Spear phishing: What is it and how to prevent it
If you have read our posts related to social ingineering ploys (phishing, smishing, whaling and vishing), you already know that many kinds of scams are derived from phishing. But it’s...
Category: Tips
Welcome to the Tips archives of the Mailfence Blog.
Mailfence Jabber Chat: use a secure group chat
Mailfence strives to make the internet a safer place. We offer a secure ecosystem to help you organize your life and your work through powerful productivity tools such as Mailfence...
How to degoogle your life
Google tracks you every time you use their services and there are tons of Google services. No doubt you are using several of Google products because they are free. However...
Social Engineering: What is a whaling attack?
A whaling attack is a form of phishing attack aimed at high-profile executives. By impersonating a highly-ranked professional, cybercriminals try to trick their victims into doing unfavourable actions. They usually...
Mailfence: A secure & private Gmail alternative
If you are reading this post then you are probably looking for a Gmail alternative. You‘ve come to the right place because in this blog post we are going to...
Social Engineering: What is Phishing?
Phishing (pronounced “fishing”) is a kind of identity theft that is growing in popularity amongst hackers. By using fraudulent websites and false emails, fake phone calls, and whatnot – perpetrators attempt...
Definition of Pretexting and examples
WHAT IS PRETEXTING? Pretexting is another form of social engineering where attackers focus on creating a good pretext, or a fabricated scenario, that they can use to try stealing their...
Symmetric vs Asymmetric encryption: What’s the difference?
In this blog post, we explain the main differences between symmetric vs asymmetric encryption. This article will also explain which encryption method you should use. Some words about different encryption...
Harden your Mailfence account
Mailfence offers a secure and private email-suite. All user accounts are protected through standard security and privacy measures. A high-level security analysis can be found in this blogpost. However, as...
What is a DDoS Attack?
Reports of DDoS attacks pop up in the news every few months. Servers crash, sites go down, and companies can lose millions of dollars while their services are disrupted. Services...