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German IT security situation increasingly critical in 2020

by Thomas Cloer | 22.10.2020 | News, Security

The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has just released its 2020 report on the IT security situation in Germany. It once again underlines the fact that a high-performance email security service is absolutely essential in this day and age.

Forrester and Gartner mention Retarus yet again

by Thomas Cloer | 29.09.2020 | Security

We are proud to note that leading tech sector analyst firms Forrester and Gartner continue to include Retarus in their publications on a regular basis.

Tags: Email Security // Forrester // Gartner

Retarus intensifies channel sales worldwide

by Alexander Hüls | 22.09.2020 | Business Trends, News, Security

Retarus is launching a new partner program for its Secure Email Platform. Channel partners are set to benefit from the impressive flexibility of Retarus’ cloud services, which allow partners sufficient options for independent implementation and configuration of the services while also fulfilling the most stringent European data protection guidelines and regulations. The new two-pillar channel...

Fraudsters are coming for your Active Directory

by Thomas Cloer | 01.09.2020 | News, Security

The CERT at Retarus has issued a warning regarding phishing emails in which recipients are instructed to edit important business partner contracts. The phishers pretend to make the document available on the otherwise reputable Dotloop platform, directing the recipients to a fake login page for their Microsoft account. The fraudulent emails bear the Microsoft logo as well as Dotloop’s...

Tags: Phishing

Emotet returns to cause even greater harm

by Thomas Cloer | 11.08.2020 | News, Security

The devious trojan known as Emotet is now active again and flooding the inboxes of companies and authorities with deceptively genuine looking emails which are also highly dangerous. Our Patient Zero Detection will even detect it in emails which have already been delivered.

Tags: Emotet // Patient Zero Detection

Data Breaches Proving Extremely Costly for Businesses

by Thomas Cloer | 30.07.2020 | News, Security

In conjunction with the Ponemon Institute, IBM has released the latest edition of its annual “Cost of a Data Breach Report”, which is appearing for the 15th time in 2020. A key message: Mega data breaches generate astronomical costs.

Tags: Datenschutz // Email Security