Tag: email
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 521 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Tags: breach, ceo, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, group, international, malware, WeeklyReviewA 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. African multinational telco giant MTN Group disclosed a data breach CEO of cybersecurity firm charged with installing malware…
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Microsoft announces fix for CPU spikes when typing in Outlook
Microsoft says it will soon fix a known issue causing CPU spikes when typing messages in recent versions of its classic Outlook email client. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-announces-fix-for-cpu-spikes-when-typing-in-outlook/
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Lesson from huge Blue Shield California data breach: Read the manual
read the documentation of any third party service you sign up for, to understand the security and privacy controls;know what data is being collected from your organization, and what you don’t want shared.”It’s important to understand these giant platforms make it easy for you to share your data across their various services,” he said. “So…
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Beyond the Inbox: ThreatLabz 2025 Phishing Report Reveals How Phishing Is Evolving in the Age of GenAI
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, best-practice, captcha, cloud, control, credentials, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, dmarc, email, exploit, finance, google, identity, jobs, login, malicious, malware, mfa, phishing, radius, risk, scam, spam, strategy, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-day, zero-trustGone are the days of mass phishing campaigns. Today’s attackers are leveraging generative AI (GenAI) to deliver hyper-targeted scams, transforming every email, text, or call into a calculated act of manipulation. With flawless lures and tactics designed to outsmart AI defenses, cybercriminals are zeroing in on HR, payroll, and finance teams”, exploiting human vulnerabilities with…
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How MSSPs Can Help Customers Combat Email Bombing
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/perspective/how-mssps-can-help-customers-combat-email-bombing
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Expel Extends MDR Capabilities to Strengthen Email Threat Defense
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/expel-extends-mdr-capabilities-to-strengthen-email-threat-defense
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Microsoft fixes machine learning bug flagging Adobe emails as spam
Microsoft says it mitigated a known issue in one of its machine learning (ML) models that mistakenly flagged Adobe emails in Exchange Online as spam. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-machine-learning-bug-flagging-adobe-emails-as-spam/
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Despite Recent Security Hardening, Entra ID Synchronization Feature Remains Open for Abuse
Microsoft synchronization capabilities for managing identities in hybrid environments are not without their risks. In this blog, Tenable Research explores how potential weaknesses in these synchronization options can be exploited. Synchronizing identity accounts between Microsoft Active Directory (AD) and Entra ID is important for user experience, as it seamlessly synchronizes user identities, credentials and groups…
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Gmail’s New Encrypted Messages Feature Opens a Door for Scams
Google is rolling out an end-to-end encrypted email feature for business customers, but it could spawn phishing attacks, particularly in non-Gmail inboxes. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/gmail-end-to-end-encryption-scams/
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Email Health Checklist: How to Boost Inbox Placement
Is your email health hurting deliverability? Learn how to fix bounce rates, set up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC, and boost inbox placement with this step-by-step guide. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/04/email-health-checklist-how-to-boost-inbox-placement/
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Adversarythe-Middle Attacks Persist Strategies to Lessen the Impact
Adversary-in-the-middle fraud (AiTM) represents a significant, ongoing challenge for businesses, with tactics like email hijacking, AI attacks and account takeovers becoming increasingly complex. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/04/adversary-in-the-middle-attacks-persist-strategies-to-lessen-the-impact/
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Fake Google Security Alert Hides a Phishing Scam
A developer reported the scam after noticing a slight discrepancy in the email address. The scam passed Google’s own DKIM checks. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-oauth-scam/
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Researchers Uncover Stealthy Tactics and Techniques of StrelaStealer Malware
Cybersecurity experts have recently shed light on the sophisticated operations of StrelaStealer, also known by its alias Strela, revealing a suite of stealthy tactics employed in its information theft campaigns. This malware, spotlighted by IBM Security X-Force for its association with the HIVE-0145 threat actor group, targets email credentials from prominent clients like Microsoft Outlook…
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When AI moves beyond human oversight: The cybersecurity risks of self-sustaining systems
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, automation, breach, business, control, credentials, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, data, detection, email, exploit, firewall, fraud, government, identity, infection, login, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, phishing, risk, software, technology, threat, update, vulnerabilityautopoiesis, allows AI systems to adapt dynamically to their environments, making them more efficient but also far less predictable.For cybersecurity teams, this presents a fundamental challenge: how do you secure a system that continuously alters itself? Traditional security models assume that threats originate externally, bad actors exploiting vulnerabilities in otherwise stable systems. But with AI capable…
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EMail-Konto einer Stadtverwaltung in Idaho, USA gehackt
Notice of Data Security Incident First seen on ag.idaho.gov Jump to article: www.ag.idaho.gov/content/uploads/2025/02/Hailey-Initial-AG-Notice120087275.pdf
