Gone are the days when incorrect grammar, poor graphics, an unprofessional tone, and other flaws were red flags of a phishing email. It’s 2025, and AI has enabled threat actors to create convincing emails without such flaws. They are creating sophisticated emails that look like they have been genuinely sent by friends, colleagues, clients, service…
Email is a major part of our daily communication, yet many people overlook the importance of securing it. Imagine sending an email that never reaches your intended recipient due to poor setup—frustrating, right? That’s where tools like Kitterman SPF Check come in. They help you ensure your email settings are just right, making it less…
Email has become a lifeline for communication, both in our personal lives and in the world of business. Yet, with increasing threats of phishing and spoofing attacks, protecting your email domain is more important than ever. That’s where SPF, or Sender Policy Framework, comes into play. Setting up a proper SPF record for Office 365…
Email security is a two-way street, which means both the client and the email service provider are responsible for maintaining the legitimacy and authenticity of the communication process. It is not only the company sending out emails that should take action against spoofing and phishing attacks but also the platforms through which the emails are…
In the digital age, sending emails is as routine as breathing, but did you know that simply hitting “send” doesn’t guarantee your message will land where you intended? Without proper email authentication, you might find your emails drifting into spam folders or worse, faked by someone pretending to be you. That’s where Google SPF records…
When you send an email, have you ever wondered if it lands in the recipient’s inbox rather than their spam folder? That’s where SPF records come in! SPF, which stands for Sender Policy Framework, plays a crucial role in your email security. It helps verify that the emails sent from your domain are genuinely from…
In general, cyber resilience is a company’s ability to withstand, respond to, and recover from cyberattacks or IT failures while continuing to operate smoothly. It’s like having a backup plan and strong defenses to keep business running even when something goes wrong. There is no strict definition of cyber resilience as the digital landscape keeps…
You may already know that SPF records are TXT-type DNS records that domain owners create to mention SPF policies and enlist the mail servers they authorize to be used to send emails on their behalf. TXT records help store text-based information associated with a domain, which is then published on the DNS for public retrieval….
Once you are done with creating SPF and DMARC records to safeguard your email communications, the next step requires you to publish the records onto your domain’s DNS. Updating them on DNS ensures that the recipient mailboxes are able to retrieve them and run email authentication checks, thereby preventing any kind of malicious attempts. Based…
In SPF, a DNS lookup is the process using which the receiving mail server fetches the SPF TXT record of the sender’s domain. This is done to verify if the sender is authorized to send messages on behalf of the domain owner. However, to prevent abuse and overburdening, RFC has imposed a limit of a…
