Tag: email
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Chinese Group Accused of Using Fake U.S. Rep. Email to Spy on Trade Talks
The Chinese state-sponsored group APT41 is accused of using a fake email impersonating a U.S. representative containing spyware and sent to government agencies, trade groups, and laws firms to gain information about U.S. strategy in trade talks with China. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/chinese-group-accused-of-using-fake-u-s-rep-email-to-spy-on-trade-talks/
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Hackers Exploit Amazon SES to Blast Over 50,000 Malicious Emails Daily
Tags: cloud, credentials, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, email, exploit, hacker, malicious, phishing, service, threatA sophisticated cyberattack campaign where threat actors exploited compromised AWS credentials to hijack Amazon’s Simple Email Service (SES), launching large-scale phishing operations capable of sending over 50,000 malicious emails daily. The Wiz Research team identified this alarming SES abuse campaign in May 2025, highlighting a concerning trend where cybercriminals are weaponizing legitimate cloud services to…
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U.S. Officials Investigating Cyber Threat Aimed at China Trade Talks
According to the Wall Street Journal, the deceptive message, purporting to come from Representative John Moolenaar, was dispatched in July to multiple U.S. trade groups, prominent law firms and government agencies. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (Reuters) U.S. authorities have launched an investigation into a sophisticated malware-laden email that appears to have been crafted to glean […]…
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You Didn’t Get Phished, You Onboarded the Attacker
When Attackers Get Hired: Today’s New Identity CrisisWhat if the star engineer you just hired isn’t actually an employee, but an attacker in disguise? This isn’t phishing; it’s infiltration by onboarding.Meet “Jordan from Colorado,” who has a strong resume, convincing references, a clean background check, even a digital footprint that checks out.On day one, Jordan…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 540 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. Qantas cuts executive bonuses by 15% after a July data breach MeetC2 A serverless C2 […]…
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iCloud Calendar abused to send phishing emails from Apple’s servers
iCloud Calendar invites are being abused to send callback phishing emails disguised as purchase notifications directly from Apple’s email servers, making them more likely to bypass spam filters to land in targets’ inboxes. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/icloud-calendar-abused-to-send-phishing-emails-from-apples-servers/
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How Trust Centers and AI are replacing security questionnaires and accelerating B2B sales
Something strange happens in the final weeks of a sales quarter. No matter how aligned the stakeholders are, it often takes just one email to derail a deal: “Hey, before we proceed, our InfoSec team needs you to fill out this security questionnaire.” As Anna say in the podcast, “Security reviews show up just when…The…
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VirusTotal Finds 44 Undetected SVG Files Used to Deploy Base64-Encoded Phishing Pages
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware campaign that has leveraged Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files as part of phishing attacks impersonating the Colombian judicial system.The SVG files, according to VirusTotal, are distributed via email and designed to execute an embedded JavaScript payload, which then decodes and injects a Base64-encoded HTML phishing page masquerading as…
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UK government trial of M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost
AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don’t bother with anything more complex First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/m365_copilot_uk_government/
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UK government trial of M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost
AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don’t bother with anything more complex First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/m365_copilot_uk_government/
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Russian APT28 Deploys “NotDoor” Outlook Backdoor Against Companies in NATO Countries
The Russian state-sponsored hacking group tracked as APT28 has been attributed to a new Microsoft Outlook backdoor called NotDoor in attacks targeting multiple companies from different sectors in NATO member countries.NotDoor “is a VBA macro for Outlook designed to monitor incoming emails for a specific trigger word,” S2 Grupo’s LAB52 threat intelligence team said. “When…
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France slaps Google with Euro325M fine for violating cookie regulations
The French data protection authority has fined Google Euro325 million ($378 million) for violating cookie regulations and displaying ads between Gmail users’ emails without their consent. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/france-slaps-google-with-325m-fine-for-violating-cookie-regulations/
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Sendmarc appoints Rob Bowker as North American Region Lead
Wilmington, United States, September4th, 2025, CyberNewsWire: Veteran email security leader to expand MSP and VAR partnerships and accelerate DMARC adoption. Sendmarc today announced the appointment of Rob Bowker as North American Region Lead. Bowker will oversee regional expansion with a focus on growing the Managed Service Provider (MSP) partner community, developing strategic Value-Added Reseller (VAR)…
