Email Security
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Bogus emails from “former employees” pose growing cyber threat
Read moreOur email security experts have detected a rise in a sophisticated social engineering variant targeting companies, particularly their HR or payroll teams, with a scam that is difficult to detect at first glance.
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Meet Retarus at it-sa 2025
Read moreFrom October 7 to 9, 2025, IT experts and decision-makers will once again gather at it-sa, Europe’s leading trade fair for IT security. Visit us at the Nuremberg Exhibition Center and discover our modular email security solution – developed and hosted in Europe.
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flatexDEGIRO secures email communication using Retarus
Read moreflatexDEGIRO AG uses Retarus Email Security to protect its employees’ email inboxes. The online brokerage also employs role-based S/MIME encryption for messages subject to regulatory requirements.
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The global average cost of a data breach fell for the first time in five years
Read moreFor the 20th consecutive year, experts at the Ponemon Institute have determined the cost of a data breach at companies and organizations. The outcomes have been published by sponsor IBM in its Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025. For the first time, the latest report also investigates AI-related risks.
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Gain more control over your outbound emails: Our new attachment blocker
Read moreRetarus Attachment Blocker reliably protects your network from emails containing malicious attachments or dangerous file properties. This proven tool effectively enhances your protection against malware, zero-day exploits, and other email-related threats. The newly updated version offers additional features for even greater control.
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In cold print: Microsoft unable to guarantee European data remains within Europe
Read moreIt’s not every day that Microsoft publicly admits to European data not being safe from access by US government agencies. However, that is exactly what Anton Carniaux, Microsoft France’s Director of Public and Legal Affairs, was forced to acknowledge under sworn testimony during a recent French Senate inquiry
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Dangerous File Types: Why Consistently Blocking Them May Be the Smart Approach
Read moreComplementing our already comprehensive advanced threat detection and AI-based sandboxing technologies with the targeted, systematic blocking of file types adds an extra layer of protection to bolster security substantially within corporate email communications. The Retarus Attachment Blocker allows both inbound and outbound emails to be filtered based on previously defined rules – for instance, according…
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Half the companies blackmailed with ransomware pay to get their data back
Read moreThese days, 49% of companies that fall victim to ransomware pay ransom to their attackers. This is just one of many interesting findings revealed in the study “The State of Ransomware 2025”, for which an independent market research institute surveyed 3400 IT and cybersecurity leaders across 17 countries.
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Europe needs more than debates
Read moreProofpoint has announced its intention to acquire Hornetsecurity (as always in such cases, this still needs to be approved by the antitrust authorities). Our founder and CEO Martin Hager has a very strong opinion on this matter.