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Product showcase: Free email security test by ImmuniWeb Community Edition

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Product showcase: Free email security test by ImmuniWeb Community Edition 14/08/2023 at 07:03 By Help Net Security According to an FBI report, in 2022, global losses from business email compromise (BEC) and email account compromise (EAC) attacks attained $43 billion, hitting a historic anti-record. Multiple cybersecurity vendors, including Microsoft and Trend Micro, reported a rapid […]

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37% of third-party applications have high-risk permissions

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37% of third-party applications have high-risk permissions 10/08/2023 at 05:32 By Help Net Security Email attacks have increased in both sophistication and volume since the start of the year, according to Abnormal Security. Examining data since 2013, Abnormal identified a massive increase in third-party applications (apps) integrated with email, underscoring the proliferation of an emerging

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Salesforce Email Service Zero-Day Exploited in Phishing Campaign

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Salesforce Email Service Zero-Day Exploited in Phishing Campaign 03/08/2023 at 12:47 By Eduard Kovacs Threat actors have exploited a Salesforce email service zero-day vulnerability and abused Meta features in a sophisticated phishing campaign. The post Salesforce Email Service Zero-Day Exploited in Phishing Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS

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Salesforce and Meta suffer phishing campaign that evades typical detection methods

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Salesforce and Meta suffer phishing campaign that evades typical detection methods 02/08/2023 at 17:18 By Help Net Security The Guardio research team discovered an email phishing campaign exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Salesforce’s legitimate email services and SMTP servers. Phishing email sample as was sent from the “@salesforce.com” email address The vulnerability allowed threat actors

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Microsoft Cloud Hack Exposed More than Exchange, Outlook Emails

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Microsoft Cloud Hack Exposed More than Exchange, Outlook Emails 21/07/2023 at 20:19 By Ryan Naraine Cloud security researcher warns that stolen Microsoft signing key was more powerful and not limited to Outlook.com and Exchange Online. The post Microsoft Cloud Hack Exposed More than Exchange, Outlook Emails appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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In Other News: Military Emails Leaked, Google Restricts Internet Access, Chinese Spyware

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In Other News: Military Emails Leaked, Google Restricts Internet Access, Chinese Spyware 21/07/2023 at 18:03 By Eduard Kovacs Weekly cybersecurity news roundup that provides a summary of noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar for the week of July 17, 2023. The post In Other News: Military Emails Leaked, Google Restricts Internet Access,

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Chinese Cyberspies Used Forged Authentication Tokens to Hack Government Emails

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Chinese Cyberspies Used Forged Authentication Tokens to Hack Government Emails 12/07/2023 at 17:02 By Eduard Kovacs Microsoft says a Chinese cyberespionage group tracked as Storm-0558 has used forged authentication tokens to access government emails. The post Chinese Cyberspies Used Forged Authentication Tokens to Hack Government Emails appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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In Other News: Healthcare Product Flaws, Free Email Security Testing, New Attack Techniques

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In Other News: Healthcare Product Flaws, Free Email Security Testing, New Attack Techniques 07/07/2023 at 18:31 By SecurityWeek News Weekly cybersecurity news roundup that provides a summary of noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar for the week of July 3, 2023. The post In Other News: Healthcare Product Flaws, Free Email Security

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Insurance companies neglect basic email security

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Insurance companies neglect basic email security 23/06/2023 at 06:00 By Help Net Security Only 3.54% of of insurance companies have correctly implemented basic phishing and spoofing protection, according to EasyDMARC. DMARC standard adoption Insurers operate using highly sensitive, private information that they’ve been trusted by clients and customers to protect. They function in a highly

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Russian APT Group Caught Hacking Roundcube Email Servers

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Russian APT Group Caught Hacking Roundcube Email Servers 20/06/2023 at 20:24 By Ryan Naraine A Russian hacking group has been caught hacking into Roundcube servers to spy on government institutions and military entities in Ukraine. The post Russian APT Group Caught Hacking Roundcube Email Servers appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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Cybercriminals use legitimate websites to obfuscate malicious payloads

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Cybercriminals use legitimate websites to obfuscate malicious payloads 02/06/2023 at 06:33 By Help Net Security According to Egress, the evolving attack methodologies currently used by cybercriminals are designed to get through traditional perimeter security. “The evolution of phishing emails continues to pose a major threat to organizations, emphasizing the need to enhance defenses to prevent

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Organizations spend 100 hours battling post-delivery email threats

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Organizations spend 100 hours battling post-delivery email threats 30/05/2023 at 06:11 By Help Net Security Nearly every victim of a spear-phishing attack in the last 12 months saw impacts on their organization, including malware infections, stolen data, and reputational damage, according to Barracuda Networks. Barracuda Networks research finds 24% of organizations studied had at least

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Cybercriminals masquerading as MFA vendors

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Cybercriminals masquerading as MFA vendors 26/05/2023 at 07:20 By Help Net Security Cybercriminals are increasingly posing as multi-factor authentication vendors and small businesses are becoming more popular targets, according to VIPRE. Attachment-based malspam is on the rise Financial institutions (48%) are still the most targeted sector by a wide margin. Insider attacks now take on

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Barracuda email security appliances hacked via zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-2868)

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Barracuda email security appliances hacked via zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-2868) 25/05/2023 at 13:07 By Zeljka Zorz A vulnerability (CVE-2023-2868) in Barracuda Networks’ Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances has been exploited by attackers, the company has warned. About CVE-2023-2868 CVE-2023-2868 is a critical remote command injection vulnerability affecting only physical Barracuda Email Security Gateway appliances, versions 5.1.3.001

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Threat Actor Abuses SuperMailer for Large-scale Phishing Campaign

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Threat Actor Abuses SuperMailer for Large-scale Phishing Campaign 23/05/2023 at 21:33 By Kevin Townsend A credential phishing campaign using the legitimate SuperMailer newsletter distribution app has doubled in size each month since January 2023. The post Threat Actor Abuses SuperMailer for Large-scale Phishing Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Microsoft: BEC Scammers Use Residential IPs to Evade Detection

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Microsoft: BEC Scammers Use Residential IPs to Evade Detection 22/05/2023 at 14:20 By Ionut Arghire BEC scammers use residential IP addresses in attacks to make them seem locally generated and evade detection. The post Microsoft: BEC Scammers Use Residential IPs to Evade Detection appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS

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Malicious links and misaddressed emails slip past security controls

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Malicious links and misaddressed emails slip past security controls 22/05/2023 at 06:33 By Help Net Security The majority of organizations use six or more communication tools, across channels, with email remaining the channel seen as the most vulnerable to attacks (38%), according to Armorblox. Respondents mentioned multi-channel attacks are gaining momentum and frequency. More than

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