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91% of cyberattacks start with a phishing email. Not malware. Not zero-days. Not sophisticated nation-state hacking. A convincing email. Here's what we're seeing at SiftMail in May 2026: - Phishing attempts are up 35% YoY - CEO fraud emails now use AI-generated text - Most victims click within 60 seconds of opening The fix isn't "be more careful." The fix is automated detection that scores every email before you see it. We built SiftMail to catch what Gmail and Outlook miss. Free tier available. siftmail.app

Your CEO just emailed asking you to wire $47,500 urgently. Except it wasn't your CEO. Business Email Compromise (BEC) cost companies $2.7 billion last year. Here's how to spot it: 1. Urgency + secrecy ("Don't tell anyone, just do it") 2. New wire instructions or bank account changes 3. Email from a slightly different domain (company-corp.com vs company.com) 4. Request to bypass normal approval chains What to do: - ALWAYS verify financial requests by phone - Use a tool that detects domain-similar senders automatically - Implement dual-authorization for transfers above $5K At SiftMail we catch these with anomaly detection + homoglyph analysis. Protect your team: siftmail.app/scan-domain

🧵 How to spot a phishing email in 10 seconds: 1/ Check the sender's ACTUAL email address, not the display name. "PayPal Support" means nothing if it's from paypa1-support@gmail.com 2/ Urgency = manipulation. "Your account will be closed in 24 hours" is almost always fake. Real companies don't threaten via email. 3/ Hover before you click. If the link says "paypal.com" but the URL shows "bit.ly/x4kRm" — that's phishing. 4/ Generic greetings. "Dear Customer" = they don't know you. Your bank knows your name. 5/ Check for SPF/DKIM/DMARC failures. Most email clients hide this, but tools like @SiftMail surface authentication results on every email. 6/ When in doubt, go directly to the website. Don't click the email link. Open a new tab and type the URL yourself. Want automated protection? siftmail.app catches these before they reach your inbox. Free plan available.

Your email provider catches 99% of spam. That last 1%? That's where the damage happens. Gmail's built-in filters are good at catching bulk spam. But they miss: - Targeted spear phishing (no spam patterns to match) - CEO impersonation (from a real-looking domain) - Invoice fraud (looks like a normal business email) - Homoglyph attacks (pаypal.com with a Cyrillic "а") SiftMail adds a second layer that catches what slips through: ✅ Heuristic scoring on 10+ signals per email ✅ Sender reputation + domain analysis ✅ Reply-to mismatch detection ✅ Link shortener flagging ✅ Automatic quarantine (Pro) Setup takes 30 seconds. Free plan available. siftmail.app

I just scanned 50 random company domains for email security. Results: - 34% had no DMARC policy at all - 18% had SPF but set to ~all (soft fail = useless) - Only 12% had p=reject on DMARC This means 88% of companies are vulnerable to email spoofing. Is your domain one of them? Free scanner: siftmail.app/scan-domain Takes 3 seconds. Shows your SPF, DKIM, DMARC status + a security grade.

Last year I almost wired $12,000 to a scammer. The email looked exactly like it came from our accountant. Same name, same signature, same tone. The only difference? One character in the email domain. An "rn" instead of "m" — they look identical in most fonts. That's when I realized: email security isn't a nice-to-have. It's infrastructure. So we built SiftMail — scores every incoming email on 10+ signals, catches the ones that slip past Gmail and Outlook, and quarantines threats before you see them. Try it free: siftmail.app

This week in email threats (via @SiftMail): 📊 2.4M+ emails scanned 🎣 3.2% flagged as phishing 🚫 8.7% flagged as spam 💼 Top attack: fake invoice scams 🏦 Most impersonated: PayPal, Amazon, Chase Protect your inbox for free: siftmail.app