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345,000 email addresses stolen in cyberattack on Germany’s far-right party AfD

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345,000 email addresses stolen in cyberattack on Germany’s far-right party AfD 2026-10-28 at 16:28 By Sinisa Markovic Over 345,000 unique email addresses were exposed in the September 2026 breach at German far-right political party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). Breach notification service Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) added the data to its database on 27 October, […]

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Attackers abuse legitimate platforms to deliver phishing emails that pass authentication checks

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Attackers abuse legitimate platforms to deliver phishing emails that pass authentication checks 2026-10-22 at 13:59 By Zeljka Zorz A Dell order confirmation lands in your inbox and it looks pretty legitimate: it comes from Dell’s order domain, passes DKIM and DMARC checks, uses Dell’s real template, and confirms a $736.09 purchase of Microsoft Project Standard […]

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Safari blocks trackers that turn your email into a tracking ID

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Safari blocks trackers that turn your email into a tracking ID 2026-10-21 at 11:53 By Anamarija Pogorelec Apple’s new anti-tracking protections in Safari and WebKit, the open-source web engine used by Safari, block connections to identity resolution services that turn email addresses into persistent tracking identifiers. How email addresses become tracking IDs This “post-cookie” tracking […]

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Microsoft disrupts phishing network behind more than a billion scam messages

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Microsoft disrupts phishing network behind more than a billion scam messages 2026-10-15 at 13:10 By Anamarija Pogorelec Microsoft uncovered a criminal marketplace supplying tools and accounts used in phishing scams worldwide. Attackers used these resources to target organizations in healthcare, financial services, wholesale distribution, and IT across Japan, the United States, Australia, and India. Phishing […]

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Attackers are using Microsoft’s legitimate login system to camouflage phishing attacks

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Attackers are using Microsoft’s legitimate login system to camouflage phishing attacks 2026-07-30 at 14:22 By Sinisa Markovic Attackers are moving away from fake Microsoft login pages in favor of abusing Microsoft’s own authentication system, letting phishing campaigns slip past the warning signs employees are trained to spot, according to Check Point. Between June 25 and […]

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Scams now operate like real businesses with budgets and targets

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Scams now operate like real businesses with budgets and targets 2026-06-10 at 07:23 By Anamarija Pogorelec Social media has overtaken email as a primary attack vector, showing changes in how people consume information and interact online, according to Bitdefender’s Global Scam Intelligence Report 2026. Fraud campaigns use advertisements, sponsored content, impersonation pages, and direct messages […]

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Google brings instant email verification to Android, no OTP needed

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Google brings instant email verification to Android, no OTP needed 2026-04-23 at 15:10 By Anamarija Pogorelec Google has introduced cryptographically verified email credentials for Android through the Credential Manager API. This API aligns with the W3C Digital Credential API standard. It provides a unified way for apps to request and retrieve user credentials for authentication […]

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Thunderbird 150 arrives with encrypted message search and OpenPGP improvements

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Thunderbird 150 arrives with encrypted message search and OpenPGP improvements 2026-04-21 at 23:32 By Anamarija Pogorelec Released today, Thunderbird 150.0 brings eight new features, a round of bug fixes, and security patches that cover the web engine underlying the email client. Thunderbird 150.0 runs on Windows 10 or later, macOS 10.15 or later, and Linux […]

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Vulnerabilities from years ago still opening doors for attackers

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Vulnerabilities from years ago still opening doors for attackers 2026-03-24 at 14:02 By Sinisa Markovic Exploitation timelines continued to compress in enterprise environments, with newly disclosed flaws reaching active use almost immediately and older weaknesses remaining active years after disclosure. (Source: Cisco Talos) Findings from Cisco Talos’ 2025 Year in Review show how attackers combined […]

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Clipping Scripted Sparrow’s wings: Tracking a global phishing ring

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Clipping Scripted Sparrow’s wings: Tracking a global phishing ring 2025-12-18 at 16:12 By Help Net Security Between June 2024 and December 2025, Fortra analysts tracked a persistent business email compromise (BEC) operation that we have now classified as Scripted Sparrow. The group carries out well-crafted highly targeted phishing campaigns that masquerade as professional services firms […]

