{"id":364,"date":"2022-01-28T10:19:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T10:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kdmarc.com\/blog\/?p=364"},"modified":"2025-02-27T11:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T06:11:12","slug":"email-spoofing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/email-spoofing\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brief Introduction to Email Spoofing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Just like traditional criminals use forgery as a gateway to numerous complicated crimes, email spoofing follows the same concept to attack an organization by using the practice of counterfeiting.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #414141;color:#414141\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #414141;color:#414141\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/email-spoofing\/#What_is_Email_Spoofing\" >What is Email Spoofing?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/email-spoofing\/#Book_a_Free_Demo_Call_with_Our_People_Security_Expert\" >Book a Free Demo Call with Our People Security Expert<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/email-spoofing\/#Enter_your_details\" >Enter your details<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/email-spoofing\/#Example_of_Email_Spoofing\" >Example of Email Spoofing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/email-spoofing\/#How_Does_Spoofing_Work\" >How Does Spoofing Work?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/email-spoofing\/#Statistics_on_Email_Spoofing\" >Statistics on Email Spoofing<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/email-spoofing\/#Vigilance_and_DMARC_are_the_Solutions\" >Vigilance and DMARC are the Solutions!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #414141;\"><b>96% of the phishing attacks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are carried out by <\/span><b>Emails<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #414141;\">.<\/span> (Source: <\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #183994;\"><a style=\"color: #183994;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/why-ethical-phishing-campaigns-are-ineffective\/2\/34464\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Techopedia<\/a><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Email_Spoofing\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>What is Email Spoofing?<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Email spoofing is the <strong>process of creating emails with an impersonated email sender address<\/strong>.&nbsp; This malicious practice is carried out when the original transmission protocols used for email lack built-in authentication standards. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">This allows threat actors <strong>to send spam or phishing emails to recipients of the legitimate sender in order to dupe the recipient into giving sensitive information<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Read more about <span style=\"color: #183994;\"><a style=\"color: #183994;\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/phishing-attack-on-mailchimp\/\"><strong>Phishing Attacks on Mailchimp Users of Crypto Platforms<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n      @media print, screen and (max-width: 63.99875em){\n      .tnp-submit\n      width: 48%;\n      }\n      .wp-block-tnp-minimal{\n      padding: 20px;\n      }\n      .blog_para\n      margin-top: 4px !important;\n      line-height: 25px !important;\n      font-size: 15px !important;\n      }\n\n      }\n      .blog_para{\n      font-family: jost,sans-serif;\n      margin-top: 14px;\n      margin-bottom: 30px;\n      color: #fff;\n      font-size: 15px !important;\n      color: black !important;\n\n      }\n\n      .wp-block-tnp-minimal{\n      padding:20px;\n      border: 1px solid grey;\n      }\n\n      .tnp-submit a{\n        background: #1d58c7!important;\n    border-radius: 5px!important;\n    text-transform: inherit!important;\n    padding: 8px 25px!important;\n    font-weight: 600!important;\n    color: #fff!important;\n    width: 30%!important;\n    border: none;\n      }\n\n      .blog_get{\n      font-size: 24px !important;\n      font-weight: 700;\n      padding-bottom: 0px;\n    font-family: 'Poppins' !important;\n      margin-bottom: 0px;\n      margin-top: 0px;\n      margin-bottom: 0px !important;\n      color: white;\n          line-height: 30px;\n          color: white;\n      }\n      .row{\n             display: flex;\n    flex-wrap: wrap;\n    flex-direction: row;\n    padding: 25px 0px 25px 36px;\n    align-items: center;\n\n      }\n\n.colLeft{\n         flex-basis:50%;\n    -webkit-box-flex: 0;\n    flex-grow: 0;\n    max-width: 50%;\n    color: white;\n}\n    \n .colRight{\n       flex-basis: 45%;\n    -webkit-box-flex: 0;\n    flex-grow: 0;\n    max-width: 50%;\n }\n\n.tnp-subscription-minimal{\n    float: right;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div style=\"max-width: 741px; 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color: #000000;\">Email Spoofing is an <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">elevated form of<\/span> <span style=\"color: #183994;\"><a style=\"color: #183994;\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/perfect-phishing-attack-a-penetration-testers-perspective\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">phishing attack<\/a><\/span><\/strong> where threat actors use a <strong>more technical form of impersonating emails<\/strong>. The approach of this method requires the cybercriminal to obtain users\u2019 data and personal information. This allows them to create a fraudulent email that looks similar to the impersonated individual or organization.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Spoofed emails can be the <strong>impersonation of customers, co-workers, managers, or high profiles in the organization<\/strong>. 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color: #000000;\">These types of scams <strong>rely heavily on <span style=\"color: #183994;\"><a style=\"color: #183994;\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/types-of-social-engineering-attacks\/\">social engineering<\/a><\/span><\/strong> as targets can be easily convinced into believing that they have received a legitimate email. Further, it prompts them to respond to the message by <strong>opening a malicious attachment or transferring money<\/strong>. Email spoofing is infamous for being used as a weapon in deploying phishing and ransomware attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Example_of_Email_Spoofing\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Example of Email Spoofing<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">There can be an instance where a <strong>malicious actor has impersonated the CEO of an organization<\/strong>. For example, if the CEO of Woodsworth Security is John Smith, whose legitimate email address is <\/span><span style=\"color: #183994;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">johnsceo@woodsworth.com<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">. A cybercriminal can spoof his email and create a fake address email such as <\/span><span style=\"color: #183994;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">jonhsceo@woodsworth.com<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"> or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #183994;\">johnceo@woodsworth.com<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the above example, <\/span><b>a vigilant individual can notice the difference between a legitimate email address and multiple fake email<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> addresses. In the first fake email \u2018n\u2019 and \u2018h\u2019 are interplaced. In the second email address, \u2018s\u2019 is missing. If a cybercriminal sends emails using these addresses and asks to make financial transactions fraudulently, then the organization can incur heavy financial losses.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">There is another form of spoofing where a similar method is used for spoofing the domain of the organization. This method is known as domain spoofing. For example, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #183994;\">johnsceo@wodsworth.com<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"> is an example of domain spoofing. One can notice that there are single \u2018o\u2019 rather than double \u2019o\u2019s in the domain name. The target individuals are often misguided by emails that appear to have been sent by their trusted senders.