Tag: email
-
WTF? Why the cybersecurity sector is overrun with acronyms
, a global online news organization. Let’s put it this way: Many academics, regardless of their area of expertise, have never met an acronym they didn’t prefer to typing out the entire phrase. That means our copyediting efforts too often involve spelling out or removing acronyms throughout, much to the chagrin of some of our…
-
HPE issues breach notifications for 2023 Midnight Blizzard attack
Russian state-sponsored hackers compromised the tech giant’s Office 365 email environment. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/hpe-issues-breach-notifications-for-2023-midnight-blizzard-attack/739674/
-
Why cyber hygiene remains critical in the era of AI-driven threats
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, breach, business, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, email, exploit, Internet, login, malicious, mfa, network, phishing, resilience, risk, software, strategy, technology, threat, update, vulnerability, zero-trustCyber-attacks are an assumed inevitable for businesses today. As companies increasingly handle large amounts of valuable data, safeguarding operations has never been more important. Now, half (50%) of IT decision-makers report information security as their most time-consuming task[1].While AI offers a promising solution, security leaders must get the basics right first. Only by practicing good…
-
CISOs: Stop trying to do the lawyer’s job
Tags: breach, business, ciso, compliance, cybersecurity, data, email, finance, group, guide, incident response, international, jobs, law, privacy, RedTeam, risk, risk-management, security-incident, service, skills, strategy, technology, training, updateThere’s a joke that’s been floating around boardrooms for years: “What’s the difference between lawyers and engineers? Lawyers don’t think they’re engineers.”This light-hearted jab highlights a fundamental difference between the two professions. Engineers, and by extension CISOs, focus on building and fixing things, learning a wide array of skills, sometimes sticking their hands into technologies…
-
Security Affairs newsletter Round 510 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter 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. PlayStation Network outage has been going on for over 24 hours Kimsuky APT group used custom RDP Wrapper…
-
What is DMARC: Protecting Your Domain from Email Fraud
Learn what DMARC is, how it helps protect against email spoofing, and why it’s essential for improving email security and delivering trusted messages. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/networks/what-is-dmarc/
-
Worker distraction is on the rise. Digital employee experience (DEX) platforms can help
With the dramatic increase in remote work in the last few years, many of us are actually working longer hours, ricocheting between communication platforms, learning new systems on the fly, and struggling to fix our own tech issues.It’s all adding up to a new kind of burnoutIt’s also focusing renewed attention on the digital employee experience…
-
Phones, email, classes disrupted in University of The Bahamas ransomware attack
The University of the Bahamas, which serves thousands of students and is one of the Caribbean nation’s biggest employers, said several systems went offline after a ransomware attack. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/bahamas-university-ransomware-attack
-
HPE notifies employees of data breach after Russian Office 365 hack
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is notifying employees whose data was stolen from the company’s Office 365 email environment by Russian state-sponsored hackers in a May 2023 cyberattack. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hpe-notifies-employees-of-data-breach-after-russian-office-365-hack/
-
Google’s DMARC Push Pays Off, but Email Security Challenges Remain
A year after Google and Yahoo started requiring DMARC, the adoption rate of the email authentication specification has doubled; and yet, 87% of domains remain unprotected. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/remote-workforce/google-dmarc-push-email-security-challenges
-
Ransomware as a Service: How Microsegmentation Can Protect Against This Growing Threat
The Evolution of Ransomware: From Isolated Attacks to a Billion-Dollar Enterprise In the past, ransomware attacks were opportunistic and relatively unsophisticated. A lone hacker would develop a malicious program, spread it via infected email attachments, and demand a few hundred dollars to unlock a victim’s files. These attacks were more of an inconvenience than a……
-
New Facebook Fake Copyright Notices to Steal Your FB Accounts
A newly discovered phishing campaign is using fake Facebook copyright infringement notices to trick users into divulging their credentials, potentially compromising business accounts. Phishing Campaign Exploits Facebook Brand to Target Businesses Researchers at Check Point Software Technologies revealed that this campaign, active since December 20, 2024, has already targeted over 12,279 email addresses across hundreds…
-
Cybercriminals Weaponize Graphics Files in Phishing Attacks
Sophos has observed cybercriminals ramping up their use of graphics files as part of email phishing attacks to bypass conventional security protections First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cybercriminals-graphics-files/
-
Barracuda Networks Adds Ability to Scan Outbound Email Messages
Barracuda Networks has added an ability to analyze outbound messages for anomalies to its email protection platform. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/02/barracuda-networks-adds-ability-to-scan-outbound-email-messages/
-
Weaponized SVG Files With Google Drive Links Attacking Gmail, Outlook Dropbox Users
A new wave of phishing attacks is leveraging Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files to bypass traditional email security measures and target users of Gmail, Outlook, Dropbox, and other popular platforms. These attacks, which began gaining momentum in late 2024, have surged since January 2025, demonstrating the adaptability of threat actors in exploiting less scrutinized file…
