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As online shoppers gear up for Black Friday bargains, email provider mail.com highlights an often-overlooked downside of the season: a 10% rise in spam and phishing emails. The sharp increase during Black Friday week reflects how scammers exploit the seasonal shopping rush. more

Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and the weeks leading up to them are peak season for bargain hunters. Criminals are particularly active when numerous online shops are already advertising special offers. more

America is packing its bags: the 2023 vacation season is in full swing. Many people already make their travel plans online, but the internet can also ease many stresses for travelers once they’re on the road. more

Good passwords are the foundation of internet security. Experts recommend using a unique, complex password for every login and online account. As the number of internet accounts steadily increases, this becomes quite a challenge – can modern artificial intelligence (AI) systems like ChatGPT help us invent and manage secure passwords? "It depends," says Arne Allisat, Head of Email Security at mail.com. more

Email service lets users choose from more than 100 domains to create 10 free custom addresses. more

Black Friday is high season for internet bargain hunters. Wherever a lot of money is being spent online, however, cybercriminals are often not far behind. Email provider mail.com sees an increase in spam and phishing during the bargain holidays, with fake vouchers and shipping scams topping the list of scammers’ tricks. more

Would you use your pet’s name as a password? This is a popular option in the UK. Or your wife’s birthday? Then you might be German! A mail.com survey sheds light on password trends in several different countries. more

mail.com introduces an easy way to download and/or share cloud docs and photos: With the new mail.com Cloud sync tool for Windows or Mac, files saved in the mail.com Cloud can also be made available offline. more

The email provider mail.com is now using the international security standard DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance). This improves the protection of its users against fraud emails with forged sender addresses. more

This year marks the 50^th anniversary of email, a technology that has transformed the way the world communicates. From the first-ever message “QWERTYUIOP” to forming the backbone of today’s digital services, email has come a long way. more