E-mail security on the test: How to protect yourself from fraud!

E-mail security on the test: How to protect yourself from fraud!

<ul> <li>Deutschland</li> </ul> - On January 9, 2025, ZDF of a problem when entering registration data. Various mistakes occurred to prevent successful registration. Users had to check the spelling of their inputs, select an ad name and make sure that their username was a maximum of 256 characters long. In addition, entering a valid email address was required.

Error in the entry of email or password often led to incomplete registration. The email address had to contain a "@" and belong to an existing domain, such as ZDF.de. The requirements for the password were also stricter: it had to be at least 8 characters long and contain a large and small letter as well as a number. In addition, the consent to the terms of use and the data protection declaration was absolutely necessary to conclude the registration.

Requirements for email authentication

In addition, Adguard The importance of email authentication. This technical process serves to review the authenticity of email applicants and content and is also referred to as email validation.

Correctly configured, email authentication can block fraudulent activities such as spoofing, phishing and falsification more effectively. E-mails are susceptible to a variety of attacks, including phishing attacks, where cybercriminals try to steal sensitive data from users by output themselves as legitimate institutions.

• Phishing-emails
• Spoofing - forawes of the sender address
• emails infected with malware
• Business Email Compromise (BEC)
• E-mail response chain attacks
• Whaling attacks on high-ranking people

Important methods for email authentication include the broadcaster Policy Framework (SPF), Domainkeys Identified Mail (DKIM) and Domain-Based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformation (DMARC). These technologies help to increase the security of emails, to improve delivery and prevent the abuse of domains. E-mail authentication is therefore a basic practice for protecting sensitive information.

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