He is known as the inventor of the first modern email: In 1971 US informatics expert Ray Tomlinson succeeded in sending a message between two computers for the first time. Email, as we now know it, was born. But something else has also survived the years – the @ sign.
Tags: Email // Email Security // Ray Tomlinson
In recent days, many inboxes have been receiving emails that at first sight appear to carry joyous news. In the subject line they announce a tax refund, and the sender seems to be “Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs” (HMRC) – the British tax authority. So every recipient with business ties to the United Kingdom is likely to take a closer look.
Tags: Email Security // HMRC // IT-Security // Phishing
An increasing number of companies are currently migrating to cloud-based solutions such as Microsoft Office 365. We have compiled a list of 5 tips, which companies need to bear in mind when migrating to Office 365.
Tags: Cloud Fax // Email Security // Microsoft Office 365
When it comes to granting rights, managers responsible for enterprise IT would always like to define access to important systems as precisely as possible. It is only in the rarest cases that one uniform administrator profile is sufficient for the entire IT support: Especially with regard to email security, it often occurs in practice that support employees are only supposed to monitor the flow of messages for one specific department or site.
Tags: Email Security // IT-Security // Retarus Access Management
Since last week the aggressive blackmail Trojan Locky has been causing mischief on computers around the globe. Retarus expands existing spam and virus protection functions and switch all customers over to fourfold virus scanning for the duration of the current, acute threat. To protect yourself as well as possible from attacks by Locky and similar ransomware, users should additionally be vigilant when running macros.
Tags: Email Security // Locky // Online Fraud // Ransomware // Trojan