{"id":4115,"date":"2019-09-30T10:58:24","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T08:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/beware-of-emails-from-thomas-cook"},"modified":"2023-10-31T10:44:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T09:44:08","slug":"beware-of-emails-from-thomas-cook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/beware-of-emails-from-thomas-cook\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of emails from Thomas Cook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Phishers are known to jump on any running board. Special caution is, therefore, required with mails originating from Thomas Cook in the light of recent events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The insolvent tour operator issued a warning via Twitter and <a href=\"https:\/\/thomas-cook.insolvenz-solution.de\/start\">its homepage<\/a> against fraudulent e-mails promising refund on trips booked via Thomas Cook. Cyber crooks attempted to use this scam to gain access to sensitive data such as passport and credit card details. Thomas Cook has since then emphasized that no emails of the kind have been sent to customers. It has further advised the recipients to ignore and delete these mails. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">ACHTUNG: Wichtige Information! <br>Derzeit gibt es eine b\u00f6se Email-Betrugsmasche: Diese Email ist als offizielle Nachricht von Thomas Cook deklariert mit dem Betreff: \u201aWichtig: Erstattung Ihrer Thomas Cook-Reise.\u2018<br>Mehr dazu unter: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/khC4SJdk6c\">https:\/\/t.co\/khC4SJdk6c<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Thomas Cook DE (@ThomasCook_DE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThomasCook_DE\/status\/1178006740270505985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to caution and training,\ncompanies need to adapt to new technologies to protect their employees&#8217;\nmailboxes from similar malware, spam and phishing. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/services\/email-security\/\">Retarus Email Security,\nfor example,<\/a> contains a dedicated phishing filter that continues to use\nadditional data obtained through machine learning for some<a href=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/retarus-e-mail-security-enhanced-new-capabilities\/\">\ntime now<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The filter detects URLs from fake websites in incoming e-mails reliably and secures Retarus customers against possible phishing attacks. 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