Ecosystem News

DK Hostmaster Workshop & Identifier Alignment

At a recent DK Hostmaster workshop, guest instructor Tim Draegen, founder of dmarcian and one of the primary authors of DMARC, helped attendees better understand how DMARC makes use of authentication to improve email security using the well-known SPF and DKIM mechanisms, how DMARC’s reporting protocols help protect your email domains quickly and precisely, and…
Vaughn Talbert
5 December 2018
Ecosystem NewsInside dmarcian

dmarcian Announces Japanese Instance

As part of our dmarcian's mission to upgrade the entire world’s email by making DMARC accessible to all, we are pleased to announce the launch of our new Japanese instance of our platform. This new instance retains Japanese data within Japan to resolve all issues related to APPI cross-border data transfer. Create a FREE 14-day…
Vaughn Talbert
7 November 2018
Ecosystem NewsInside dmarcian

dmarcian Sponsors Montreat College’s RETR3AT Cybersecurity Conference

On November 2, 2018, Montreat College’s Center for Cybersecurity Education and Leadership will host RETR3AT, a conference designed to engage, educate, and raise awareness about cybersecurity in Western North Carolina and beyond.  dmarcian is a proud to be a sponsor of the event, and dmarcian's Ed Carroll (General Manager Americas) is a Montreat alumni. He shares…
Vaughn Talbert
25 October 2018
Ecosystem NewsTechnical Guidance

GDPR’s Impact on DMARC Data Collection

When the EU passed the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) it triggered a worldwide examination of different types of data, including the data found in DMARC Aggregate (RUA) and Failure (RUF) reports. A legal analysis from ECO, the German Internet Industry group, breaks down all aspects of DMARC data and the concerns involved related to…
dmarcian
24 September 2018
Worst Phish by country Ecosystem NewsInside dmarcianTechnical Guidance

Phishing leaves a DMARC trail

Earlier this year The Anti-Phishing Working Group (AWPG) and dmarcian had the opportunity to look for patterns across data sets to see if anything interesting emerged. We decided to cross reference the IP addresses from APWG’s phishing and malicious IP data sets contained in their eCrime Exchange (eCX) threat data sharing platform, against the addresses…
dmarcian
7 August 2018
Ecosystem News

FTC Study Released Regarding DMARC

Press release from Federal Trade Commission, March 3rd 2017 "In a study released today, the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Technology Research and Investigation (OTech) reports that most major online businesses are using proper email authentication technology to prevent phishing emails, but few of these businesses are taking full advantage of the latest technologies to…
dmarcian
3 March 2017
Ecosystem News

Expansion of DMARC is Now Critical

Press Release Reposted with Permission from The Global Cyber Alliance Expansion of DMARC Critical to Reducing Spread of Malicious Emails Global Cyber Alliance Calls on Leading Cyber Companies To Improve Email Protections SAN FRANCISCO, February 14, 2017 – There is a fix that can prevent a great amount of email-born attacks on consumers and businesses. Unfortunately,…
dmarcian
14 February 2017
Ecosystem News

Sub-domain Abuse Goes Mainstream

Last week, LinkedIn was the target of a massive, global cyber attack. The attack came in the form of phishing that looks almost exactly like real LinkedIn address confirmation emails. Only two things differed: (more…)
dmarcian
6 February 2017
Ecosystem NewsTechnical Guidance

Subdomain Management Changes

As many of you may have noticed, there have recently been some changes to the UI regarding subdomains. After talking with people about how subdomains were being used and abused across the internet, we decided to spend some time rethinking how dmarcian process, sorts and displays subdomains. These new changes allow our system to handle…
dmarcian
9 January 2017
Ecosystem News

Email marketers: DMARC just delivered

In recognition of Safer Internet Day, John Rae-Grant (Google Product Manager) just wrote about 2 significant changes coming to Gmail on the web.  Both changes give users more visibility into the underlying trustworthiness of a piece of email. (more…)
dmarcian
9 February 2016