Tag: email
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Experts Issue Best Practices for Migrating to Post-Quantum Cryptography and for Improving Orgs’ Cyber Culture
Tags: access, attack, best-practice, business, cio, ciso, communications, computer, computing, conference, corporate, crypto, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, email, encryption, finance, government, group, ibm, identity, incident, incident response, infrastructure, jobs, lessons-learned, metric, microsoft, mitre, monitoring, nist, risk, service, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, warfareCheck out a new roadmap for adopting quantum-resistant cryptography. Plus, find out how your company can create a better cybersecurity environment. In addition, MITRE warns about protecting critical infrastructure from cyber war. And get the latest on exposure response strategies and on CISO compensation and job satisfaction. Dive into five things that are top of…
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ClickFix Email Scam Alert: Fake Booking.com Emails Deliver Malware
Cofense Intelligence uncovers a surge in ClickFix email scams impersonating Booking.com, delivering RATs and info-stealers. Learn how these… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/clickfix-email-scam-fake-booking-com-emails-malware/
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Hackers Exploit New HTML Trick to Deceive Outlook Users into Clicking Malicious Links
Cybersecurity researchers have encountered a cleverly crafted phishing email targeting Czech bank customers, employing a lesser-known but highly deceptive technique to bypass security mechanisms and trick users into clicking malicious links. At first glance, the email appears to be a standard phishing attempt, masquerading as a legitimate message from a Czech bank and urging recipients…
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Outlook Users Targeted by New HTML-Based Phishing Scheme
A recent phishing campaign has revealed a sophisticated technique that exploits Microsoft Outlook’s unique handling of HTML emails to conceal malicious links from corporate users. The attack, initially appearing as a standard phishing attempt impersonating a Czech bank, leverages conditional HTML comments to display different content depending on the email client used to open the…
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What the Arc Browser Story Reveals About the Future of Browser Security
By Dakshitaa Babu, Security Researcher, SquareX In a candid letter that Joshua Miller, CEO of Arc Browser, wrote to the community, he revealed a truth the tech industry has been dancing around: “the dominant operating system on desktop wasn’t Windows or macOS anymore”Š”, “Šit was the browser.” The evidence is everywhere”Š”, “Šcloud revenue surging year…
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When AI Turns Against Us FireTail Blog
Jun 04, 2025 – Lina Romero – Artificial Intelligence is the biggest development in tech of the 21st century. But although AI is continuing to develop at a breakneck pace, many of us still don’t understand all the risks and implications for cybersecurity. And this issue is only growing more complicated and critical. Now more…
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UAE Central Bank Tells FIs to Drop SMS, OTP Authentication
Banking Sector Faces Challenges in Meeting March 2026 Compliance Deadline. The Central Bank of UAE has issued a directive asking financial institutions to eliminate weak authentication methods including SMS and email OTPs. Banks are also expected to implement real-time fraud monitoring and suspend sessions when malicious activity is detected. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Trustifi Raises $25 Million for Its AI-, Channel-First Email Security
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/trustifi-raises-25-million-for-its-ai-channel-first-email-security
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DCRat Targets Latin American Users to Steal Banking Credentials
IBM X-Force has uncovered a series of targeted email campaigns orchestrated by Hive0131, a financially motivated threat group likely originating from South America. Observed in early May 2025, these campaigns specifically target users in Colombia, masquerading as official notifications from The Judiciary of Colombia, particularly the Civil Circuit of Bogota. The attacks aim to deliver…
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Phishing Campaign Uses Fake Booking.com Emails to Deliver Malware
A phishing campaign spoofing Booking.com has been observed targeting hospitality sector, using ClickFix to install malware First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/phishing-fake-bookingcom-emails/
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APT37 Hackers Fake Academic Forum Invites to Deliver Malicious LNK Files via Dropbox Platform
The North Korean state-sponsored hacking group APT37 has launched a sophisticated spear phishing campaign in March 2025, targeting activists focused on North Korean issues. Disguised as invitations to an academic forum hosted by a South Korean national security think tank, these emails cleverly referenced a real event titled “Trump 2.0 Era: Prospects and South Korea’s…
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Deepfake Scams Are Distorting Reality Itself
The easy access that scammers have to sophisticated AI tools means everything from emails to video calls can’t be trusted. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/youre-not-ready-for-ai-powered-scams/
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What to do if your email account is stolen and how to stop it happening again
A hacked or compromised account can be a nightmare. But with these tips, it need not be the end of the worldEmail accounts have become more than a longstanding method of communication, morphing into the centre of your digital world as the user login for hundreds of services from shopping to socials. So when you…
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Posture ≠Protection
