CHAPTER 4
Email Security
4.1 INTRODUCTION
Email is one of the most common Internet applications and is widely used for both business and personal communications. As email has become an integral part of our daily lives, it has also given attackers a means to easily target and contact many potential victims, often by sending emails pretending to be someone they are not. The first goal of this chapter is to introduce the underlying concepts and various components of basic email systems on the Internet. With this knowledge in hand, this chapter explores common ways in which the email system can be used to target potential victims and how these attacks can be mitigated through security best practices. In addition, a handful of email privacy ...
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