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...
Tagged: Social Engineering
Welcome to the Social Engineering archives of the Mailfence Blog.
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...
Email Headers: How to read and use message headers
This blogpost will explain how to read and understand the email header which travels with every email. It contains details about the sender, taken route and the receiver. Use this...
Protecting your devices when traveling
Even the most privacy-conscious among us encounter various security threats when travelling. Unless your laptop is inside a Zero Halliburton briefcase handcuffed to your wrist, it’s difficult to keep your...
Common threats to online privacy and digital security
In this blogpost, we will look at the most common threats to online privacy and digital security. You will increase your awareness of common threats, but also learn tips on...
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...
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...
Email security and privacy awareness course
To mark the end of the year, we thought it is useful to propose email security and privacy course to enrich the learning and awareness of our users. For that...
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...
How to keep your private email account secure
Email accounts aren’t compromised one by one, they’re cracked ‘en masse’ and then sold online. In case you want a private email account, this will interest you. According to account...