Welcome to the first post of our new blog series: Zimbra Tech Skillz! Hello and welcome to our new series “Zimbra Tech Skillz”! As the name says, this blog series will focus on technical aspects of Zimbra. We hope you enjoy! In Zimbra 8.8.9 (Curie), there is a new feature called Allow/Block/Quarantine (ABQ). ABQ is a […]
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#EFAIL: Zimbra Not Affected
There has been active commentary about the “EFAIL” paper released May 14 by a German and Belgian research team that presented potential vulnerability in PGP and S/MIME encrypted emails. The Zimbra Security team has analyzed the paper and tested Zimbra for any exposure to the EFAIL attack patterns. The Results? Good news. Zimbra S/MIME solutions […]
Zimbra Admin Alert … Potential “memcrashd” attack
Zimbra memcached may face the “memcrashd” attack on port 11211. By default, memcached listens on a server IP address that is accessible on the network and via the internet if there is no firewall. If your Zimbra memcache servers are behind a firewall, we recommend blocking access on port 11211 from the Internet to Zimbra […]
Personal Email Security — More Important than Ever!
Do you access your email via Wi-Fi? Most of us do. You probably also use WPA2 as the safety protocol for your Wi-Fi network(s) because it’s the industry standard. We all think that reading and sending email via Wi-Fi is generally safe and secure, but the recent KRACK attacks will give you something new to think […]

Half of All Email Systems will be Replaced in Two Years
Today, Zimbra announced the results of the Ponemon Institute’s “The Open Source Collaboration Study: Viewpoints on Security and Privacy in the U.S. and EMEA” report. Sponsored by Zimbra, the study surveyed 1,398 IT and IT security practitioners to learn about their companies’ involvement in the use of open source messaging and collaboration solutions, and their […]
Microsoft Ruling a Setback to Data Privacy?
For any organization that relies on cloud-based email, there is an important legal decision that may affect your company’s data privacy. In the most recent round of judgment against Microsoft, there are noteworthy remarks from US District Judge Loretta Preska and lawyers for the US Justice Department. “It is a question of control, not a […]