Update: Changeover of the interface for D-Trust certificates
D-Trust GmbH has announced that support for requesting certificates by email will not be discontinued until December 31, 2022. Find out here what this means for NoSpamProxy customers.
Entries by Stefan Feist
New zero-day vulnerability: How to protect yourself from Follina
The critical zero-day security vulnerability Follina in Microsoft Office is currently making headlines. Particularly threatening is the fact that it is sufficient for an infection to trigger a hover preview in a downloaded file. We show you how you can protect yourself with NoSpamProxy.
Revoked SwissSign certificates
In some cases, certificates already issued by SwissSign were withdrawn because in these cases the Common Name (CN) did not correspond to the prescribed first name last name format. We show you how to apply for new certificates for the affected users.
DigiCert available as a certificate authority as of November 2021
Starting with the next update for NoSpamProxy Server 13.2, DigiCert will be available as a certificate authority. Customers will be able to easily integrate their S/MIME certificates from DigiCert.
Imminent danger from docx files: How to protect yourself (Update)
Microsoft is currently warning customers about a serious security vulnerability in connection with docx files. The dangerous thing about this vulnerability is the fact that simply opening the respective Word file is sufficient to execute the malicious code and enable remote code execution. An additional activation of any macros is not necessary. Read on to find out how you can protect yourself from this danger.
32Guards Reports: Short URLs in a Haystack
Short URL services such as bit.ly are consistently used by criminals to get phishing links past email security solutions and onto their victims’ computers. In this article, we show you how short URLs are used as part of spam campaigns and why 32Guards and its dedicated web crawler offer ideal protection against attacks.
One year of 32Guards – and that’s just the beginning
At the turn of the year 2019/2020, the time had come: 32Guards began to send assessments of emails to the participants of the 32Guards beta. Over the course of 2020, the repertoire of detections grew significantly. In this article, we will look back at a number of developments and show how 32Guards became increasingly active, especially in the second half of 2020.
Emotet infrastructure shattered
In a joint operation, law enforcement agencies from Germany, the Netherlands, Ukraine, Lithuania, France, as well as England, Canada and the United States have smashed the infrastructure of the Emotet malware. Emotet was previously considered the most dangerous malware in the world and in the vast majority of cases was used to extort ransom from victims.
