Criminals pretending to be Danske Bank are to a great extent prevented from succeeding in their missions. Following the implementation by Danske Bank in spring 2017 of a new and efficient layer of security, more than 3 million fraudulent e-mails have been blocked, according to new figures from the bank. The e-mails in question seem to be sent from @danskebank.dk and similar domains such as @danske.dk and @danske-bank.dk.

“This is a huge step forwards as both customers and employees of the bank now receive way fewer fraudulent e-mails. It means that we have effectively reduced the risk of fraud in connection with fraudulent e-mails,” says Poul Otto Schousboe, Head of IT Security at Danske Bank.

Fewer fraudulent e-mails
Danske Bank is thus up to speed with a number of other large corporates and authorities all over the world. They use the e-mail configuration called DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication).




In short, it imposes an additional layer, which stops fraudulent e-mails before they are delivered to the recipient. Consequently, customers and employees of the bank do not receive fraudulent e-mails that seem to be sent from Danske Bank, and which in the worst case scenario could make the recipient share confidential information or transfer funds to the phoney sender.