A new service that allows you to easily 'use different email addresses' from Cloudflare has appeared, and phishing measures that can be done with one click are also available
Even people who use different passwords to prevent intrusion into their accounts should not often use different email addresses as their IDs. As a new security measure service based on this situation, Cloudflare will implement 'Cloudflare Email Routing ' on September 28, 2021 to integrate emails received by multiple email addresses into one email address, and spoofing and
Easily creating and routing email addresses with Cloudflare Email Routing
https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-email-routing/
Tackling Email Spoofing and Phishing
https://blog.cloudflare.com/tackling-email-spoofing/
Cloudflare Enters Email Security Field to Improve Email Security | Cloudflare Press Release
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000013.000061678.html
New Cloudflare Tools Aim to Keep Your Emails Extra Secure | PCMag
https://www.pcmag.com/news/new-cloudflare-tools-aim-to-keep-your-emails-extra-secure
◆ Cloudflare Email Routing
According to Cloudflare, about half of the world's population, 4 billion people, have at least one email address, many of which are used as essential tools for work and personal life. However, the current situation is that many people do not use the e-mail address used to log in to highly confidential services such as banks and government agencies and the e-mail address used for small purposes such as applying for prizes.
In addition, companies use multiple emails for sales, support, response to inquiries, etc., but especially in small companies, problems such as 'which person can open which email' and the cost of proper use are troublesome. It has become.
'Email Routing' is a service launched by Cloudflare to improve this situation. The usage of the service is simple, just enter the 'email address you want to create' and the 'forwarding destination email address' in the two prepared input fields.
Even if spam arrives at the email address you created, you can solve the problem by deleting the email address while leaving the main email address intact.
According to Cloudflare, Email Routing is available for all email services, including Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, Gmail, Google Workplace, and even Aol.com. That's why Cloudflare says, 'It's a particularly strong support for small business customers who use their own domain for their email address but manage it as a Gmail account for the general public.'
The private beta version of Email Routing was released at the time of article creation, and those who are using Cloudflare's DNS service can apply for use from the following page.
◆ Email Security DNS Wizard
Another email security service announced by Cloudflare on the same day is the Email Security DNS Wizard. According to the FBI's ' (PDF file) Internet Crime Report , phishing was the most prevalent cybercrime in 2020, with more than 240,000 victims totaling $ 50 million this year alone. The number of victims has doubled in 2019 and almost 10 times in 2018, and the scale of crimes is steadily expanding.
Verizon's (PDF file) Information Leakage Investigation Report reveals that most of these attacks are carried out via email.
Technologies such as '
Email Security DNS Wizard is a service aimed at changing this situation. According to Cloudflare, a section for setting SPF, DKIM, and DMARC has already been added to the 'DNS tab' of the dashboard, and free users can use these functions with a single click.
Cloudflare plans to offer the Email Security DNS Wizard to paid users with Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans in the coming weeks.
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