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 […]
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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 […]
JavaScript Hijacking
In the past few days news sites and a few blogs have picked up a document written by Fortify Software regarding “JavaScript Hijacking”. We’ve also had a few customers and our community ask for Zimbra’s view on the topic. First and foremost we take security very seriously. We’ve talked about securing ajax in the past […]
Securing Ajax
To continue the Zimbra blog series on Ajax (recent entries include Ajax innovation is about the server, Ajax optimization techniques (presented at OSCON), OpenAjax update, and Ajax’s impact on scaling), we wanted to offer some general thoughts on securing Ajax applications gleaned, of course, from our Zimbra experience. (more…)
Is your mail server an open relay?
Some of you may already know about this but for those who don’t or forgot. After setting up your mail server you should run a mail relay test. This will run several tests against your MTA and verify it’s properly configured. By default Zimbra ships postfix such that it’s not a relay. However any custom […]