Tag: email
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USPS Warns Public About Rising Mail, Email Scams”, How to Spot and Avoid Them
Discover how evolving USPS mail scams highlight growing cybersecurity risks. Learn how phishing, smishing, and brushing attacks threaten your personal data. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/cybersecurity/usps-warns-mail-email-scams/
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Fraud in Your Inbox: Email Is Still the Weakest Link
At-Bay Cyber Insurance Claims Report Finds 83% of Financial Fraud Starts With Email. Financial fraud remains the leading driver of cyberinsurance claims, with 83% of cases traced back to email-based attacks. Common tactics used to deceive employees include wiring funds to fraudulent accounts, generative AI-crafted emails, executive and vendor impersonation and BEC scams. First seen…
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New malware ‘ResolverRAT’ targets healthcare, pharmaceutical firms
New malware ‘ResolverRAT’ is targeting healthcare and pharmaceutical firms, using advanced capabilities to steal sensitive data. Morphisec researchers discovered a new malware dubbed ‘ResolverRAT’ that is targeting healthcare and pharmaceutical firms, using advanced capabilities to steal sensitive data. ResolverRAT spreads via phishing emails using localized languages and legal lures. Victims download a malicious file triggering…
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ResolverRAT Campaign Targets Healthcare, Pharma via Phishing and DLL Side-Loading
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new, sophisticated remote access trojan called ResolverRAT that has been observed in attacks targeting healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors.”The threat actor leverages fear-based lures delivered via phishing emails, designed to pressure recipients into clicking a malicious link,” Morphisec Labs researcher Nadav Lorber said in a report shared with The First seen…
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Phishing Campaigns Use Real-Time Checks to Validate Victim Emails Before Credential Theft
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new type of credential phishing scheme that ensures that the stolen information is associated with valid online accounts.The technique has been codenamed precision-validating phishing by Cofense, which it said employs real-time email validation so that only a select set of high-value targets are served the fake login screens.”This…
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What boards want and don’t want to hear from cybersecurity leaders
Tags: access, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, email, malicious, metric, phishing, risk, security-incident, skills, strategy, technology, threat, training, update“It’s only when you report to someone not involved in technology that you realize you’re talking in jargon or not close to talking the language of the business,” says Bennett. Decoding what the board wants from security leaders: Cybersecurity leaders need regular contact with boards to foster familiarity and understanding. Without this, a lack of…
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EMail-Konto bei 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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Security Affairs newsletter Round 519 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. Symbolic Link trick lets attackers bypass FortiGate patches, Fortinet warns Attackers are exploiting recently disclosed OttoKitWordPress plugin flaw…
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Frequently Asked Questions About Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Integrating with AI for Agentic Applications
The emergence of Model Context Protocol for AI is gaining significant interest due to its standardization of connecting external data sources to large language models (LLMs). While these updates are good news for AI developers, they raise some security concerns. In this blog we address FAQs about MCP. Background Tenable Research has compiled this blog…
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Hackers accessed 150,000 emails of 100 US bank regulators at OCC
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/hackers-accessed-150000-emails-of-100-us-bank-regulators-at-occ
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Threat actors thrive in chaos
Martin delves into how threat actors exploit chaos, offering insights from Talos’ 2024 Year in Review on how to fortify defenses against evolving email lures and frequently targeted vulnerabilities, even amidst economic disruption. First seen on blog.talosintelligence.com Jump to article: blog.talosintelligence.com/threat-actors-thrive-in-chaos/
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Sapphire Werewolf Upgrades Arsenal With Amethyst Stealer Targeting Energy Firms
Sapphire Werewolf has introduced a potent new weapon into its cyber arsenal, unveiling the latest iteration of the Amethyst stealer in a calculated phishing attack against an energy firm. According to the Report, the operation cunningly disguises a malicious payload as a mundane HR memo. The threat actor begins its attack with a fraudulent email,…
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Amazon Gift Card Email Hooks Microsoft Credentials
Amazon Gift Card Email Hooks Microsoft Credentials First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/04/amazon-gift-card-email-hooks-microsoft-credentials/
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Tainted drive appears to be source of malware attack on Western military mission in Ukraine
Researchers at Symantec said the Russia-linked group known as Gamaredon appears to have departed from its usual email phishing tactics in hacking a Western military mission in Ukraine. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/gamaredon-removable-drive-malware-western-military-mission-ukraine
