Tag: email
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OpenClaw integrates VirusTotal malware scanning as security firms flag enterprise risks
Tags: access, ai, api, control, crowdstrike, crypto, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, exploit, gartner, github, governance, injection, macOS, malicious, malware, marketplace, network, risk, security-incident, skills, software, threat, tool, virus, vulnerabilityWhat prompted the response: The scanning initiative follows a series of security incidents documented by multiple firms over the past two weeks. Koi Security’s February 1 audit of all 2,857 ClawHub skills discovered 341 malicious ones in a campaign dubbed “ClawHavoc.”The professional-looking skills for cryptocurrency tools and YouTube utilities contained fake prerequisites that installed keyloggers…
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OpenClaw integrates VirusTotal malware scanning as security firms flag enterprise risks
Tags: access, ai, api, control, crowdstrike, crypto, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, exploit, gartner, github, governance, injection, macOS, malicious, malware, marketplace, network, risk, security-incident, skills, software, threat, tool, virus, vulnerabilityWhat prompted the response: The scanning initiative follows a series of security incidents documented by multiple firms over the past two weeks. Koi Security’s February 1 audit of all 2,857 ClawHub skills discovered 341 malicious ones in a campaign dubbed “ClawHavoc.”The professional-looking skills for cryptocurrency tools and YouTube utilities contained fake prerequisites that installed keyloggers…
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DKnife targets network gateways in long running AitM campaign
Indicators point to China-Nexus development and targeting: Several aspects of DKnife’s design and operation suggested ties to China-aligned threat actors. Talos identified configuration data and code comments written in Simplified Chinese, as well as handling logic tailored for Chinese-language email providers and mobile applications.The framework was also found to enable credential collection from services used…
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DKnife targets network gateways in long running AitM campaign
Indicators point to China-Nexus development and targeting: Several aspects of DKnife’s design and operation suggested ties to China-aligned threat actors. Talos identified configuration data and code comments written in Simplified Chinese, as well as handling logic tailored for Chinese-language email providers and mobile applications.The framework was also found to enable credential collection from services used…
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Exchange Online flags legitimate emails as phishing
Microsoft is investigating an ongoing Exchange Online issue that mistakenly flags legitimate emails as phishing and quarantines them. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-exchange-online-flags-legitimate-emails-as-phishing/
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Flickr emails users about data breach, pins it on third party
Attackers may have snapped user locations and activity information, message warns First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/02/06/flickr_emails_users_about_data_breach/
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Flickr moves to contain data exposure, warns users of phishing
Flickr says a flaw at a third-party email provider may have exposed users’ names, email addresses, IPs, and account activity. Flickr is a photo-sharing platform owned by SmugMug. It has over 100 million registered users and millions of active photographers. Flickr warned users about a possible data breach caused by a flaw in a third-party…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 562 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. Italian university La Sapienza still offline to mitigate recent cyber attack CISA pushes Federal agencies to…
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Hackers Exploit Free Firebase Accounts to Launch Phishing Campaigns
A new wave of phishing campaigns where scammers are abusing Google’s legitimate infrastructure to bypass security filters. Attackers are now creating free developer accounts on Google Firebase to send fraudulent emails that impersonate well-known brands. By leveraging the reputation of the Firebase domain, these attackers are successfully landing in users’ inboxes, bypassing standard spam detection…
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Moltbook Gave Everyone Control of Every AI Agent
Database Misconfiguration Exposed 1.5 million API Tokens. A misconfigured database at Moltbook, the viral social network for AI agents, exposed 1.5 million API authentication tokens, 35,000 email addresses, and private messages. Security researchers discovered unauthenticated read and write access to all platform data within days of launch. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/moltbook-gave-everyone-control-every-ai-agent-a-30710
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Flickr Notifies Users of Potential Third-Party Data Exposure
Flickr is alerting users to a potential data exposure tied to a third-party email service vulnerability. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/flickr-notifies-users-of-potential-third-party-data-exposure/
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Flickr emails users about data breach, pins it on 3rd party
Attackers may have snapped user locations and activity information, message warns First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/02/06/flickr_emails_users_about_data_breach/
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Flickr Notifies Users of Data Breach After External Partner Security Flaw
Flickr says a third-party email vendor flaw may have exposed user names, emails, IP data, and activity logs,… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/flickr-data-breach-external-partner-security-flaw/
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EDR, Email, and SASE Miss This Entire Class of Browser Attacks