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Weaponized Amazon Gift Cards Used to Steal Microsoft Credentials
Cybercriminals are exploiting the trust in e-gift cards and the prestige of Amazon to steal Microsoft credentials from unsuspecting employees. The attack begins with an email, disguised as a >>Reward Gateway
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Identity Attacks Now Comprise a Third of Intrusions
IBM warns of infostealer surge as attackers automate credential theft and adopt AI to generate highly convincing phishing emails en masse First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/identity-attacks-now-comprise/
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Agent Tesla Malware Uses Multi-Stage Attacks with PowerShell Scripts
Researchers from Palo Alto Networks have uncovered a series of malicious spam campaigns leveraging the notorious Agent Tesla malware through intricate, multi-stage infection vectors. The attack begins innocuously enough with the receipt of a socially engineered email, often crafted to appear legitimate and relevant to the recipient. These emails carry an archive attachment, which typically…
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Email-Konto einer Stadtverwaltung in Kentucky, USA gehackt
Hillview official’s email account compromised after cyber security incident First seen on youtube.com Jump to article: https://www.youtube.com/watch
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Update these two servers from Gladinet immediately, CISOs told
Tags: access, attack, ciso, cloud, control, credentials, data, defense, email, network, programming, risk, skills, update, vulnerabilityC:\Program Files (x86)\Gladinet Cloud Enterprise\root\web.config, although it has also been seen in this path as well: C:\Program Files (x86)\Gladinet Cloud Enterprise\portal\web.config. Similarly, Triofox web.config files could be in two locations: C:\Program Files (x86)\Triofox\root\web.config and C:\Program Files (x86)\Triofox\portal\web.config.The weakness can be leveraged to abuse the ASPX ViewState, a mechanism used to preserve the state of a…
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Russia-linked APT29 targets European diplomats with new malware
WINELOADER variant: While the Check Point researchers didn’t manage to obtain the final payload delivered by GRAPELOADER directly, they located a new variant of the WINELOADER backdoor that was uploaded to the VirusTotal scanning service around the same time and which has code and compilation time similarities to both AppvIsvSubsystems64.dll and ppcore.dll. As such, there…
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10 Best Email Security Solutions in 2025
Email security solutions are critical for protecting organizations from the growing sophistication of cyber threats targeting email communication. As email remains a primary channel for business communication, it is also the most exploited vector for attacks such as phishing, malware distribution, and business email compromise (BEC). Implementing robust email security measures ensures the confidentiality, integrity,…
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Email-Konten einer kommunalen Wohnungsbaugesellschaft in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland gehackt
Achtung vor Mails von der Pforzheimer Stadtbau: Cyberangriff sorgt für Sicherheitsrisiko First seen on pz-news.de Jump to article: www.pz-news.de/pforzheim_artikel,-Achtung-vor-Mails-von-der-Pforzheimer-Stadtbau-Cyberangriff-sorgt-fuer-Sicherheitsrisiko-_arid,2205929.html
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The Smishing Triad Surge: Text-Based Threats Are Getting Smarter, Not Simpler
What began as a trickle of spammy messages has evolved into a sophisticated and dangerous phishing campaign. The Smishing Triad, an active cybercriminal group, is behind a surge of SMS-based phishing attacks (smishing) targeting organizations across sectors”, from healthcare to logistics to finance. Their focus? Gaining access to internal portals and enterprise email accounts by…
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Introducing Wyo Support ADAMnetworks LTP
Tags: attack, best-practice, business, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, email, endpoint, finance, GDPR, government, guide, healthcare, infrastructure, insurance, law, linkedin, PCI, phishing, radius, ransomware, regulation, service, skills, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, update, zero-trustADAMnetworks is excited to announce Wyo Support to the family of Licensed Technology Partners. “After working with the various systems and technologies, there are few that compare with the protection that ADAMnetworks provides. It reduces the attack surface from the broad side of a barn down to the size of a keyhole. No other technology…
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Notorious image board 4chan hacked and internal data leaked
The infamous website was taken down and working intermittently, while hackers leaked alleged data like moderators email addresses, and source code. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/04/15/notorious-image-board-4chan-hacked-and-internal-data-leaked/
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Microsoft warns of CPU spikes when typing in classic Outlook
Microsoft warned Windows users of increased CPU usage when typing while using recent versions of the classic Outlook email client. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-warns-of-cpu-spikes-when-typing-in-classic-outlook/
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Top Four Considerations for Zero Trust in Critical Infrastructure
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, automation, best-practice, breach, business, cctv, ceo, cloud, communications, compliance, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, email, encryption, exploit, finance, group, hacker, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, iot, law, malicious, mfa, nis-2, privacy, regulation, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-trustTop Four Considerations for Zero Trust in Critical Infrastructure madhav Tue, 04/15/2025 – 06:43 TL;DR Increased efficiency = increased risk. Critical infrastructure organizations are using nearly 100 SaaS apps on average and 60% of their most sensitive data is stored in the cloud. Threat actors aren’t naive to this, leading to a whopping 93% of…
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Unbefugter Zugriff auf Email-Konten einer County-Verwaltung in Ohio, USA
Data Breach Notification First seen on maine.gov Jump to article: www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/6e878661-6faf-4782-80a2-f3cbafabe029.html