12 Tips On How To Protect Your Data
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of cyber attacks on organizations and individuals has exploded. It is therefore more important than ever to keep your data and...
Tagged: Security
Welcome to the Security archives of the Mailfence Blog.
11 Password Best Practices To Keep Your Accounts Secure
How well do you remember your passwords? If you’re like most people, you probably keep forgetting passwords. You might be guilty of reusing the same password on different accounts, or...
Social Engineering: What is Smishing?
Smishing is a social engineering attack using phishing techniques, but sent by text message instead of email. The name is a combination of SMS and phishing. In this post, you’ll...
Information Warfare : How It Works And How To Protect Yourself?
Information warfare, or infowar, aims to employ information and communication technologies (ICT) to harm an enemy country. Hackers and governments can benefit from information war. But did you know it...
What is cyber warfare and are you concerned?
The current conflict in Ukraine is accompanied behind the scenes by cyber warfare. For many, it signals a new era of cyber attacks. But what is cyber warfare? How does...
5 cyber threats that exploded in 2021 and why the pandemic is responsible
The coronavirus pandemic has turned the world upside down. We all had to change our routines and adapt to different ways of working in a matter of weeks. These changes...
Mailfence: the best G Suite alternative
If you are reading this post, you are probably looking for a Google Workspace alternative. You’ve come to the right place because in this blog post we will explain why...
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...
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...
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...