issue, and terminate digital certificates and associated public-private key pairs. It provides a solid basis that allows assurance for safe digital information and communications in matters of authentication, encryption, and digital signature. PKI in…
Cybersecurity in 2024 has changed, and a cybercrime community effectively exploits the vulnerabilities of these newer kinds of attacks. Higher ransomware attacks, highly sophisticated phishing attempts, and new threats looming around the Internet of Things; indeed, this past year brought out how indispensable cyber security is. All significant trends, essential…
What is a DMARC Fail? A DMARC fail happens when a message does not pass SPF or DKIM tests that are used to check the envelope and header information respectively and further does not match the domain stated in the ‘From’ field according to the DMARC policy, resulting in either…
What is DMARC? DMARC, short for Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance, is yet another email authentication protocol that is aimed at empowering the owners of specific email domains to shield their domains from being impersonated or faked, a phenomenon popularly known as email spoofing. DMARC draws on the two…
The incident occurred on 14 November 2024 using a well-known company offering Cloudflare web infrastructure services. The event resulted in the loss of service to its logging-as-a-service product, and for this, most clients lost log data, thus causing concerns in the whole tech world about such kinds of services. Cloud-based…
In recent months, a new PhaaS platform called Rockstar 2FA has been launched, which has the potential to carry out large-scale AiTM attacks owing to its effectiveness. This platform focuses on Microsoft 365 accounts and is very risky because it bypasses multifactor authentication (MFA) through session cookie hijacking, thus enabling…
What is Data Loss Prevention (DLP)? Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is an additional tool in your security tool belt consisting of various methods and programs to protect sensitive data from outsiders, including loss and exposure. The DLP (Data Loss Prevention) aims to protect data integrity, availability, and confidentiality inside the…
Understanding Black Friday and Cyber Monday Scams is the first step to staying safe. Vigilance and awareness of potential threats when shopping online during these peak seasons are crucial. Black Friday/Cyber Monday scams refer to fraudulent schemes during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday season when cyber thieves swindle their unsuspecting customers…
NIST has made its most recent major step in securing digital communication from the new threats of quantum computing. It wrapped up the promotion of 14 cryptographic algorithms to the second round of its additional post-quantum digital signing competition. This is the agency’s additional step towards the persistent effort to…
Starting November 10, 2023, Azure announced that all connections to its services must use TLS 1.2 or newer versions for better security. The older versions, TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1, are being phased out because newer versions offer better security features. What is TLS? Transport Layer Security is a protocol…