CSPM, DSPM, ASPM, SSPM, ESPM, the alphabet soup of Security Posture Management (SPM) tools promises visibility into risk. They map misconfigurations, surface exposure paths and highlight policy gaps. That can be useful. But let’s not confuse awareness with action. They don’t block threats.They don’t enforce controls.They don’t prevent breaches. SPMs detect, then delegate. A ticket.…
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How Artificial Intelligence Phishing Detection Is Reshaping K12 Email Protection
Using Artificial Intelligence Phishing Detection to Outsmart Today’s Email Threats in K12 Phishing emails are no longer riddled with spelling mistakes and shady links. Today’s threats are socially engineered, personalized, and increasingly difficult to detect”, especially in school environments where staff and students rely heavily on email for daily communication. But there’s good news: artificial…
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FBI cracks down on crypting crew in a global counter-antivirus service disruption
Takedown was part of ‘Endgame’ operation: According to the Dutch officials’ statement, the seizure is closely linked to Operation Endgame, a law enforcement operation that conducted the largest botnet takedown exactly a year ago.The DOJ said that undercover purchases and service analysis confirmed that the websites supported cybercrime. Court documents alleged investigators linked emails and…
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How Artificial Intelligence Phishing Detection Is Reshaping K12 Email Protection
Using Artificial Intelligence Phishing Detection to Outsmart Today’s Email Threats in K12 Phishing emails are no longer riddled with spelling mistakes and shady links. Today’s threats are socially engineered, personalized, and increasingly difficult to detect”, especially in school environments where staff and students rely heavily on email for daily communication. But there’s good news: artificial…
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Fake Recruiter Emails Target CFOs Using Legit NetBird Tool Across 6 Global Regions
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a new spear-phishing campaign that uses a legitimate remote access tool called Netbird to target Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and financial executives at banks, energy companies, insurers, and investment firms across Europe, Africa, Canada, the Middle East, and South Asia. “In what appears to be a multi-stage phishing operation, the…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 526 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. Two Linux flaws can lead to the disclosure of sensitive data Meta stopped covert operations from…
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BEC- und FTF-Angriffe größte Cybergefahr in 2024
Betrug bei geschäftlichen E-Mails unter dem Begriff Business Email Compromise (BEC) zusammen gefasst sowie Funds Transfer Fraud (FTF) sind die Cyberbedrohungen, die im Jahr 2024 die größten Schäden verursacht haben. Dies geht aus einem Bericht von KnowBe4 hervor, … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/06/01/bec-und-ftf-angriffe-groesste-cybergefahr-in-2024/
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Report: Spoofing attacks could compromise most leading email domains
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/report-spoofing-attacks-could-compromise-most-leading-email-domains
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Threat Actors Exploit Google Apps Script to Host Phishing Sites
The Cofense Phishing Defense Center has uncovered a highly strategic phishing campaign that leverages Google Apps Script a legitimate development platform within Google’s ecosystem to host deceptive phishing pages. This attack, masquerading as an invoice email, exploits the inherent trust users place in Google’s trusted environment to trick recipients into divulging sensitive information. A Sophisticated…
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Microsoft Reveals Techniques for Defending Against Evolving AiTM Attacks
Tags: attack, authentication, cloud, credentials, cyber, data-breach, email, microsoft, phishing, threatMicrosoft has exposed the escalating sophistication of phishing attacks, particularly focusing on Adversary-in-the-Middle (AiTM) techniques that are becoming a cornerstone of modern cyber threats. As organizations increasingly adopt multifactor authentication (MFA), passwordless solutions, and robust email protections, threat actors are adapting with advanced methods to steal credentials, especially targeting enterprise cloud environments. AiTM attacks, often…
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Threat Actor Claims TikTok Breach, Puts 428 Million Records Up for Sale
Alleged TikTok Breach: Threat actor “Often9” claims to sell 428M user records, including emails, phones, and account details on dark web forum. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/threat-actor-tiktok-breach-428-million-records-sale/
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Exchange 2016, 2019 support ends soon: What IT should do to stay secure
Microsoft is ending support for Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, and Outlook 2016 on October 14, 2025. That date might seem far off, but if you’re managing email … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/05/30/exchange-server-2016-2019-end-of-support/
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Warning: Threat actors now abusing Google Apps Script in phishing attacks
script[.]google[.]com. The attacker is betting the user will see and trust the Google brand, and therefore trust the content.”By using a trusted platform to host the phishing page, the threat actor creates a false sense of security, obscuring the underlying threat with the goal of getting the recipient to enter their email and password without…
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Threat Actors Exploit Nifty[.]com Infrastructure in Sophisticated Phishing Attack
Threat actors have orchestrated a multi-wave phishing campaign between April and May 2025, leveraging the legitimate infrastructure of Nifty[.]com, a prominent Japanese Internet Service Provider (ISP), to execute their attacks. Uncovered by Raven, a leading threat detection entity, this operation stands out due to its ability to evade conventional email security systems by abusing trusted…