Tag: email
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Varonis Acquires ‘AI-Native’ Email Security Vendor SlashNext
Varonis announced Tuesday it’s looking to enter the email security segment with the acquisition of SlashNext, a specialist in utilizing AI for detecting advanced email-based attacks. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/varonis-acquires-ai-native-email-security-vendor-slashnext
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Varonis buys AI email security firm SlashNext
An independent testing firm found that SlashNext’s product has a 100% detection rate for business email compromise and QR code attacks. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/varonis-slashnext-acquisition-ai-email-security/
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Jaguar Land Rover ‘severely disrupted’ by cybersecurity incident
Staff at the company’s plant in Halewood, near Liverpool, were sent an email early on Monday morning and told not to report for work, according to the Liverpool Echo. The shutdown is expected to continue into Wednesday, the newspaper reported. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/jaguar-land-rover-disruption-cyber-incident
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OneDrive Phishing Attack Targets Corporate Executives for Credential Theft
A newly discovered spearphishing campaign is targeting executives and senior leadership across multiple industries by exploiting trusted OneDrive document”sharing notifications. The Stripe OLT SOC has identified this sophisticated attack, which leverages highly tailored emails to impersonate internal HR communications and harvest corporate credentials through a convincing Microsoft Office/OneDrive login page. At the heart of the…
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OneDrive Phishing Attack Targets Corporate Executives for Credential Theft
A newly discovered spearphishing campaign is targeting executives and senior leadership across multiple industries by exploiting trusted OneDrive document”sharing notifications. The Stripe OLT SOC has identified this sophisticated attack, which leverages highly tailored emails to impersonate internal HR communications and harvest corporate credentials through a convincing Microsoft Office/OneDrive login page. At the heart of the…
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OneDrive Phishing Attack Targets Corporate Executives for Credential Theft
A newly discovered spearphishing campaign is targeting executives and senior leadership across multiple industries by exploiting trusted OneDrive document”sharing notifications. The Stripe OLT SOC has identified this sophisticated attack, which leverages highly tailored emails to impersonate internal HR communications and harvest corporate credentials through a convincing Microsoft Office/OneDrive login page. At the heart of the…
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Shadow AI Discovery: A Critical Part of Enterprise AI Governance
The Harsh Truths of AI AdoptionMITs State of AI in Business report revealed that while 40% of organizations have purchased enterprise LLM subscriptions, over 90% of employees are actively using AI tools in their daily work. Similarly, research from Harmonic Security found that 45.4% of sensitive AI interactions are coming from personal email accounts, where…
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How to Secure Your Email Via Encryption and Password Management
From emailing vendors to communicating with team members, serious business happens in the inbox. That’s why it’s critical to secure it. These TechRepublic Premium resources can help. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/securing-your-email-inbox/
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How to Secure Your Email Via Encryption and Password Management
From emailing vendors to communicating with team members, serious business happens in the inbox. That’s why it’s critical to secure it. These TechRepublic Premium resources can help. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/securing-your-email-inbox/
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Agentic AI: A CISO’s security nightmare in the making?
Tags: access, ai, antivirus, api, attack, automation, ciso, compliance, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, email, endpoint, exploit, framework, governance, law, leak, malicious, malware, open-source, privacy, risk, service, strategy, supply-chain, tool, vulnerabilityFree agents: Autonomy breeds increased risks: Agentic AI introduces the ability to make independent decisions and act without human oversight. This capability presents its own cybersecurity risk by potentially leaving organizations vulnerable.”Agentic AI systems are goal-driven and capable of making decisions without direct human approval,” Joyce says. “When objectives are poorly scoped or ambiguous, agents…
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Malicious npm Package nodejs-smtp Mimics Nodemailer, Targets Atomic and Exodus Wallets
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious npm package that comes with stealthy features to inject malicious code into desktop apps for cryptocurrency wallets like Atomic and Exodus on Windows systems.The package, named nodejs-smtp, impersonates the legitimate email library nodemailer with an identical tagline, page styling, and README descriptions, attracting a total of 347 First seen…
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Austria’s Interior Ministry Says 100 Email Accounts Breached
No Law Enforcement Information or Austrian Personal Data Compromised, Officials Say. The Austrian government said a targeted and professional hack attack breached about 100 government email accounts in its interior ministry, which is chiefly responsible for public safety. Attackers also stole data, although officials said no law enforcement or personal data was exposed. First seen…
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Hackers Threaten Google Following Data Exposure
A recent breach involving a third-party Salesforce system used by Google has sparked an unusual escalation. Although no Gmail inboxes, passwords, or internal Google systems were accessed, attackers gained entry to a sales database that included names, phone numbers, email addresses, and internal notes related to small business clients. This type of data is often……
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Hackers Exploit Email Marketing Platforms to Deliver Hidden Malware
Tags: cyber, defense, email, exploit, hacker, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, phishing, threatIn recent months, Trustwave SpiderLabs”, a LevelBlue company renowned for its threat intelligence and incident response services”, has observed a marked uptick in phishing campaigns that leverage legitimate email marketing platforms to cloak malicious links. By hijacking established infrastructure and URL redirectors, attackers are evading traditional defenses and duping recipients into divulging sensitive information. To…
