Tag: email
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Google, Mandiant expose malware and zero-day behind Oracle EBS extortion
Google and Mandiant link Oracle EBS extortion emails to known July-patched flaws and a likely zero-day, CVE-2025-61882. Google Threat Intelligence and Mandiant analyzed the Oracle E-Business Suite extortion campaign, revealing the use of malware. Attackers exploited July-patched EBS flaws and likely a zero-day (CVE-2025-61882), sending extortion emails to company executives. In early October, Google Mandiant…
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Five million Qantas customers have had personal information leaked on the dark web. Here’s what you need to know
One expert warns frequent flier points could be used to create fake flight rescheduling emails or fraudulent redemption offers<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/oct/13/australia-news-live-qantas-hack-data-leak-scam-warning-nsw-sydney-potholes-social-media-ban-anika-wells-albanese-sussan-ley-labor-liberal-coalition-ntwnfb”>Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</li><li>Get our <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl”>breaking news email, <a href=”https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3″>free app or <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl”>daily news podcast</li></ul>The number of scams is expected to rise after the personal information of millions of…
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Our APWG eCrimes Paper on Tech Support Scam Facebook Groups
Tags: apple, conference, cybercrime, data, email, finance, google, group, india, marketplace, microsoft, phishing, scam, serviceMy colleague Raghavendra Cherupalli will be at APWG eCrime next month sharing a paper based on our research into the Facebook Groups where illicit Indian Call Centers share “Crime-as-a-Service” offerings with one another. In our paper, “Classification of Cybercriminal Posts Using Large Language Models: A Comprehensive Study on Tech Support Scam Marketplaces,” Raghavendra will be…
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Our APWG eCrimes Paper on Tech Support Scam Facebook Groups
Tags: apple, conference, cybercrime, data, email, finance, google, group, india, marketplace, microsoft, phishing, scam, serviceMy colleague Raghavendra Cherupalli will be at APWG eCrime next month sharing a paper based on our research into the Facebook Groups where illicit Indian Call Centers share “Crime-as-a-Service” offerings with one another. In our paper, “Classification of Cybercriminal Posts Using Large Language Models: A Comprehensive Study on Tech Support Scam Marketplaces,” Raghavendra will be…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 545 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. CVE-2025-11371: Unpatched zero-day in Gladinet CentreStack, Triofox under attack Cybercrime ring GXC Team dismantled in Spain,…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 545 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. CVE-2025-11371: Unpatched zero-day in Gladinet CentreStack, Triofox under attack Cybercrime ring GXC Team dismantled in Spain,…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 545 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. CVE-2025-11371: Unpatched zero-day in Gladinet CentreStack, Triofox under attack Cybercrime ring GXC Team dismantled in Spain,…
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Hackers leak Qantas data containing 5 million customer records after ransom deadline passes
Hacker collective Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters demanded payment in return for preventing the stolen data of nearly 40 companies from being shared<ul><li>Get our <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl”>breaking news email, <a href=”https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3″>free app or <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl”>daily news podcast</li></ul>Hackers leaked the personal records of five million Qantas customers on the dark web on Saturday afternoon after a ransom deadline set…
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Copilot on Windows can now connect to email, create Office docs
Microsoft has upgraded its AI-powered Copilot digital assistant to connect to email accounts and generate Office documents from prompt outputs. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/copilot-on-windows-can-now-connect-to-email-create-office-docs/
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Copilot on Windows can now connect to email, create Office docs
Microsoft has upgraded its AI-powered Copilot digital assistant to connect to email accounts and generate Office documents from prompt outputs. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/copilot-on-windows-can-now-connect-to-email-create-office-docs/
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Copilot on Windows can now connect to email, create Office docs
Microsoft has upgraded its AI-powered Copilot digital assistant to connect to email accounts and generate Office documents from prompt outputs. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/copilot-on-windows-can-now-connect-to-email-create-office-docs/
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The Rise of AI-Powered Phishing How to Spot New Attacks
In today’s digital age, cybercriminals are leveraging AI to craft more convincing phishing scams. Recently, I encountered a sophisticated phishing attempt that underscores the growing threat of AI-powered fraud. Here’s what you need to know to protect yourself. The phishing email I received included detailed information about my career, likely scraped from my LinkedIn profile…
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Snake Keylogger Uses Weaponized Emails and PowerShell to Steal Sensitive Data
A newly observed information”stealing campaign is deploying a stealthy variant of the SnakeKeylogger malware via weaponized e-mails that masquerade as legitimate remittance advice from CPA Global and Clarivate. Researchers first identified the infection vector on October 7, 2025, when recipients received messages titled “remittance advice for the payment dated 07″Oct”2025,” urging them to download an…
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The Rise of AI-Powered Phishing How to Spot New Attacks
