Email spoofing

Email spoofing is the fabrication of an email header in the hopes of duping the recipient into thinking the email originated from someone or somewhere other than the intended source. Because core email protocols do not have a built-in method of authentication, it is commonplace for spam and phishing emails to use said spoofing to trick the recipient into trusting the origin of the message. The ultimate goal of email spoofing is to get recipients to open, and possibly even respond to, a solicitation. Although the spoofed messages are usually just a nuisance requiring little action besides removal, the more malicious varieties can cause significant problems, and sometimes pose a real security threat. As an example, a spoofed email may purport to be from a well-known retail business, asking the recipient to provide personal information like a password or credit card number. The fake email might even ask the recipient to click on a link offering a limited time deal, which is actually just a link to download and install malware on the recipient's device. One type of phishing — used in business email compromise — involves spoofing emails from the CEO or CFO of a company who works with suppliers in foreign countries, requesting that wire transfers to the supplier be sent to a different payment location. How Email Spoofing Works Email spoofing is possible because the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) does not provide a mechanism for address authentication. Although email addres...

Email spoofing is a frequent tactic that cybercriminals use to trick the recipient into thinking the email came from a legitimate source. The primary goal is to deceive the recipient into disclosing sensitive information or to put malware onto their system. It is a recurrent issue that affects individuals, businesses and organizations of all sizes and jeopardizes enterprise assets. • Sender spoofing. The "from" address of an email is changed, making it appear as if it was sent from a different sender. • Display name spoofing. The cybercriminal changes the display name in an email to make it appear as if it was sent from a different sender. •Reply-to spoofing. The "reply-to" address in an email is changed so that when the recipient replies to the email, it will be sent to the spoofed email address instead of the actual sender's email address—thereby jeopardizing the privacy of the data. Running a business comes with its own set of challenges, and being impersonated online is just another major roadblock on the path to success. Here are some real-life scenarios that made businesses reach out to seek our help: 1. CEO fraud. An attacker impersonated a company's CEO to send an email to the finance department, requesting an urgent transfer of funds to a specific account. 2. Phishing attacks. Attackers sent emails pretending to be from reputable organizations, banks or online services, requesting users to provide personal information like passwords or credit card details. 3. Gove...

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Tip Did you know you can try the features in Microsoft 365 Defender for Office 365 Plan 2 for free? Use the 90-day Defender for Office 365 trial at the In Microsoft 365 organizations with mailboxes in Exchange Online or standalone Exchange Online Protection (EOP) organizations without Exchange Online mailboxes, EOP includes features to help protect your organization from spoofed (forged) senders. When it comes to protecting its users, Microsoft takes the threat of phishing seriously. Spoofing is a common technique that's used by attackers. Spoofed messages appear to originate from someone or somewhere other than the actual source. This technique is often used in phishing campaigns that are designed to get user credentials. The anti-spoofing technology in EOP specifically examines forgery of the From header in the message body, because that header value is the message sender that's shown in email clients. When EOP has high confidence that the From header is forged, the message is identified as spoofed. The following anti-spoofing technologies are available in EOP: • Email authentication: An integral part of any anti-spoofing effort is the use of email authentication (also known as email validation) by SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records in DNS. You can configure these records for your domains so destination email systems can check the validity of messages that claim to be from senders in your domains. For inbound messages, Microsoft 365 requires email authentication for sender dom...

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Email spoofing is a frequent tactic that cybercriminals use to trick the recipient into thinking the email came from a legitimate source. The primary goal is to deceive the recipient into disclosing sensitive information or to put malware onto their system. It is a recurrent issue that affects individuals, businesses and organizations of all sizes and jeopardizes enterprise assets. • Sender spoofing. The "from" address of an email is changed, making it appear as if it was sent from a different sender. • Display name spoofing. The cybercriminal changes the display name in an email to make it appear as if it was sent from a different sender. •Reply-to spoofing. The "reply-to" address in an email is changed so that when the recipient replies to the email, it will be sent to the spoofed email address instead of the actual sender's email address—thereby jeopardizing the privacy of the data. Running a business comes with its own set of challenges, and being impersonated online is just another major roadblock on the path to success. Here are some real-life scenarios that made businesses reach out to seek our help: 1. CEO fraud. An attacker impersonated a company's CEO to send an email to the finance department, requesting an urgent transfer of funds to a specific account. 2. Phishing attacks. Attackers sent emails pretending to be from reputable organizations, banks or online services, requesting users to provide personal information like passwords or credit card details. 3. Gove...

Email spoofing is the fabrication of an email header in the hopes of duping the recipient into thinking the email originated from someone or somewhere other than the intended source. Because core email protocols do not have a built-in method of authentication, it is commonplace for spam and phishing emails to use said spoofing to trick the recipient into trusting the origin of the message. The ultimate goal of email spoofing is to get recipients to open, and possibly even respond to, a solicitation. Although the spoofed messages are usually just a nuisance requiring little action besides removal, the more malicious varieties can cause significant problems, and sometimes pose a real security threat. As an example, a spoofed email may purport to be from a well-known retail business, asking the recipient to provide personal information like a password or credit card number. The fake email might even ask the recipient to click on a link offering a limited time deal, which is actually just a link to download and install malware on the recipient's device. One type of phishing — used in business email compromise — involves spoofing emails from the CEO or CFO of a company who works with suppliers in foreign countries, requesting that wire transfers to the supplier be sent to a different payment location. How Email Spoofing Works Email spoofing is possible because the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) does not provide a mechanism for address authentication. Although email addres...

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Tip Did you know you can try the features in Microsoft 365 Defender for Office 365 Plan 2 for free? Use the 90-day Defender for Office 365 trial at the In Microsoft 365 organizations with mailboxes in Exchange Online or standalone Exchange Online Protection (EOP) organizations without Exchange Online mailboxes, EOP includes features to help protect your organization from spoofed (forged) senders. When it comes to protecting its users, Microsoft takes the threat of phishing seriously. Spoofing is a common technique that's used by attackers. Spoofed messages appear to originate from someone or somewhere other than the actual source. This technique is often used in phishing campaigns that are designed to get user credentials. The anti-spoofing technology in EOP specifically examines forgery of the From header in the message body, because that header value is the message sender that's shown in email clients. When EOP has high confidence that the From header is forged, the message is identified as spoofed. The following anti-spoofing technologies are available in EOP: • Email authentication: An integral part of any anti-spoofing effort is the use of email authentication (also known as email validation) by SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records in DNS. You can configure these records for your domains so destination email systems can check the validity of messages that claim to be from senders in your domains. For inbound messages, Microsoft 365 requires email authentication for sender dom...