Social Engineering: What is Smishing?
SMiShing (short of SMS phishing) is an emerging security threat. It is a technique that uses mobile phone text messages (SMS) to trick victims into taking an immediate action. Why...
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Social Engineering: What is Vishing?
Vishing is a combination of the word “voice” and the word “phishing”. Therefore it refers to phishing scams done over the phone. Individuals are tricked into revealing critical financial or...
Steps to take when your Email is hacked!
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...
What is a Keylogger and how to protect yourself from a keylogger
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 to track spammers
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...
Top 5 ways to protect your device from ransomware
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...
Secure email practices: how to prevent your device on becoming a zombie?
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...
Security advisory regarding Yahoo hack
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...
Mailfence is not vulnerable to GNU/Linux TCP Vulnerability
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...
How to combat Advanced Persistent Threats
The diluted usage of the term advanced persistent threat (APT) across the media, marketing and industry conversations continues to amaze us. Too many organizations are now distracted by the hype...