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Pressure on CISOs to stay silent about security incidents growing
Tags: access, breach, business, cio, ciso, corporate, credentials, credit-card, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, finance, framework, group, hacker, iam, identity, incident response, insurance, law, mfa, ransomware, sap, security-incident, software, theft, threat, training‘Intense pressure’ to keep quiet about security incidents: CSO spoke to two other former CISOs who reported pressures to stay silent about suspected security incidents. Both CISOs requested to remain anonymous due to end-of-contract confidentiality agreements made with previous employers.”While working inside a Fortune Global 500 company in Europe, I witnessed this multiple times,” one…
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New Scam Targets PayPal Users During Account Profile Setup
A highly sophisticated phishing campaign is targeting PayPal users with a deceptive email designed to grant scammers direct access to their accounts. The attack, which has been circulating for at least a month, uses a clever trick that bypasses traditional phishing detection methods by leading victims to the official PayPal website. The scam begins with…
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Iran MOIS Phishes 50+ Embassies, Ministries, Int’l Orgs
The Homeland Justice APT tried spying on countries and organizations from six continents, using more than 100 hijacked email accounts. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/iran-mois-50-embassies-ministries-intl-orgs
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Indirect Prompt Injection Attacks Against LLM Assistants
Tags: attack, automation, control, data, disinformation, email, framework, google, injection, LLM, malicious, mitigation, mobile, phishing, risk, risk-assessment, threat, toolReally good research on practical attacks against LLM agents. “Invitation Is All You Need! Promptware Attacks Against LLM-Powered Assistants in Production Are Practical and Dangerous” Abstract: The growing integration of LLMs into applications has introduced new security risks, notably known as Promptware”, maliciously engineered prompts designed to manipulate LLMs to compromise the CIA triad of…
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Iranian Hackers Exploit 100+ Embassy Email Accounts in Global Phishing Targeting Diplomats
An Iran-nexus group has been linked to a “coordinated” and “multi-wave” spear-phishing campaign targeting the embassies and consulates in Europe and other regions across the world.The activity has been attributed by Israeli cybersecurity company Dream to Iranian-aligned operators connected to broader offensive cyber activity undertaken by a group known as Homeland Justice.”Emails were sent to…
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Tycoon Phishing Kit Utilizes New Capabilities to Hide Malicious Links
Barracuda observed new methods to disguise phishing links in Tycoon phishing attacks, which are designed to bypass automated email security systems First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/tycoon-phishing-kit-hide-malicious/
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Tycoon Phishing Kit Utilizes New Capabilities to Hide Malicious Links
Barracuda observed new methods to disguise phishing links in Tycoon phishing attacks, which are designed to bypass automated email security systems First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/tycoon-phishing-kit-hide-malicious/
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Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office Recovers from Ransomware Attack
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office is actively recovering from a ransomware attack that disrupted its operations nearly two weeks ago. The cyberattack, which first came to light on August 18, targeted the agency’s email systems, phone lines, and even brought down its website. State Attorney General Dave Sunday confirmed the breach and stated that progress…
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TDL 002 – Defending the DNS: How Quad9 Protects the Internet with John Todd
Tags: access, apple, attack, business, china, ciso, communications, control, country, crime, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, dns, email, encryption, firewall, google, ibm, india, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, jobs, law, malicious, malware, network, phishing, privacy, service, strategy, technology, threat, tool, zero-trustSummary The Defender’s Log episode features John Todd from Quad9, discussing their mission to protect the internet through secure DNS. Quad9, a non-profit launched in 2017 with founding partners Global Cyber Alliance, Packet Clearing House, and IBM, provides a free, global recursive DNS resolver that blocks malicious domains. Todd emphasizes that Quad9’s success is a…
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Navy Federal Credit Union Backup Exposed Online
Researcher: Internal Data Belonging to World’s Largest Lender Exposed on AWS. Navy Federal, the world’s largest credit union, left hundreds of gigabytes of internal backup files exposed on Amazon’s cloud storage service, says cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler. Exposed data included email addresses, hashed passwords and what appeared to be internal system data. First seen on…
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Malicious npm Package Masquerades as Popular Email Library
A malicious npm package “nodejs-smtp” has been discovered impersonating nodemailer and injecting code to drain crypto wallets First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/malicious-npm-package-email-library/