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Targeted phishing gets a new hook with real-time email validation
Tags: api, authentication, awareness, ciso, credentials, data-breach, defense, email, infosec, mail, password, phishing, sans, service, spam, spear-phishing, threat, training‘A little bit of hype’: David Shipley, head of Canadian-based security awareness training firm Beauceron Security, said “there’s a little bit of hype” in giving the tactic a fancy name for what is in fact spear phishing, although, he admitted, it’s “rapid-fire spear phishing.”The reason, he said, is that “spray-and-pray” mass phishing campaigns today are…
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US Comptroller Cyber ‘Incident’ Compromises Org’s Emails
A review of the emails involved in the breach is still ongoing, but what has been discovered is enough for the Treasury Department to label it a major cyber incident. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/occ-major-cyber-incident-executive-employee-emails
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Precision-validated phishing: The rise of sophisticated credential theft
Tags: api, authentication, awareness, ciso, credentials, data-breach, defense, email, infosec, mail, password, phishing, sans, service, spam, spear-phishing, theft, threat, training‘A little bit of hype’: David Shipley, head of Canadian-based security awareness training firm Beauceron Security, said “there’s a little bit of hype” in giving the tactic a fancy name for what is in fact spear phishing, although, he admitted, it’s “rapid-fire spear phishing.”The reason, he said, is that “spray-and-pray” mass phishing campaigns today are…
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Someone compromised US bank watchdog to access sensitive financial files
OCC mum on who broke into email, but Treasury fingered China in similar hack months ago First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/04/09/occ_bank_email_hack/
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Sensitive financial files feared stolen from US bank watchdog
OCC mum on who broke into email, but Treasury fingered China in similar hack months ago First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/04/09/occ_bank_email_hack/
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Over 150K Treasury OCC emails compromised in almost two-year breach
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/over-150k-treasury-occ-emails-compromised-in-almost-two-year-breach
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Oracle says “obsolete servers” hacked, denies cloud breach
Oracle finally confirmed in email notifications sent to customers that a hacker stole and leaked credentials that were stolen from what it described as “two obsolete servers.” First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/oracle-says-obsolete-servers-hacked-denies-cloud-breach/
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Treasury bureau notifies Congress that email hack was a ‘major’ cybersecurity incident
The OCC said the February incident resulted in the theft of “highly sensitive information” tied to the financial conditions of federally regulated institutions. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/treasury-bureau-notifies-congress-that-email-hack-was-a-major-cybersecurity-incident/
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Treasury’s OCC Says Hackers Had Access to 150,000 Emails
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has disclosed an email security incident in which 100 accounts were compromised for over a year. The post Treasury’s OCC Says Hackers Had Access to 150,000 Emails appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/treasurys-occ-says-hackers-had-access-to-150000-emails/
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Hackers Stole ‘Highly Sensitive’ US Banking Regulator Emails
Microsoft Reportedly Alerted Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to Breach. For nearly two years, hackers reportedly spied on 150,000 highly sensitive emails sent and received by America’s banking regulator, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The OCC said it’s continuing to probe the major information security incident. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Phishing kits now vet victims in real-time before stealing credentials
Phishing actors are employing a new evasion tactic called ‘Precision-Validated Phishing’ that only shows fake login forms when a user enters an email address that the threat actors specifically targeted. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/phishing-kits-now-vet-victims-in-real-time-before-stealing-credentials/
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New Double-Edged Email Attack Steals Office 365 Credentials and Delivers Malware
Cybersecurity experts have uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign that employs a double-edged tactic to compromise Office 365 credentials and deliver malware, posing significant risks to organizations worldwide. The campaign, identified by the Cofense Phishing Defense Center (PDC), uses a file deletion reminder as a pretext to trick victims into engaging with what appears to be…
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US banking regulator reports on ‘major’ cyber incident involving senior officials’ emails
The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency told Congress that a breach of its email systems reported in February involved “highly sensitive information” in the accounts of high-ranking officials. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/office-comptroller-currency-email-hack-report