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March 4, 2015 • By Erik Kangas

Stopping Forged Email 4: Your Last Resorts

In previous posts we have examined how hackers and spammers can send forged email and how it can be extremely difficult to differentiate these messages from legitimate messages.  We have looked at the various common techniques for anti-fraud such as SPF, DKIM, and DMARC and seen that, while these technologies can help a lot, they all have...
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February 18, 2015 • By Erik Kangas

6 ways to improve your website forms

Website forms are ubiquitous. Every site needs them to engage visitors, collect information, makes sales, etc. They are easy to add to your site but not necessarily easy to do right. In healthcare it is especially important to ensure all forms used on your website are HIPAA compliant forms. There are plenty of free or […]
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February 9, 2015 • By Erik Kangas

Analyzing a Forged Email Message: How to Tell It Was Forged?

In our previous posting, we looked at exactly how Spammers and hackers can send forged email — how its is possible and how it is done.  Therein, we gave an example how one could send an email forged to be from Bank of America. In this post, we will look at that forged Bank of America...
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February 5, 2015 • By Erik Kangas

How can Spammers and Hackers Send Forged Email?

Everyone has seen spam messages arrive with a “From” address that is your own address, a colleague’s, a friends, or that of some company that you work with or use.  These From addresses are forged to help the messages (a) get by your spam filters, and (b) get by your “eyeball filters”. But how are […]
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January 27, 2015 • By Erik Kangas

How to Tell Who Supports SMTP TLS for Email Transmission

SMTP TLS (Transport Layer Security) is the mechanism by which two email servers, when communicating, can automatically negotiate an encrypted channel between them so that the emails transmitted are secured from eavesdroppers. It is becoming ever more important to use a company that supports TLS for...
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