Welcome to the Crook archives of the Mailfence Blog.
Vishing is a combination of “voice” and “phishing”. It refers to phishing scams done over the phone. Individuals are tricked into revealing critical financial or personal information during seemingly trustworthy...
Quid pro quo is a kind of social engineering attack where a hacker promises a profit in exchange for information that can later be used to steal money, data, or...
What is tailgating? Tailgating is a physical Social Engineering attack where someone seeks entry to a restricted area where they are not allowed to be. A definition of tailgating in...
You have a hacked email account? Well, most of us use email so often and from so many different machines, that it is possible that it might be hacked one...
Today’s advanced malware tools often comprise several different components. They are more like Swiss army knives rather than individual tools. This gives an attacker the ability to perform a number...
Plus addressing (or sub-addressing) allow you to use different versions of your email address. A great thing is to use plus addressing to track spammers. Use it whenever you want...
In our last blogpost, we talked about botnets and how to prevent your device from becoming a zombie. We now discuss one of the most severe and prevalent forms of...
Has your computer been acting weird lately: A part of your hard disk or flash storage seems to have disappeared. Your browser often closes for no apparent reason. Any inexplicable...
Yahoo recently confirmed a massive breach of over 500 million email accounts, including both credentials and security questions. At Mailfence – a secure and private email service, the security team...
Recently a GNU/Linux TCP vulnerability was disclosed (CVE-2016-5696) by security researchers in the US. Upon analysis, this bug did not pose a threat to our users. Nevertheless, we have already taken...