Social Engineering: What is Shoulder Surfing?
Shoulder surfing is the practice of stealing sensitive information by looking over another person’s shoulder while they are keying that information into the device. What is Shoulder Surfing? You’re on...
Category: Tips
Welcome to the Tips archives of the Mailfence Blog.
9 Reasons to Upgrade your Mailfence Account Today
If you’re a Mailfence free plan user, you might ask yourself, “why should I upgrade to a premium plan when secure and private email Mailfence offers so much for free?”...
Harden Your Mailfence Account
Mailfence offers a secure and private collaborative suite, and all user accounts are protected through standard security and privacy measures (check our high-level security analysis for more information). However, as...
How To Degoogle Your Life
Sure, Google is convenient, with their various services all connected and free! But Google tracks you every time you use their services, and you probably use several of them. Google...
Why are Hackers Targeting Small Businesses and How to Protect Yours
Why do hackers target SMEs? Cybercriminals indeed attack them more often than large companies. Read this article and find out why pirates target small businesses, and, more importantly, how to...
How to protect your privacy online with our 6 tips
Do you believe in the privacy of your online activities? If you don’t take any specific measures, nothing you do on the Internet is secret. Certain online service providers track...
7 Biggest Email Security Mistakes To Avoid
When it comes to email, there are plenty of email security mistakes that new users tend to make and that bad actors like hackers and scammers can abuse. However, even...
Top 5 Ways To Prevent Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware is software developed to scramble infected computer systems, computers, tablets, or smartphones screen content or files so that data become unreadable. Hackers can then claim a ransom to unlock...
What Is A Zombie Computer And How To Prevent It?
“Zombie” is the term used when an attacker takes control of your computer without your knowledge. A zombie attack aimed either to steal your sensitive information or to make...
Steps To Take When Your Email Is Hacked
Think your email account may have been hacked? Most of us use email so often and from so many machines that it might be hacked one day. But don’t panic....