Techno Moon

Email has become an integral part of our daily communication, often used without a second thought regarding its origin until an issue arises. Cybercriminals exploit this implicit trust through a tactic known as email spoofing, which involves falsifying the sender’s identity to make messages appear as though they originate from a trusted source, such as a financial institution, a supervisor, or a reputable service provider. Unlike generic spam, these messages are often meticulously crafted to deceive recipients into disclosing sensitive information or authorising fraudulent actions.  Spoofing takes advantage of vulnerabilities in the underlying email infrastructure, specifically the SMTP protocol, which lacks built-in sender authentication. By faking the “FROM” field and using convincing language, spoofed emails can be nearly indistinguishable from legitimate ones. In a recent high-profile incident, businesses such as Pepco Group lost millions, and hotel staff were misled by fake...

By Shibu Paul, Vice President – International Sales at Array Networks In today’s always-connected world, the traditional boundaries of business are disappearing. Work no longer happens just within office walls or locked-down networks. With cloud applications and remote workers, mobiles and third parties, enterprise edges are now blurred and constantly evolving. Trusting everything within your system now, sometimes is a gamble. In this new reality, assuming everything inside your network is safe has become a risky bet. Traditional security models, ones that trust internal traffic by default are starting to feel like locking the front door while leaving all the windows open, that might feel secure, but the truth is threats can come from anywhere, even within. That’s where Zero Trust Security enters the scene. Rather than trusting old assumptions, it begins with a clean slate: trust no one, validate everything. It’s a pragmatic, contemporary approach to cybersecurity that mirrors how hum...