Tag: email
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80% of Critical National Infrastructure Companies Experienced an Email Security Breach in Last Year
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Email attacks prevalent in critical infrastructure firms
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Chinese man charged for spear-phishing against NASA and US Government
US DoJ charged a Chinese national who used spear-phishing emails to obtain sensitive info from NASA, the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Army, and the FAA. The … First seen on securityaffairs.com Jump to article: securityaffairs.com/168514/cyber-crime/chinese-man-spear-phishing-nasa-us-government.html
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Hackers deliver popular crypto-miner through malicious email auto replies, researchers say
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UNC2970 Hackers Attacking Job Seekers Using Weaponized PDF Reader
UNC2970, a North Korean cyber espionage group, used customized SumatraPDF trojans to deliver MISTPEN backdoors to victims through phishing emails pret… First seen on gbhackers.com Jump to article: gbhackers.com/unc2970-hackers-job-pdf-attack/
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North Korean Group Uses Fake Job Offers to Target Energy, Aerospace Sectors
The North Korean-backed threat group UNC2970 is using spearphishing emails and WhatsApp messages to entice high-level executives in the energy and aer… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2024/09/north-korean-group-uses-fake-job-offers-to-target-energy-aerospace-sectors/
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Email Security Breaches Rampant Among Critical Infrastructure Organizations
A full 80% of organizations within the critical infrastructure vertical experienced email-related security breaches in the past year, according to an … First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2024/09/email-security-breaches-rampant-among-critical-infrastructure-organizations/
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DoJ: Chinese Man Used Spear-Phishing to Obtain Software From NASA, Military
Chinese national Song Wu allegedly sent spear-phishing emails to NASA, Air Force, Navy, Army, and FAA employees. The post DoJ: Chinese Man Used Spear-… First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/doj-chinese-man-used-spear-phishing-to-obtain-software-from-nasa-military/
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How Google and Yahoo’s shift to stricter email standards proved a windfall for this Armenian startup
EasyDMARC, a B2B SaaS startup out of Armenia that aims to simplify email security and authentication, said it has raised $20 million in a Series A rou… First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2024/09/17/how-google-and-yahoos-shift-to-stricter-email-standards-proved-a-windfall-for-this-armenian-startup/
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Business Email Compromise Costs $55bn Over a Decade
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EasyDMARC Lands $20M for Email Security Authentication Tech
EasyDMARC lands venture capital funding after finding traction in the email security and authentication business. The post EasyDMARC Lands $20M for Em… First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/easydmarc-lands-20m-for-email-security-authentication-tech/
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 489 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. … First seen on securityaffairs.com Jump to article: securityaffairs.com/168403/breaking-news/security-affairs-newsletter-round-489-by-pierluigi-paganini-international-edition.html
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Security measures fail to keep up with rising email attacks
Organizations must reassess their email security posture as incidents continue to escalate, leading to financial losses. Key findings reveal a signifi… First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/09/13/email-attacks-increase/
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What is EchoSpoofing?: Proofpoint Email Routing Exploit
The recent exploitation of Proofpoint’s email routing flaw, known as EchoSpoofing, allowed attackers to send millions of spoofed emails across multipl… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2024/09/what-is-echospoofing-proofpoint-email-routing-exploit/
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Losses due to cryptocurrency and BEC scams are soaring
Every type of fraud is on the rise, and 2023 was a particularly devastating year for victims of cryptocurrency and business email compromise (BEC) sca… First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/09/12/losses-due-to-cryptocurrency-and-bec-scams-are-soaring/
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Transport for London confirms customer data stolen in cyberattack
Transport for London (TfL) has determined that the cyberattack on September 1 impacts customer data, including names, contact details, email addresses… First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/transport-for-london-confirms-customer-data-stolen-in-cyberattack/
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Zenity CTO on dangers of Microsoft Copilot prompt injections
Zenity’s CTO describes how hidden email code can be used to feed malicious prompts to a victim’s Copilot instance, leading to false outputs and even c… First seen on techtarget.com Jump to article: www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/366602358/Zenity-CTO-on-dangers-of-Microsoft-Copilot-prompt-injections
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Over $40 million recovered and arrests made within days of firm realising it had fallen for Business Email Compromise scam
According to the FBI, billions of dollars have been lost through Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks in recent years, so you may well think that t… First seen on tripwire.com Jump to article: www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/over-40-million-recovered-and-arrests-made-within-days-after-firm-discovers
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Cyber Insurance: A Few Security Technologies, a Big Difference in Premiums
Ransomware attacks and email-based fraud account for 80% to 90% of all claims processed by cyber insurers, but a handful of cybersecurity technologies… First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/cyber-insurance-security-technologies-premiums
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Transport for London staff faces systems disruptions after cyberattack
‹Transport for London, the city’s public transportation agency, revealed today that its staff has limited access to systems and email due to measures … First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/transport-for-london-staff-faces-systems-disruptions-after-cyberattack/
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Sextortion scams now use your cheating spouse’s name as a lure
A new variant of the ongoing sextortion email scams is now targeting spouses, saying that their husband or wife is cheating on them, with links to the… First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sextortion-scams-now-use-your-cheating-spouses-name-as-a-lure/
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 488 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. … First seen on securityaffairs.com Jump to article: securityaffairs.com/168159/breaking-news/security-affairs-newsletter-round-488-by-pierluigi-paganini-international-edition.html
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New Cyberattack Targets Chinese-Speaking Businesses with Cobalt Strike Payloads
Chinese-speaking users are the target of a highly organized and sophisticated attack campaign that is likely leveraging phishing emails to infect Wind… First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2024/08/new-cyberattack-targets-chinese.html
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Cobalt Strike Attack: Threat Actors Leverage Phishing Emails
In the cybercrime landscape, Chinese users have been targeted with a new Cobalt Strike attack. Unidentified threat actors behind the campaign leverage… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2024/09/cobalt-strike-attack-threat-actors-leverage-phishing-emails/
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Sextortion scam now use your cheating spouse’s name as a lure
A new variant of the ongoing sextortion email scams is now targeting spouses, saying that their husband or wife is cheating on them, with links to the… First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sextortion-scam-now-use-your-cheating-spouses-name-as-a-lure/
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Abusix Launches Guardian: Cutting-Edge Security Platform for Email and Network Providers
Abusix, a network security company that offers solutions for email security and network abuse report handling, today announced the launch of Guardian,… First seen on gbhackers.com Jump to article: gbhackers.com/cutting-edge-security-platform-for-email-and-network-providers/
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Two Nigerians Sentenced to Prison in US for BEC Fraud
Franklin Ifeanyichukwu Okwonna and Ebuka Raphael Umeti were sentenced to prison in the US for business email compromise (BEC) fraud. The post Two Nige… First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/two-nigerians-sentenced-to-prison-in-us-for-bec-fraud/
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Warning: New Emansrepo Malware Uses HTML Files to Target Windows Users
Emansrepo, a Python infostealer, is distributed via phishing emails containing fake purchase orders and invoices, where the attacker initially sent a … First seen on gbhackers.com Jump to article: gbhackers.com/emansrepo-html-attack/
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Police take just 2 days to recover $40M stolen in business email scam
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Small CSS tweaks can help nasty emails slip through Outlook’s anti-phishing net
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