-
North Korean APT Kimsuky Uses forceCopy Malware to Steal Browser-Stored Credentials
Tags: apt, attack, credentials, email, group, hacking, intelligence, korea, malware, microsoft, north-korea, office, phishing, spear-phishing, windowsThe North Korea-linked nation-state hacking group known as Kimsuky has been observed conducting spear-phishing attacks to deliver an information stealer malware named forceCopy, according to new findings from the AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC).The attacks commence with phishing emails containing a Windows shortcut (LNK) file that’s disguised as a Microsoft Office or PDF document. First…
-
OpenAI Data Breach Threat Actor Allegedly Claims 20 Million Logins for Sale
Tags: breach, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, login, openai, password, threatOpenAI may have become the latest high-profile target of a significant data breach. A threat actor has surfaced on underground forums, claiming possession of email and password credentials for a staggering 20 million OpenAI accounts. This alleged breach has raised serious concerns among tech users and cybersecurity experts worldwide. The threat actor, who remains anonymous,…
-
OPM asks judge to dismiss federal workers’ lawsuit, files privacy assessment of email system
The Trump administration’s Office of Personnel Management wants a federal court to drop a lawsuit that alleges the agency illegally set up a new email server to sent government-wide messages. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/opm-asks-judge-to-dismiss-email-lawsuit-files-pia
-
Anomalies are not Enough
Tags: ai, attack, ciso, communications, country, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, email, government, LLM, mail, marketplace, mitre, ml, network, resilience, risk, service, siem, threat, toolMitre Att&ck as Context Introduction: A common theme of science fiction authors, and these days policymakers and think tanks, is how will the humans work with the machines, as the machines begin to surpass us across many dimensions. In cybersecurity humans and their systems are at a crossroads, their limitations daily exposed by ever more innovative,…
-
Musk’s DOGE effort could spread malware, expose US systems to threat actors
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, ceo, cio, computer, computing, control, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, email, exploit, governance, government, hacking, infection, infosec, international, jobs, malicious, malware, network, office, privacy, ransomware, risk, service, technology, threat, toolOver the past 10 days, an astonishing series of actions by Elon Musk via his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project has elevated the cybersecurity risk of some of the most sensitive computing systems in the US government. Musk and his team of young, inexperienced engineers, at least one of whom is not a US…
-
Linux Kernel 6.14 Officially Released for Testers
Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, announced the release of the first release candidate (rc1) for the Linux Kernel 6.14 in an official email on Sunday, February 2, 2025. This marks the end of the merge window for the new kernel and opens the testing phase for this much-anticipated version. The latest kernel release is…
-
Roundcube XSS Flaw Allows Attackers to Inject Malicious Files
A critical Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been discovered in the popular open-source webmail client,Roundcube, potentially exposing users to serious security risks. Tracked as CVE-2024-57004, the flaw affects Roundcube Webmail version 1.6.9 and allows remote authenticated users to upload malicious files disguised as email attachments. Once the malicious file is uploaded, the vulnerability can be triggered when the…
-
How Automated Pentest Tools Revolutionize Email Cybersecurity
Learn how automated pentest tools help improve email security, protect against cyber threats, and strengthen your organization’s overall cybersecurity posture. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/02/how-automated-pentest-tools-revolutionize-email-cybersecurity/
-
Russian hackers suspected of compromising British PM’s personal email account
Russia is suspected of hacking into the personal email account of Keir Starmer before before he became Britain’s prime minister, according to a new book. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/keir-starmer-email-hack-russia-suspected
-
Keir Starmer scrapped email account in 2022 after Russian hacking, says report
Then opposition leader’s address was ‘dangerously obvious’ and lacked two-factor authentication, book reportedly saysKeir Starmer stopped using a personal email account when he was opposition leader after being warned about a suspected hack by a Russian group, it has been reported.The suspected breach happened in 2022, shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to…
-
Keir Starmer changed ‘dangerously obvious’ email address in 2022 after Russian hacking
Breach happened shortly after Russian invasion of Ukraine when Starmer was opposition leader, says bookKeir Starmer stopped using a personal email account when he was opposition leader after being warned about a suspected hack by a Russian group, it has been reported.The suspected breach happened in 2022, shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according…
-
Devil-Traff: Emerging Malicious SMS Platform Powering Phishing Attacks
In the ever-evolving landscape of cybercrime, bulk SMS platforms like Devil-Traff have emerged as powerful tools for phishing campaigns, exploiting trust and compromising security on a massive scale. Employees in organizations today face an increasing volume of communications emails, instant messages, and ticket updates, providing fertile ground for phishing scams to blend seamlessly into routine…
-
Security Affairs newsletter Round 509 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter 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. A ransomware attack forced New York Blood Center to reschedule appointments Contec CMS8000 patient monitors contain a hidden…