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For companies interested in trying out cloud-based services, email may be something worth trying. Here’s a breakdown of two options from two industry giants that may be worth considering.
Google Apps
Google Apps is a service from Google that started in 2006, with the introduction of Gmail—a hosted email service, and which later incorporated other apps such [...]

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From SECNAP Alerts:
Homeland Security officials are warning the public to beware of email scams and possible cyberattacks related to the upcoming 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
 
New bulletins issued in recent days by the Homeland Security Department’s cybersecurity center said computer users should be wary of emails with subject lines referring to 9/11, even [...]

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RSA’s SecurID token users recently have been targeted with fake emails, supposedly coming from the US National Security Agency, urging them to update their token code.
The address from which the emails are sent has been spoofed and says “protection@nsa.security.gov“, but the offered malicious links take the victim to the national-security-agency.com domain which, according to Cyveillance, [...]

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We recently encountered an issue with a customer who could no longer receive external emails in their Exchange environment.  After some digging, we determined that the SMTP service on the Exchange server was not communicating with Exchange due to corruption of the SMTP configuration. 
To determine if this is the cause of a problem you’re encountering, [...]

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Facebook phishing scams that trick users into clicking malicious links in the status posts of victimized friends have been making headlines lately. The newest Facebook phishing scam, however, doesn’t even require the victim to be logged into Facebook; instead, fake emails claiming to be from Facebook are tricking users into giving up their personal information.
One [...]

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Do you have a Gmail account but prefer using Outlook to access your email? You can configure your Gmail to behave like a normal mailbox so that you can download it using your favorite desktop or mobile client such as Outlook. You can then access your mail offline, and use tools you already use with [...]

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We often send out highly sensitive, if not confidential, information through our email accounts such as banking information, passwords, pictures, and more. But how many of us actually take time to make sure the emails we send out are secure? Here is a guide for keeping your email away from prying eyes.
Encrypting email is relatively [...]

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SECNAP came out a winner from the 2011 Network Product Guide Awards last week, with their email encryption security solution winning best product in the mobile solutions category. The press release follows:
Boca Raton, Fla. – May 11, 2011 – The Rule18 Email Encryption solution developed by SECNAP Network Security was named Best Product of 2011 [...]

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One of the safest ways to protect yourself from phishing and other email scams is to avoid clicking on unknown or unfamiliar links, or opening messages from an unknown sender. However, a glance at the sender may not be a sure bet of security. A current email scam making the rounds looks like it’s from [...]

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The phishing scams being warned of as a result of the Epsilon data breach aren’t the only malicious emails making the rounds right now. A spam email with the subject “Request rejected” is currently infecting computers around the world.
The message does not contain any clue as to what the rejected request might be, and since [...]

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