Tag: email
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Xiaomi Phishing Attempt Red Flags You Can’t Afford to Ignore
The blog describes a phishing campaign targeting Xiaomi users, where attackers send realistic emails posing as official communications to trick recipients into clicking malicious links and entering credentials on a fake login page. It highlights how these attacks use convincing branding, urgency, and polished design, often enhanced by AI, to exploit user trust rather than…
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Xiaomi Phishing Attempt Red Flags You Can’t Afford to Ignore
The blog describes a phishing campaign targeting Xiaomi users, where attackers send realistic emails posing as official communications to trick recipients into clicking malicious links and entering credentials on a fake login page. It highlights how these attacks use convincing branding, urgency, and polished design, often enhanced by AI, to exploit user trust rather than…
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Smashing Security podcast #460: Never knock on the door of a nuclear submarine base and ask for a selfie
A disgruntled data analyst decides that the best response to losing his contract is to steal the entire company payroll database and demand $2.5 million in Bitcoin – signing his extortion emails from a company called “Loot.” First seen on grahamcluley.com Jump to article: grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-460/
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New critical Citrix NetScaler hole of similar severity to CitrixBleed2, says expert
CSO in an email, because the hole allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to leak potentially sensitive information from the appliance’s memory.”This vulnerability is one that threat actors and researchers alike are paying attention to,” he said.The vulnerability carries similar ramifications to 2023’s CitrixBleed and 2025’s CitrixBleed2 memory leak vulnerabilities, Emmons added. Then, unauthenticated attackers with…
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Nearly 7M Email Addresses Exposed in Crunchyroll Third-Party Breach
Hackers claim they stole 6.8 million Crunchyroll email addresses through a third-party vendor breach, exposing support ticket data and other user details. The post Nearly 7M Email Addresses Exposed in Crunchyroll Third-Party Breach appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-crunchyroll-data-breach-third-party-vendor/
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Paid AI Accounts Are Now a Hot Underground Commodity
AI accounts are becoming part of the cybercrime supply chain, sold like email accounts or VPS access. Flare Systems shows how underground markets bundle and resell premium AI access at scale. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/paid-ai-accounts-are-now-a-hot-underground-commodity/
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Hackers Use Fake Resumes to Steal Enterprise Credentials and Deploy Crypto Miner
An ongoing phishing campaign is targeting French-speaking corporate environments with fake resumes that lead to the deployment of cryptocurrency miners and information stealers.”The campaign uses highly obfuscated VBScript files disguised as resume/CV documents, delivered through phishing emails,” Securonix researchers Shikha Sangwan, Akshay Gaikwad, and Aaron Beardslee said in a report shared First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Hackers Use Fake Resumes to Steal Enterprise Credentials and Deploy Crypto Miner
An ongoing phishing campaign is targeting French-speaking corporate environments with fake resumes that lead to the deployment of cryptocurrency miners and information stealers.”The campaign uses highly obfuscated VBScript files disguised as resume/CV documents, delivered through phishing emails,” Securonix researchers Shikha Sangwan, Akshay Gaikwad, and Aaron Beardslee said in a report shared First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Hackers Use Fake Resumes to Steal Enterprise Credentials and Deploy Crypto Miner
An ongoing phishing campaign is targeting French-speaking corporate environments with fake resumes that lead to the deployment of cryptocurrency miners and information stealers.”The campaign uses highly obfuscated VBScript files disguised as resume/CV documents, delivered through phishing emails,” Securonix researchers Shikha Sangwan, Akshay Gaikwad, and Aaron Beardslee said in a report shared First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Why Your Encrypted Data From 2019 Is Already Compromised: The Quantum Time Bomb
Attackers are harvesting your encrypted data today to decrypt with quantum computers tomorrow. Your 2019 VPN sessions, emails, and trade secrets are already exposed. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/why-your-encrypted-data-from-2019-is-already-compromised-the-quantum-time-bomb/
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Microsoft fixes bug causing Classic Outlook sync issues with Gmail
Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing Gmail and Yahoo email synchronization and connection problems for classic Outlook users. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-bug-causing-outlook-sync-issues-for-gmail-users/
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Autonomous AI adoption is on the rise, but it’s risky
Big risk, big reward: Herein lies the rub: AI experts see huge potential advantages with autonomous AI, with the possibility of creating huge workplace efficiencies, but the risks are substantial.Riley acknowledges both security concerns and the potential for agentic AI to take actions that users didn’t anticipate. While users haven’t yet seen autonomous AI able…
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Google Forms Job Scam Spreads PureHVNC Malware
A newly observed malware campaign is leveraging trusted platforms like Google Forms to distribute the PureHVNC Remote Access Trojan (RAT), marking a shift in how attackers initiate infections. Rather than relying on traditional phishing emails or malicious websites, threat actors are using business-themed lures such as job interviews, project proposals, and financial documents to trick…
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Fake ChatGPT Invites Target Android Users With Malware