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Product showcase: Tuta – secure, encrypted, private email

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Product showcase: Tuta – secure, encrypted, private email 2025-12-11 at 08:13 By Help Net Security Tuta, formerly known as Tutanota, is built for anyone who wants email that stays private. Instead of treating encryption like a bonus feature, the service encrypts almost everything by default. That means your messages are locked down from the moment […]

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Proxmox Mail Gateway: Open-source email security solution reaches version 9.0

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Proxmox Mail Gateway: Open-source email security solution reaches version 9.0 2025-10-06 at 08:06 By Anamarija Pogorelec First released in 2005, the open-source Proxmox Mail Gateway has become a widely adopted mail proxy, positioned between the firewall and the internal mail server to stop threats before they reach users. The platform delivers anti-spam and antivirus filtering […]

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Microsoft urges admins to plug severe Exchange security hole (CVE-2025-53786)

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Microsoft urges admins to plug severe Exchange security hole (CVE-2025-53786) 2025-08-07 at 17:40 By Zeljka Zorz “In an Exchange hybrid deployment, an attacker who first gains administrative access to an on-premises Exchange server could potentially escalate privileges within the organization’s connected cloud environment without leaving easily detectable and auditable trace,” Microsoft has announced on Wednesday. […]

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Microsoft introduces protection against email bombing

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Microsoft introduces protection against email bombing 2025-07-01 at 18:54 By Zeljka Zorz By the end of July 2025, all Microsoft Defender for Office 365 customers should be protected from email bombing attacks by default, Microsoft has announced on Monday. What is email bombing? Email bombing (aka spam bombing) is an attack technique that results in […]

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Employees repeatedly fall for vendor email compromise attacks

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Employees repeatedly fall for vendor email compromise attacks 2025-06-09 at 07:02 By Help Net Security In just 12 months, attackers attempted to steal more than $300 million via vendor email compromise (VEC), with 7% of engagements coming from employees who had engaged with a previous attack, according to Abnormal AI. Vendor email compromise risks increase […]

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CRM, Bulk Email Providers Targeted in Crypto Phishing Campaign

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CRM, Bulk Email Providers Targeted in Crypto Phishing Campaign 2025-04-07 at 15:05 By Ionut Arghire ‘PoisonSeed’ phishing campaign targets CRM and bulk email providers to distribute “crypto seed phrase” messages. The post CRM, Bulk Email Providers Targeted in Crypto Phishing Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Only 1% of malicious emails that reach inboxes deliver malware

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Only 1% of malicious emails that reach inboxes deliver malware 2025-04-02 at 07:04 By Help Net Security 99% of email threats reaching corporate user inboxes in 2024 were response-based social engineering attacks or contained phishing links, according to Fortra. Only 1% of malicious emails that reached user inboxes delivered malware. This shows that while common […]

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170,000 Impacted by Data Breach at Chord Specialty Dental Partners

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170,000 Impacted by Data Breach at Chord Specialty Dental Partners 2025-03-31 at 13:19 By Eduard Kovacs An email security incident at Chord Specialty Dental Partners, a US dental service organization, has impacted more than 170,000 people.  The post 170,000 Impacted by Data Breach at Chord Specialty Dental Partners appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is […]

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Nine out of ten emails are spam

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Nine out of ten emails are spam 2025-01-31 at 06:33 By Help Net Security Now, more than ever, users can fall prey to word-perfect AI-created phishing campaigns, subtle BEC messages that sound remarkably like the sender, and highly convincing ploys from trusted vendors with legitimate-looking websites and clean domains, according to VIPRE Security Group. Spam […]

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Threat actors are stepping up their tactics to bypass email protections

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Threat actors are stepping up their tactics to bypass email protections 2024-11-01 at 06:33 By Help Net Security Although most organizations use emails with built-in security features that filter out suspicious messages, criminals always find a way to bypass these systems. With the development of AI technology, phishing is becoming increasingly difficult to recognize, allowing […]

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