September 19, 2025

Halon, the Swedish provider of composable email infrastructure, has acquired Berlin-based eleven cyber security GmbH. Announced on 16 September 2025, the deal brings a long-standing partnership fully under one roof and strengthens Halon’s position as a European alternative in a sector dominated by US consolidation. The two firms have worked together since 2016, when Halon […]

As an Enterprise Member of emailexpert, ZeroBounce continues to lead the way in email deliverability and data security. The company has announced a significant upgrade to its API, introducing geolocated routing and dedicated regional endpoints. This strategic move directly addresses the growing global demand for data residency and privacy compliance, particularly under the General Data […]

An urgent advisory for WordPress site administrators on a critical security flaw. A not insignificant security vulnerability (CVE-2025-59003) has been confirmed in the WP Mailgun SMTP plugin, affecting all versions up to and including v1.0.7. This sensitive data exposure flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to access private credentials, including your Mailgun API keys and SMTP […]

Gmail’s new subscription management feature (reported on last week LINK) and Proton Mail‘s newsletter interface consolidate mailing lists into centralised hubs with simplified opt-out functionality. Google is implementing the service across web, Android, and iOS platforms in selected markets, whilst Proton has added bulk management tools and automated rule creation capabilities. What is new Gmail […]

How SURBL became the scapegoat in Google’s political headache For over two decades, SURBL has quietly performed one of the internet’s most thankless jobs: identifying domains that spread spam and malware to protect email users worldwide. The Dutch-operated reputation service has built its credibility on technical precision, not political calculations. That reputation took a hit […]

March 31, 2025 wasn’t just another date on the compliance calendar. It marked the end of the grace period for PCI DSS v4.0, and with it the moment when DMARC stopped being optional. If your business handles payment card data, email authentication is no longer a “nice-to-have.” It’s a baseline requirement, and one auditors will […]

Wix has added a new AI Email Assistant to its marketing platform, aiming to simplify campaign creation for its millions of users. The tool, which became available in late August, generates draft emails based on prompts, then pulls in business and product data from the user’s existing Wix site. Rather than forcing small business owners […]

Cybersecurity teams spend countless hours decoding cryptic rule names and obscure threat indicators. A single misinterpreted alert can slow investigations or, worse, let a malicious email slip through. Cloudflare thinks it has an answer. As part of its recent AI Week, the company introduced Cloudy Summaries, a beta feature designed to strip the jargon out […]

Castle, a company specialising in fraud prevention and security, has introduced a new monthly “Fraudulent Email Domain Tracker.” This resource is a dataset listing domains that have been observed in connection with fraudulent and spam-related activities, such as the creation of fake accounts. The tracker is intended to provide security and anti-fraud teams with data […]

New safeguards aim to curb abuse while keeping reports useful for diagnosis The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has taken another step forward in shaping the future of DMARC failure reporting. Its latest draft, published on 11 September 2025, outlines changes designed to close off abuse pathways that have long worried operators, while still giving […]

Mailcow has rolled out a September 2025 release that puts outbound email security front and centre. The update adds a new container to enforce MTA-STS on outgoing mail, improves spam-filtering for aliases, and introduces fresh monitoring tools for self-hosters. The headline change is the postfix-tlspol-mailcow container. It forces outbound mail to use encrypted connections in […]

Intuit used its September Investor Day to reassure markets that fiscal 2026 will bring steady growth. But for the email marketing sector, one detail stood out: Mailchimp is holding the numbers back. The Numbers Behind the Drag Intuit confirmed guidance it first issued in August, projecting its Global Business Solutions (GBS) division to grow 14–15% […]

SendGrid Experiences Multiple Short-Lived Incidents Email service provider SendGrid, a subsidiary of Twilio, experienced several minor system issues in mid-September, though none led to a widespread, long-term disruption of core email delivery. The incidents, which were quickly investigated and resolved, highlight the importance of maintaining independent backups of critical marketing assets. The Template Issue On […]

Digital trust giant moves into DMARC as consolidation accelerates DigiCert has agreed to acquire email authentication specialist Valimail, in a deal that signals growing consolidation in the email security sector. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the move positions DigiCert to expand beyond certificates into the fast-growing market for DMARC enforcement and related technologies. The […]