Email attacks skyrocket 293% 2024-08-06 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Email attacks have surged by 293% in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, according to Acronis. The number of ransomware detections was also on the rise, increasing 32% from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024. Ransomware remains a top […]
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Vulnerabilities Enable Attackers to Spoof Emails From 20 Million Domains 2024-07-31 at 18:01 By Ionut Arghire Vulnerabilities in hosted email services allow attackers to spoof the identity of senders, bypassing security measures. The post Vulnerabilities Enable Attackers to Spoof Emails From 20 Million Domains appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek
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Phishing Campaign Exploited Proofpoint Email Protections for Spoofing 2024-07-29 at 21:46 By Ionut Arghire Threat actors have exploited Proofpoint’s email protection service to deliver millions of spoofed phishing emails. The post Phishing Campaign Exploited Proofpoint Email Protections for Spoofing appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source
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Cisco fixes critical flaws in Secure Email Gateway and SSM On-Prem (CVE-2024-20401, CVE-2024-20419) 2024-07-18 at 12:16 By Zeljka Zorz Cisco has fixed two critical vulnerabilities that may allow attackers to overwrite files on its Secure Email Gateways (CVE-2024-20401) and change the password of any user on its Smart Software Manager On-Prem license servers (CVE-2024-20419). Neither
Critical Exim vulnerability facilitates malware delivery (CVE-2024-39929) 2024-07-15 at 14:20 By Zeljka Zorz The maintainers of the Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) have fixed a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-39929) that currently affects around 1.5 million public-facing servers and can help attackers deliver malware to users. About CVE-2024-39929 The vulnerability stems from a bug in RFC 2231
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Critical Exim Flaw Allows Attackers to Deliver Malicious Executables to Mailboxes 2024-07-12 at 18:31 By Ionut Arghire Successful exploitation could allow attackers to deliver executable attachments to inboxes. The post Critical Exim Flaw Allows Attackers to Deliver Malicious Executables to Mailboxes appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View
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Information of Hundreds of European Politicians Found on Dark Web 2024-05-31 at 14:46 By Eduard Kovacs The email addresses and other information of hundreds of British, French and EU politicians have been found on the dark web. The post Information of Hundreds of European Politicians Found on Dark Web appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article
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Product showcase: Alert – Data breach detector for your email, credit card, and ID 2024-05-24 at 08:31 By Help Net Security Compared to the last quarter of 2023, data breaches rose from 81M to 435M in Q1 2024. That’s a 5-fold increase in just a few months. One of the most common ways data breaches
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CISOs pursuing AI readiness should start by updating the org’s email security policy 2024-05-23 at 08:03 By Anamarija Pogorelec Over the past few years, traditional phishing messages — with their pervasive linguistic errors, thinly-veiled malicious payloads, and often outlandish pretexts — have been on the decline. Easily detected by most of today’s standard email security
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US Says North Korean Hackers Exploiting Weak DMARC Settings 2024-05-03 at 19:16 By Ionut Arghire The US government warns of a North Korean threat actor abusing weak email DMARC settings to hide spear-phishing attacks. The post US Says North Korean Hackers Exploiting Weak DMARC Settings appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from
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56% of cyber insurance claims originate in the email inbox 2024-04-25 at 13:01 By Help Net Security 56% of all 2023 claims were a result of funds transfer fraud (FTF) or business email compromise (BEC), highlighting the importance of email security as a critical aspect of cyber risk management, according to Coalition. The 2024 Cyber
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KnowBe4 Plans to Acquire Egress for Email Security Tech 2024-04-24 at 19:16 By Ryan Naraine KnowBe4 boasts that the merger will create “the largest, advanced AI-driven cybersecurity platform for managing human risk.” The post KnowBe4 Plans to Acquire Egress for Email Security Tech appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS
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IMF Emails Hacked 2024-03-18 at 10:28 By Eduard Kovacs The International Monetary Fund (IMF) detects a cybersecurity incident that involved nearly a dozen email accounts getting hacked. The post IMF Emails Hacked appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source
Image-based phishing tactics evolve 2024-03-12 at 06:00 By Help Net Security While 70% of organizations feel their current security stacks are effective against image-based and QR code phishing attacks, 76% were still compromised in the last 12 months, according to IRONSCALES and Osterman Research. IT pros are highly aware of emerging types of phishing attacks
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Email security trends in the energy and infrastructure sector 2024-03-11 at 09:07 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Mike Britton, CISO at Abnormal Security, discusses how energy and infrastructure organizations face an increased risk of business email compromise and vendor email compromise attacks. According to Abnormal Security data, from February 2023
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Cybercriminals Spoof US Government Organizations in BEC, Phishing Attacks 2024-03-07 at 16:40 By Ionut Arghire Threat actor tracked as TA4903 spoofing US government entities in phishing and fraud campaigns. The post Cybercriminals Spoof US Government Organizations in BEC, Phishing Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original
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Discount Retail Giant Pepco Loses €15 Million to Cybercriminals 2024-02-29 at 17:46 By Eduard Kovacs European discount retailer Pepco has lost €15.5 million as a result of what it described as a phishing attack. The post Discount Retail Giant Pepco Loses €15 Million to Cybercriminals appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from
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Domains Once Owned by Major Firms Help Millions of Spam Emails Bypass Security 2024-02-27 at 16:46 By Eduard Kovacs 8,800 domains, many once owned by major companies, have been abused to get millions of emails past spam filters as part of SubdoMailing campaign. The post Domains Once Owned by Major Firms Help Millions of Spam
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CISA Warns of Roundcube Webmail Vulnerability Exploitation 2024-02-13 at 13:31 By Eduard Kovacs CISA has added the Roundcube flaw tracked as CVE-2023-43770 to its known exploited vulnerabilities catalog. The post CISA Warns of Roundcube Webmail Vulnerability Exploitation appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source
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Protecting against AI-enhanced email threats 2024-02-13 at 07:31 By Helga Labus Generative AI based on large language models (LLMs) has become a valuable tool for individuals and businesses, but also cybercriminals. Its ability to process large amounts of data and quickly generate results has contributed to its widespread adoption. AI in the hands of cybercriminals
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