Email Spoofing

Email spoofing is a security threat that involves sending email messages with a fake sender address with an intention of deceiving the receiver of the message. And it mainly manipulates email protocols deficiency in authenticating the source of an email message. Furthermore, this enables cybercriminals to change the metadata of the email address specifically the “From” field of the email so that it can appear as if it come from another authentic source or sender. Besides, email spoofing is a form of identity theft where cybercriminal uses the identity of real user in email communication. Email spoofing may be happen due to phishing attacks and other malware based cyberattacks.

Some techniques to protect against email spoofing attacks include the following:

• Install antimalware software
• Deploy email security gateway
• Email signing digital certificates
• Perform Reverse IP lookup to authenticate senders
• Security awareness training
• Never click on suspicious attachments and links
• Employ encryption techniques to protect email messages
• Use email security protocols such as S/MIME, and PGP.
• Continuously check for spoofed email addresses in the entire organization
• Do not give out personal information through emails without proper verification