MailShark Announcement – lle-de-France Clients

MailShark Announcement – lle-de-France Clients 6 November 2014 The Team at MailShark would like to thank our new clients in lle-de-France for signing up with us, and for allowing us to “Safeguard” their business emails. Now our clients have the peace of mind and security their business and partners deserve, when sending and receiving virus/phishing/SPAM…

Week in review 31 October 2014

Week in review 31 October 2014 In case you missed it, MailShark was listed in NetworkWorld new products of the week. We are item 14 in the slideshow. Security News In news that probably surprises no-one, SMTP is now being used for Shellshock attacks. Unsurprising also that cyber criminals are using the current Ebola crisis for their…

Week in review 24 October 2014

Week in review 24 October 2014 This week, a chess manoeuvre called “Pawn Storm” gave its name to a complex, sophisticated cyber attack targeting several government agencies and defence contractors, amongst others. The banking trojan Dyre has appeared in a new guise, whilst a malicious file hosted on Dropbox attempted to trick users into giving…

Week in review 17 October 2014

Week in review 17 October 2014 Another data breach hit the headlines this week, this time involving Kmart in the USA. Actually, malware was the theme of the week; Kmart’s breach was due to POS malware, a promise of a salacious video on Facebook led to malware being downloaded, Sandworm malware was announced (in conjunction…

Week in review 10 October 2014

Week in review 10 October 2014 Company News In case you missed it last week, MailShark became an NCSAM champion. The full text of the announcement is here. Security News Once again, Shellshock was in the news this week. It was almost inevitable, given the penetration of Linux and UNIX systems on the web. There…

Week in review 3 October 2014

Week in review 3 October 2014 This week, MailShark made an announcement about our latest customer. You can read the full text of the announcement in our news section. Security News It was probably to be expected that Shellshock would be the main news this week. Whilst at MailShark we have a focus on email borne threats,…

Week in review 26 September 2014

Week in review 26 September 2014 It was a quiet week this week, at least until we hit Monday. There was some disquiet over eBay listings that led users to sites aimed at stealing their credentials. There was considerably more disquiet over eBay’s reaction to the issue. Malvertising hit the front page briefly, before being…