Spam
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Spam is any unwanted message: Why end users should always have the final say
Read moreWhat actually counts as spam? Anyone dealing with email security knows that the answer is anything but clear-cut, and the discussion quickly drifts into philosophical territory. Nowadays, ransomware, phishing, and fraudulent emails can be detected very reliably using the latest algorithms. Things get more complicated, however, when it comes to messages that are perfectly legitimate…
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Our spam-filter saves both time and money
Read moreLess spam in the inbox saves you time – and money as a consequence. Now we even show you roughly how much you are saving.
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Faster Spam Detection with Spamhaus
Read moreWe have recently started using data feeds from Spamhaus Technology (SpamTeq) for the detection of spam campaigns.
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Monstrous spambot discovered with 711 million email addresses
Read moreA French security researcher found a total of 711 million email addresses, partly with matching passwords, being used by an enormous spambot.
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Retarus AntiSpam or “less is sometimes actually more”
Read moreRetarus E-Mail Security customers now enjoy the benefits of a new dynamic blacklisting function.
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Spam wave: Online fraudsters bank on stock market manipulation
Read moreRetarus has recently recorded a sharp rise in the volume of messages proposing that readers buy supposedly promising shares. By means of these investment recommendations, cyber criminals are trying to influence the share price of a particular company’s stock to their own advantage.
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Large E-Mail Handling: What spam and large file attachments have in common
Read moreEmail users are seldom pleased to suddenly discover email attachments of several megabytes on their smartphones, while providers and companies justifiably fear that their internal email architecture will be overloaded by “mega mails” – a drawback that large file attachments share with spam messages. This means that a solution is required which fulfills the needs…
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Spam or no Spam: That is the question!
Read moreThe definition of spam is actually unambiguous: But in everyday life it often happens that users also feel bothered by the mass of newsletters or notification emails in their in-boxes, despite the fact that they may have consciously subscribed to them at some point in the past. How should IT administrators respond to this situation?…
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Spam and other nuisances: Communication can be a pleasure, rather than a pain
Read moreWhile the percentage of spam messages has slightly decreased for private users, the amount of unwanted messages at work has remained consistently high. But spam is not the only cause of dissatisfaction with corporate email communications.