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Does_Spoofing_Work\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>How Does Spoofing Work?<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">As a few examples stated above, there is technically a set procedure to carry out email spoofing. The possibility of spoofing email addresses is because SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) doesn\u2019t provide any mechanism to authenticate email addresses.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Scammers mainly alter different email sections to disguise themselves as legitimate sender. These sections are basically a minor alphabetical modification and they are created using websites that are particularly meant to provide temporary email addresses. The cybercriminals use the following properties to alter and impersonate:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>From:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Name and email address<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Reply-To:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Name and email address<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Return-Path:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Email address<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Source IP:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> IP address<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Additionally, spoofed emails might consist of attachments for installing malware like Trojans or viruses that are purposefully designed to act beyond infecting the recipient\u2019s computer. It could be meant to spread malware in the entire computer network.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Statistics_on_Email_Spoofing\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Statistics on Email Spoofing<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to IC3, there were<\/span> <b>19,369 BEC (<span style=\"color: #183994;\"><a style=\"color: #183994;\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/bec-attack\/\">Business Email Compromise<\/a><\/span>) complaints in 2020 that incurred a loss of over $1.8 billion to organizations.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>22% of all data breaches in 2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> were <\/span><span style=\"color: #183994;\"><a style=\"color: #183994;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/article\/411975\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>due to email spoofing<\/b><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">88% of all organizations from 2019 to 2020 experienced<\/span> <span style=\"color: #183994;\"><a style=\"color: #183994;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/cyber-security-breaches-survey-2020\/cyber-security-breaches-survey-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">phishing attacks due to spoofed email domains<\/a><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #183994;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">According to an <\/span><span style=\"color: #183994;\"><a style=\"color: #183994;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/johnkoetsier\/2020\/05\/11\/scammers-send-31-billion-domain-spoofing-emails-a-day-heres-how-to-protect-yourself-and-your-company\/?sh=209b869248cb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>article from Forbes<\/b><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>1.3 billion spoofing emails are sent every day<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by scammers.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">According to <\/span><span style=\"color: #183994;\"><a style=\"color: #183994;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/02\/21\/five-internet-crimes-you-need-to-know-about-to-stay-safe-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>the FBI<\/b><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in 2019, there were <\/span><b>467,000 successful cyberattacks, among which 24% were carried out through emails<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>56% of all hackers rely more on stolen corporate credentials<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> from employees tricked via<\/span> <\/span><span style=\"color: #183994;\"><a style=\"color: #183994;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2022\/01\/25\/2372208\/0\/en\/Global-Cybersecurity-Study-Insider-Threats-Cost-Organizations-15-4-Million-Annually-up-34-Percent-from-2020.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>spoofed email domains, than malware attacks<\/b><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-7224\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/download.jpg\" alt=\"Email Spoofing\" class=\"wp-image-7224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/download.jpg 225w, https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/download-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/download-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Source: Bloomberg)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Vigilance_and_DMARC_are_the_Solutions\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Vigilance and DMARC are the Solutions!<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">The first line of defense to prevent cyberattacks through emails is humans. If your employees are vigilant and aware of the parameters of cybersecurity, then many phishing attacks can easily be avoided. That\u2019s why every organization must provide <\/span><span style=\"color: #183994;\"><a style=\"color: #183994;\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/security-awareness-training-for-employees\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>cybersecurity training to their employees<\/b><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">. Also, these organizations can specifically choose to give <\/span><span style=\"color: #183994;\"><a style=\"color: #183994;\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/phishing-awareness-and-simulation\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>phishing awareness training to their employees<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">On a technical level, cybersecurity awareness is not enough as IP address impersonation cannot be identified by the general users. For such scenarios, <span style=\"color: #183994;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #183994;\" href=\"https:\/\/kdmarc.com\/blog\/what-is-dmarc\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DMARC<\/a><\/strong><\/span> is implemented along with <span style=\"color: #183994;\"><a style=\"color: #183994;\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/spf-and-dkim\/\"><strong>DKIM and <\/strong><strong>SPF <\/strong><\/a><\/span>to empower email servers with email authentication protocols or standards.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>DMARC <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is an effective email validation protocol that protects your organization\u2019s email domain from email-based attacks. In common terms, it <\/span><b>provides domain owners with insights into who is sending emails from their domain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, giving them detailed information about their outbound email channel.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #183994;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #183994;\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/tdmarc\">TDMARC<\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the most sophisticated tool that implements multiple authentication standards on email servers to prevent phishing attacks. This tool is a comprehensive suite of the following features:&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Easy Multi-domain Management<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Smart DMARC<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Smart SPF<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Smart BIMI<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>MTA-STS &amp; TLS Reporting<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and much more!<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just like traditional criminals use forgery as a gateway to numerous complicated crimes, email spoofing follows the same concept to attack an organization by using the practice of counterfeiting.&nbsp; 96% of the phishing attacks are carried out by Emails. (Source: Techopedia) What is Email Spoofing? 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