Threat actors are now abusing Google’s Firebase App Distribution service to push fake Android ChatGPT and Meta advertising apps that steal Facebook credentials and enable account takeover. The operation closely mirrors a recent iOS phishing campaign that used bogus ChatGPT and Gemini apps, but this wave specifically targets Android users through invitation-style emails that appear…
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IRONSCALES Launches Email Attack of the Day, a Daily Threat Intelligence Series for Security Teams
IRONSCALES is bringing a new threat intelligence series to the security community, launching >>Email Attack of the Day<< at RSA Conference 2026 this week. The series publishes daily breakdowns of real phishing attacks detected by IRONSCALES' Adaptive AI and its community of more than 30,000 security professionals. Each entry covers a single noteworthy attack: what..…
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Capital One Software Expands Databolt to Protect Unstructured Data for AI Use
Capital One Software is expanding its Databolt data security platform with new capabilities aimed at making unstructured data safer to use in analytics and AI initiatives. The company announced the updates at RSAC 2026 in San Francisco. The headline feature is a set of upcoming Databolt workflows designed to inspect unstructured formats, including PDFs, emails,..…
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Capital One Software Expands Databolt to Protect Unstructured Data for AI Use
Capital One Software is expanding its Databolt data security platform with new capabilities aimed at making unstructured data safer to use in analytics and AI initiatives. The company announced the updates at RSAC 2026 in San Francisco. The headline feature is a set of upcoming Databolt workflows designed to inspect unstructured formats, including PDFs, emails,..…
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US sentences Nigerian national to 7 years in $6 million email fraud scheme
James Junior Aliyu, 31, received a 90-month prison sentence for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Saturday. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/us-sentences-nigerian-national-to-7-years-fraud
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The phone call is the new phishing email
Voice-based phishing was at the root of multiple attack sprees Mandiant responded to last year, reflecting a concerning shift in tactics. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/social-engineering-surge-intrusion-vector-mandiant-m-trends/
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Microsoft Exchange Online service change causes email access issues
Microsoft is working to address an ongoing service issue that has intermittently prevented some users from accessing their cloud-based Exchange Online mailboxes via Outlook mobile and Mac desktop clients since Thursday. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/new-exchange-online-virtual-account-blocks-email-access-via-mobile-mac-apps/
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Microsoft Warns IRS Phishing Hits 29,000 Users, Deploys RMM Malware
Microsoft has warned of fresh campaigns that are capitalizing on the upcoming tax season in the U.S. to harvest credentials and deliver malware.The email campaigns take advantage of the urgency and time-sensitive nature of emails to send phishing messages masquerading as refund notices, payroll forms, filing reminders, and requests from tax professionals to deceive recipients…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 568 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. WorldLeaks ransomware group breached the City of Los Angels PolyShell flaw exposes Magento and Adobe Commerce…
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Trivy vulnerability scanner backdoored with credential stealer in supply chain attack
Tags: access, attack, breach, cloud, control, credentials, crypto, data, detection, docker, email, exploit, github, kubernetes, malicious, malware, network, risk, supply-chain, vulnerabilityAttackers look for development secrets: On GitHub Actions runners, the credential stealer reads the process memory to extract secrets and searches the filesystem for SSH keys, cloud provider credentials, Kubernetes tokens, Docker registry configurations, and cryptocurrency wallets.The stolen data is encrypted and sent to a typosquatted domain that mimics Aqua Security’s legitimate site. If this…
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Trivy vulnerability scanner backdoored with credential stealer in supply chain attack
Tags: access, attack, breach, cloud, control, credentials, crypto, data, detection, docker, email, exploit, github, kubernetes, malicious, malware, network, risk, supply-chain, vulnerabilityAttackers look for development secrets: On GitHub Actions runners, the credential stealer reads the process memory to extract secrets and searches the filesystem for SSH keys, cloud provider credentials, Kubernetes tokens, Docker registry configurations, and cryptocurrency wallets.The stolen data is encrypted and sent to a typosquatted domain that mimics Aqua Security’s legitimate site. If this…
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Fake ‘Trusted Sender’ Labels Misused in New Apple Mail Phishing Scheme
Fake “trusted sender” labels can mislead users, as scammers embed them into email bodies to disguise phishing emails and create a false sense of security. The post Fake ‘Trusted Sender’ Labels Misused in New Apple Mail Phishing Scheme appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-apple-mail-trusted-sender-phishing-scam/
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Apple Mail’s ‘Trusted Sender’ Label Misused in New Phishing Scheme
Apple Mail’s “trusted sender” label can mislead users, as scammers exploit it to disguise phishing emails and create a false sense of security. The post Apple Mail’s ‘Trusted Sender’ Label Misused in New Phishing Scheme appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-apple-mail-trusted-sender-phishing-scam/
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The Importance of Behavioral Analytics in AI-Enabled Cyber Attacks
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing how individuals and organizations conduct many activities, including how cybercriminals carry out phishing attacks and iterate on malware. Now, cybercriminals are using AI to generate personalized phishing emails, deepfakes and malware that evade traditional detection by impersonating normal user activity and bypassing legacy security models. As a result, First seen…