Email Security

Encryption is the answer.

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Banning encryption: why is it a poor idea?

Last year, leaks from the Council of the European Union revealed that the European Union was (again) considering banning encryption. More recently, the Belgian government planned to enact an oppressive surveillance law. It wanted to

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Mailfence keeps on improving security for its users

Security is one of our core priority, with privacy. We work hard to provide our users the most secure and private experience when using Mailfence. Many users, such as journalists or dissidents use our service

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Spear phishing: What is it and how to prevent it

If you have read our posts related to social engineering plots (phishing, smishing, whaling and vishing), you already know that many kinds of scams are derived from phishing. But it’s important to learn about the

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Analysis of the Microsoft Exchange Server hack

It is been more than a month now since Microsoft first acknowledged a data breach on its on-premises Microsoft Exchange Server. Attackers were able to get administrator privileges on affected servers, access to user emails

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Social Engineering: What is Pretexting ?

Pretexting attack is a specific kind of social engineering focused on creating a good pretext, or a fabricated scenario, that scammers can use to trick their victim into giving up on their own personal information.

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Mailfence DMARC policy enforcement strategy

We have taken many steps to protect our users from common attacks such as spoofing or phishing. However, such emails might still find their way to your inbox. While we do…

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Why you need a private email service now

You probably know someone or have heard a really scary case of hacking or scamming. What you probably do not know however is that more than 80% of all successful cyber-security breaches begin with your