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Hackers Threaten Google Following Data Exposure
A recent breach involving a third-party Salesforce system used by Google has sparked an unusual escalation. Although no Gmail inboxes, passwords, or internal Google systems were accessed, attackers gained entry to a sales database that included names, phone numbers, email addresses, and internal notes related to small business clients. This type of data is often……
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Malicious npm Package Impersonates Popular Nodemailer, Puts 3.9M Weekly Downloads at Risk of Crypto Theft
A sophisticated cryptocurrency theft scheme involving a malicious npm package that masquerades as the widely-used Nodemailer email library while secretly hijacking desktop cryptocurrency wallets on Windows systems. Socket’s Threat Research Team identified the malicious package, nodejs-smtp, which impersonates the legitimate Nodemailer library that averages approximately 3.9 million weekly downloads. The fraudulent package employs a clever…
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Fraudster stole over $1.5 million from city of Baltimore
Scammer stole $1.5M from Baltimore by posing as a vendor and tricking staff into changing bank account details. A scammer stole over $1.5M from Baltimore city by spoofing a vendor and convincing staff to alter bank details, which appears to be a classic Business Email Compromise (BEC) attack. Between February and March 2025, the city’s…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 539 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. Lab Dookhtegan hacking group disrupts communications on dozens of Iranian ships New zero-click exploit allegedly used…
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SSA Whistleblower’s Resignation Email Mysteriously Disappeared From Inboxes
Less than 30 minutes after the Social Security Administration’s chief data officer resigned following a whistleblower complaint, recipients could no longer access the resignation email. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/charles-borges-resignation-email-disappearance/
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Google warns Salesloft breach impacted some Workspace accounts
Google reports that the Salesloft Drift breach is larger than initially thought, warning that attackers also used stolen OAuth tokens to access Google Workspace email accounts in addition to Salesforce data. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-warns-salesloft-breach-impacted-some-workspace-accounts/
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Law firm email blunder exposes Church of England abuse victim details
Apology issued after names tied to redress scheme revealed in mass mailing First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/08/28/lawyer_coe_email_blunder/
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The Role of Enterprise Email Security in Modern Cybersecurity Strategies
Email has always been a double-edged sword in the world of business. On one hand, it’s the fastest,… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/enterprise-email-security-role-cybersecurity-strategy/
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What’s the difference between CMC and VMC certification?
Tags: emailCommon Mark Certificates (CMC) and Verified Mark Certificates (VMC) both enable brand logos in email inboxes via BIMI, boosting trust, security, and deliverability. The key difference? VMCs require trademark validation and show a blue checkmark in Gmail, while CMCs are faster and more affordable but have limited support. Learn which option fits your email security…
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115.000 Phishing-Emails in einer Woche versendet
Tags: awareness, best-practice, cyber, email, google, infrastructure, mail, phishing, saas, softwareEine neue Art des Phishings breitet sich aus. Sie setzt dabei auf bewährte Marken, unaufgeklärte Mitarbeitende und ungeschützte Kanäle.Laut Google nutzen 40 Millionen Lehrer und Schüler weltweit Google Classroom, um Leistungsnachweise, Schulaufgaben und Lehrmaterial bereitzustellen. Da die Software weit verbreitet ist, wird sie attraktiv für Cyberkriminelle. Eine immer noch aktive, weltweite auftretende Kampagne hat der…
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The CISO succession crisis: why companies have no plan and how to change that
The technical-to-strategic divide: One major obstacle keeping many mid-level security pros from becoming CISOs isn’t their tech skills, it’s learning to shift from doing hands-on security work to acting as strategic business partners. That change takes a whole new set of skills and a different way of thinking.”I think you see this with a lot…
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Encryption Vendor Virtru Settles Patent Case With Microsoft
Deal Ends Suit Alleging Microsoft’s Message Encryption Tool Violated Virtru Patents. After three years of litigation, Virtru and Microsoft have settled a patent infringement case involving the tech giant’s email encryption product. The suit claimed Microsoft’s technology infringed Virtru’s patented identity-driven encryption method for seamless, credential-free data access. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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‘ZipLine’ Phishers Flip Script as Victims Email First
ZipLine appears to be a sophisticated and carefully planned campaign that has already affected dozens of small, medium, and large organizations across multiple industry sectors. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/zipline-phishers-victims-email-first
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TDL001 – Cybersecurity Explained: Privacy, Threats, and the Future – Chester Wisniewski
Tags: access, ai, attack, backdoor, breach, business, ciso, computer, country, crime, crimes, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data-breach, defense, detection, edr, email, finance, firewall, gartner, government, guide, hacker, hacking, Hardware, infosec, Internet, jobs, linkedin, mail, malicious, microsoft, military, monitoring, network, password, phishing, phone, privacy, programming, ransomware, risk, russia, scam, skills, software, sophos, spam, sql, strategy, switch, technology, threat, update, virus, vulnerability, wifi, windowsSummary “The Defenders Log” Episode 1 features host David Redekop and guest Chet Wisniewski discussing the dynamic world of cybersecurity. Wisniewski, with decades of experience, traces his journey from early BBS and phone network exploration to becoming a cybersecurity expert. They delve into the evolution of hacking, the emergence of profitable cybercrime like email spam,…