Security Archivi

In the Name of Her Majesty: British Phishing Emails Promise Tax Refunds

da Sören Schulte | 03.03.2016 | News, Security

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

All Admins are not Alike: Granular Administration of Rights for Email Security

da Sören Schulte | 25.02.2016 | Product News, Security

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

How to protect yourself from blackmail trojan Locky

da Sabrina Hiller | 24.02.2016 | News, Security

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

Make space in your email inbox: Send large files with Retarus LFiX

da Sören Schulte | 16.02.2016 | News, Product News, Security

It’s a dilemma: A large file should be sent to a colleague or business partner in the most direct way possible. At the same time you don’t want to bother the recipient with an attachment comprising several megabytes. Normal email transmission is therefore not an option. With Large File Exchange (LFiX), Retarus offers an easy-to-use, yet highly secure solution.

Tags: file transfer // filehosting // filetransfer // IT-Security // LFiX // Retarus Large File Exchange

New security functions for Retarus WebExpress

da Sören Schulte | 20.01.2016 | Product News, Security

With immediate effect administrators will now be able to limit access to Retarus WebExpress in such a way that login is only possible from specific networks. The advantage: Unauthorized persons can now no longer access the web-based portal even if they have valid login data. This allows companies, for instance, to prevent employees who have left the company from downloading confidential data or distribution lists to their private computers.

Tags: Content Delivery // IT-Security // Retarus WebExpress

Retarus Attachment Blocker: Filter emails containing untrustworthy attachments

da Sören Schulte | 15.01.2016 | Product News, Security

Retarus E-Mail Security does not only safeguard you from virus and spam. Also other types of unwanted messages can be easily filtered out: The Retarus Attachment Blocker prevents therefore the receipt of all file attachments which the administrator has classified untrustworthy or which should be precluded from gaining entry to the company infrastructure for other reasons – regardless of their file format.

Tags: Email // Email Security // Retarus Attachment Blocker