Many modern attacks happen entirely inside the browser, leaving little evidence for traditional security tools. Keep Aware shows why EDR, email, and SASE miss browser-only attacks and how visibility changes prevention. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/edr-email-and-sase-miss-this-entire-class-of-browser-attacks/
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Ransomware attackers are exploiting critical SmarterMail vulnerability (CVE-2026-24423)
For the third time in two weeks, CISA added a vulnerability (CVE-2026-24423) affecting SmarterTools’ SmarterMail email and collaboration server to its Known Exploited … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/06/ransomware-smartermail-cve-2026-24423/
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Flickr discloses potential data breach exposing users’ names, emails
Photo-sharing platform Flickr is notifying users of a potential data breach after a vulnerability at a third-party email service provider exposed their real names, email addresses, IP addresses, and account activity. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/flickr-discloses-potential-data-breach-exposing-users-names-emails/
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Phishing and OAuth Token Vulnerabilities Lead to Full Microsoft 365 Breach
Two medium-severity vulnerabilities, an unsecured email API endpoint and verbose error messages exposing OAuth tokens, chain together to enable authenticated phishing that bypasses all email security controls, persistent access to Microsoft 365 environments While protocols like SPF, DKIM, and DMARC have made traditional domain spoofing difficult, attackers have evolved. They now seek ways to send…
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Substack Breach: 662,752 User Records Leaked on Cybercrime Forum
Substack confirms a breach after hacker accessed internal user records now circulating on crime forums, exposing emails, phone numbers, and account metadata. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/substack-breach-user-records-leak-cybercrime-forum/
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Hacker claims theft of data from 700,000 Substack users; Company confirms breach
Substack confirmed a data breach after a hacker leaked data from nearly 700,000 users, including email addresses and phone numbers. Substack is an online platform for publishing email”‘based newsletters and blogs, with built”‘in paid subscriptions and basic analytics. It’s free to start; creators pay a fee on paid plans. In 2026 it’s estimated to serve…
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Substack says intruder lifted emails, phone numbers in months-old breach
Contact details were accessed in an intrusion that went undetected for months, the blogging outfit says First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/02/05/substack_admit_security_incident/
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Substack confirms data breach affects users’ email addresses and phone numbers
Substack said that customer data was accessed in October 2025, but wasn’t discovered until early February. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/02/05/substack-confirms-data-breach-affecting-email-addresses-and-phone-numbers/
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Newsletter platform Substack notifies users of data breach
Newsletter platform Substack is notifying users of a data breach after attackers stole their email addresses and phone numbers in October 2025. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/newsletter-platform-substack-notifies-users-of-data-breach/
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Data breach at fintech firm Betterment exposes 1.4 million accounts
Hackers stole email addresses and other personal information from 1.4 million accounts after breaching the systems of automated investment platform Betterment in January. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/data-breach-at-fintech-firm-betterment-exposes-14-million-accounts/
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Zendesk spam wave returns, floods users with ‘Activate account’ emails
A fresh wave of spam is hitting inboxes worldwide, with users reporting that they are once again being bombarded by automated emails generated through companies’ unsecured Zendesk support systems. Some recipients say they are receiving hundreds of messages with strange or alarming subject lines. such as ‘Activate account…’ First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article:…
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AI is driving a new kind of phishing at scale
Email remains a primary entry point for attackers, and security teams continue to manage high volumes of malicious messages that change form across campaigns. Attackers … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/05/ai-driven-phishing-threats-increase/
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When Documents Become the Attack Vector: Inside APT28’s Latest Microsoft Office Exploit
Email attachments remain one of the most trusted entry points into enterprise environments. Despite years of awareness training and secure email gateways, attackers continue to rely on documents because they blend seamlessly into everyday workflows. New reporting from The Hacker News details how APT28, a Russia-linked threat actor, is actively exploiting a newly disclosed Microsoft…
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DMARC Alerts in Slack
Originally published at DMARC Alerts in Slack by EasyDMARC. Bringing Email Security Into Enterprise ChatOps Email security … First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/dmarc-alerts-in-slack/
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Beyond the Chatbot: Why NIST is Rewriting the Rules for Autonomous AI
The chatbot era has ended. For two years, we’ve interacted with digital assistants that summarize emails and suggest recipes, but the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) now draws a definitive line between machines that talk and machines that act. Their newly released Request for Information (RFI) signals a fundamental paradigm shift in how..…