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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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