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BIMI and DMARC Can't Save You: The Overlooked DKIM Exploit


Analysts at Zone.eu, one of the leading domain registrars and web hosting providers in Europe, have observed a vulnerability affecting the global e-mail ecosystem, stemming from unaddressed warnings in the DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) standard that puts billions of users in risk. This is not an issue in a particular software product but rather a […]

Analysts at Zone.eu, one of the leading domain registrars and web hosting providers in Europe, have observed a vulnerability affecting the global e-mail ecosystem, stemming from unaddressed warnings in the DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) standard that puts billions of users in risk. This is not an issue in a particular software product but rather a vulnerability resulting from loose interpretations of the standard across numerous implementations that span the vast e-mail ecosystem. Using this vulnerability, attackers can create forged emails that still pass DKIM’s cryptographic checks that can then be easily replayed to reach the intended victim.

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