Category Archives: News

Apple iOS 18 – email problems – update to iOS 18.1

We’ve been seeing email problems for some  users with iPhones or iPads that have been updated to iOS 18.   iOS 18.1, released on 10/28/24, reportedly fixes these bugs. If you’re using an iPhone or iPad that’s on a version of iOS 18 that’s less than 18.1, you should update now – this should resolve these… Read More »

Phishing mail to his.com addresses from “billing2023@his.com”

Phishing mail from forged address “billing2023@his.com” was received by some his.com mailboxes today, 11/28/2023.  Most phishing messages like this one are blocked by our spam/virus/phishing filters, but some copies of this particular message got through. The body of the message looks like this, with the HIS logo.  The message came from an IP number in… Read More »

Phishing mail with “Docusign” attachments

We’re seeing quite a few email messages that claim to be about an invoice you haven’t paid and have PDF attachments supposedly from Docusign that you’re supposed to look at.  They’ll have subject lines like “Delayed Payment Penalty Notification”.  You probably won’t recognize the supposed sender as somebody you do business with, and if you… Read More »

Spam filter upgrade

We switched spam.his.com to to a new Barracuda server this morning 8/23 and this is why you may have received a message about “User Quarantine Account Information” this morning. You can use this information to log in, and you should also still be able to login to the SPAM quarantine at https://spam.his.com as before with… Read More »

How to recognize “phishing” email

We’re seeing a flood of “phishing” email – this is spam that is designed to trick you into revealing your login information for email, bank, PayPal, Costco or other important site.  The quantity of this mail is up by several orders of magnitude, and while our spam filters block or quarantine 99+% of these, that… Read More »

Phishing Email

We’re seeing an increased number of “phishing” email messages, where the bad guys are trying to trick you into entering your email account login info, where it’s used to compromise your account.  Here’s an example of a message that appeared today.   The “click here” takes you to a site in Indonesia where you’re prompted to… Read More »

spam.his.com web interface down 4/14/2020 – resolved

The web interface on https://spam.his.com went down at 10:45 PM EDT 4/14/2020 during a planned software upgrade. We’re waiting for  support from Barracuda.  While we’re working on this issue, mail is flowing normally, but https://spam.his.com users can’t check their spam quarantines. Update:  11:42 EDT 4/15/2020 – Barracuda was able to resolve the problem and the… Read More »

Phishing email from “Zimbra Webmail Team”

We’re seeing more phishing email aimed at Zimbra accounts.  This example came from a hacked account in Sri Lanka, claiming to be from “Zimbra Webmail Team”: Your Mail Box Exceeded it storage limit CLICK HERE TO UNBLOCK  or use the link below Fill and click SUBMIT for more space or you won’t be able to… Read More »