How can you assure recipients that the emails that are sent from @yourdomain.com are actually from you and not from an opportunistic scammer impersonating your currently reputable brand?…Continue Reading: Incoming and outgoing email: you just need to secure it all
Phishing
The many guises of a phishing attack
News this week that highlighted the canny nature of scammers made us wonder whether we needed to start a glossary of phishing attacks. These attacks now come in many guises, and if you’re a computer user that isn’t privy to an underground network of caught-in-the-wild attack loggers, you may easily fall victim to one of…Continue Reading: The many guises of a phishing attack
Identity Theft: How attackers get hold of your details
Ever wondered how someone got hold of your details? As per recent headlines, it turns out it’s easier than you think… If you haven’t seen the film Identity Thief, spoiler alert! It’s a perfect rainy day movie and stars the ever hilarious Melissa McCarthy in the brilliant but ridiculous story of a guy who gets his…Continue Reading: Identity Theft: How attackers get hold of your details
How you could be helping email scammers without even knowing
Let’s get one thing clear from the start; we’re not accusing you of deliberately abetting criminals, but anyone with a sloppy cyber and email security setup is most likely unwittingly aiding them. …Continue Reading: How you could be helping email scammers without even knowing
Another trophy for the Red Sift cabinet!
Red Sift’s OnDMARC wins Anti-Phishing Solution of the Year at the 2017 Computing Security Awards. We’re delighted that Red Sift’s OnDMARC was named the Anti-Phishing Solution of the Year at the 2017 Computing Security Awards. It’s been a year since the Red Sift team first realized there was a pressing need to democratize the technology essential…Continue Reading: Another trophy for the Red Sift cabinet!
The internet is 50 years old but email scams are still rife
While email turned 50 years old in November 2021, it wasn’t until the commercialization of the internet in the mid-90s that it truly took off as one of the world’s preeminent communications tools. Unfortunately, its rise also spawned meteoric misuse as unscrupulous scammers began peddling unwanted products, bogus deals, and even computer viruses to the masses…Continue Reading: The internet is 50 years old but email scams are still rife