In today’s digital age, cybercriminals are leveraging AI to craft more convincing phishing scams. Recently, I encountered a sophisticated phishing attempt that underscores the growing threat of AI-powered fraud. Here’s what you need to know to protect yourself. The phishing email I received included detailed information about my career, likely scraped from my LinkedIn profile…
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Google Issues Alert on CL0P Ransomware Actively Exploiting Oracle E-Business Suite Zero-Day
Organizations using Oracle E-Business Suite must apply the October 4 emergency patches immediately to mitigate active, in-the-wild exploitation by CL0P extortion actors and hunt for malicious templates in their databases. Beginning September 29, 2025, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) and Mandiant identified a massive email campaign targeting executives at dozens of organizations, alleging theft of…
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Chinese-Linked Hackers Breach Top Political US Law Firm
Williams & Connolly Hit in Zero-Day Campaign Impacting Client Emails. A zero-day vulnerability was used to breach email accounts at the elite D.C. law firm Williams & Connolly, with officials reportedly suspecting the hack is part of a China-linked campaign targeting the U.S. legal sector to support espionage, steal intelligence and establish long-term access routes.…
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Hack of age verification firm may have exposed 70,000 Discord users’ ID photos
Names, email addresses and other contact details of users from around the world could also have been takenGovernment ID photos of about 70,000 global users of Discord, a popular messaging and chat platform among video gamers, may have been exposed after hackers compromised a company contracted to carry out age verification checks.Some users’ names, email…
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Hack of age verification firm may have exposed Discord users’ ID photos
Names, email addresses and other contact details of about 70,000 global users could also have been takenGovernment ID photos of about 70,000 global users of Discord, a popular messaging and chat platform among video gamers, may have been exposed after hackers compromised a company contracted to carry out age verification checks.Some users’ names, email addresses…
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Your Shipment Notification is Now a Malware Dropper
Forcepoint X-Labs reports a surge in sophisticated email attacks using obfuscated JavaScript and steganography to deliver dangerous RATs and info-stealers like Formbook and Agent Tesla. Learn how to defend against the threat. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/your-shipment-notification-malware-dropper/
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The ultimate business resiliency test: Inside Kantsu’s ransomware response
set up a new group email system and secure emergency contact pointsestablish a dedicated contact point for business partners to handle inquiriesprohibit internal internet accesscheck the operational status of major systemsAll shipping operations came to a halt. The company explained the situation to all employees at 9:00 a.m., and began assessing the damage and taking…
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The ultimate business resiliency test: Inside Kantsu’s ransomware response
set up a new group email system and secure emergency contact pointsestablish a dedicated contact point for business partners to handle inquiriesprohibit internal internet accesscheck the operational status of major systemsAll shipping operations came to a halt. The company explained the situation to all employees at 9:00 a.m., and began assessing the damage and taking…
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The ultimate business resiliency test: Inside Kantsu’s ransomware response
set up a new group email system and secure emergency contact pointsestablish a dedicated contact point for business partners to handle inquiriesprohibit internal internet accesscheck the operational status of major systemsAll shipping operations came to a halt. The company explained the situation to all employees at 9:00 a.m., and began assessing the damage and taking…
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APT Hackers Abuse ChatGPT to Develop Advanced Malware and Phishing Campaigns
Tags: ai, apt, chatgpt, china, cyber, cyberattack, email, group, hacker, intelligence, malware, phishing, spear-phishing, threatSecurity researchers at Volexity have uncovered compelling evidence that China-aligned threat actors are leveraging artificial intelligence platforms like ChatGPT to enhance their sophisticated cyberattack capabilities. The group, tracked as UTA0388, has been conducting sophisticated spear phishing campaigns since June 2025, using AI assistance to develop malware and craft multilingual phishing emails targeting organizations across North…
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The First Malicious MCP Server is a Warning Shot for AI Cybersecurity
The first malicious Model Context Protocol (MCP) server has been discovered and we should all be worried how this is foreshadowing AI cybersecurity risks! Cybersecurity researchers at Koi Security detected malicious code within an MCP server that connects AI systems with Postmark email services. The code covertly copies every email and exfiltrates it back to…
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The First Malicious MCP Server is a Warning Shot for AI Cybersecurity
The first malicious Model Context Protocol (MCP) server has been discovered and we should all be worried how this is foreshadowing AI cybersecurity risks! Cybersecurity researchers at Koi Security detected malicious code within an MCP server that connects AI systems with Postmark email services. The code covertly copies every email and exfiltrates it back to…
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Microsoft enables Exchange Online auto-archiving by default
Microsoft is enabling threshold-based auto-archiving by default in Exchange Online to prevent email flow issues caused by mailboxes filling up faster than expected. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-enables-exchange-online-auto-archiving-by-default-to-fight-overflowing-mailboxes/