Twitter recently announced that they have begun using DMARC earlier this month to help cut down on phishing scams, wherein other companies attempts to trick Twitter users’ into giving out their log in details by pretending to be Twitter.
On a recent blog post, Twitter said that the purpose of DMARC is to basically be an additional security protocol to help cut the tremendous amount of fake emails that other companies send to Twitter users. DMARC stands for “Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance” and is basically designed to reduce e-mail-based abuses. Using DMARC means that senders would get consistent e-mail authentication results for their messages at e-mail providers such as Gmail, AOL and Yahoo! which means it would help Twitter in securing it from malicious attacks by screening messages and making sure that the information that the users receive are in line with the information Twitter has on its file.
Using DMARC is a pivotal move that Twitter made to increase security in their service in times wherein hacking is very rampant, such as the Facebook hacking incident last January. Twitter also stated in their blog post that they hope other web-based companies adopt the usage of DMARC to further ensure the security of their users.
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