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Explorations in the spam folder–Holiday Edition

Cisco Security

We’ve investigated this folder once before, showcasing a variety of scams. This level of activity makes it all the more important to be aware of these scams. By far, the largest category of spam we saw were surveys scams. Image 1 – Survey scam emails. Image 2 – Holiday-themed survey scams. A word of caution.

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E-mail header analysis

CyberSecurity Insiders

SPF: also known as Sender Policy Framework, is a DNS record used for authentication mechanism in email addresses. SPF is a txt record configured in DNS records. For configuring DMARC to DNS records, SPF and DKIM configuration is mandatory. Metadata: Metadata is kind of data which provides information about the other data.

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Proactive Intelligence: A Paradigm Shift In Cyber Defense

Security Boulevard

The truth is that we can make a paradigm shift in the way we think about detection, protection, and proactiveness with respect to intelligence and resilience. Early Threat Detection Understanding attacker infrastructure is the key to not just reactive but true, proactive threat intelligence.

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Top Secure Email Gateway Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Phishing scams use it to compromise networks. They spot unwanted traffic such as spam, phishing expeditions, malware, and scams. In some cases, in-depth analysis is done on outgoing messages to detect and block the transmission of sensitive data. Its multi-layered threat detection continuously learns from threats analyzed.

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How to Improve Email Security for Enterprises & Businesses

eSecurity Planet

It can be time consuming to establish these protocols on an organization’s DNS servers, but doing so will provide two key benefits. Email security tools offer features that screen emails for malicious content using antivirus, anti-spam, DNS, attachment, and other analytics.

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Network Security Architecture: Best Practices & Tools

eSecurity Planet

Server: Provides powerful computing and storage in local, cloud, and data center networks to run services (Active Directory, DNS, email, databases, apps). Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) snooping: Tracks IP addresses assigned to resources to detect untrusted devices and IP address spoofing.

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ZeroFox Fights Back Against External Threats with New Adversary Disruption Service

CyberSecurity Insiders

ZeroFox quickly pivots on attack indicators collected across thousands of validated threats and automatically distributes them to various third-party providers including ISPs, Telcos, CDNs, DNS providers and registrars, and endpoint security platforms. This underscores the need for disruption that can stop repeated attacks.