Security News

US minerals company says crooks broke into email and helped themselves to $500K
2025-02-20 16:44

A painful loss for young company that's yet to generate revenue A NASDAQ-listed US minerals company says cybercriminals broke into its systems on Valentine's Day and paid themselves around...

Microsoft: Hackers steal emails in device code phishing attacks
2025-02-15 15:22

An active campaign from a threat actor potentially linked to Russia is targeting Microsoft 365 accounts of individuals at organizations of interest using device code phishing. [...]

Google fixes flaw that could unmask YouTube users' email addresses
2025-02-12 11:00

Google has fixed two vulnerabilities that, when chained together, could expose the email addresses of YouTube accounts, causing a massive privacy breach for those using the site anonymously. [...]

Nine out of ten emails are spam
2025-01-31 04:30

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...

How to use Hide My Email to protect your inbox from spam
2025-01-30 04:00

Hide My Email is a service that comes with iCloud+, Apple’s subscription-based service. It allows users to generate one-time-use or reusable email addresses that forward messages to their personal...

The curious story of Uncle Sam's HR dept, a hastily set up email server, and fears of another cyber disaster
2025-01-29 02:40

Lawsuit challenges effort to create federal-wide centralized inbox expected to be used for mass firings Two anonymous US government employees have sued Uncle Sam's HR department – the Office of...

Phishing Emails Targeting Australian Firms Rise by 30% in 2024
2025-01-23 19:16

For the APAC region as a whole, credential phishing attacks rose by 30.5% between 2023 and 2024.

FortiGate config leaks: Victims' email addresses published online
2025-01-23 14:45

Experts warn not to take leaks lightly as years-long compromises could remain undetected Thousands of email addresses included in the Belsen Group's dump of FortiGate configs last week are now...

Microsoft shares temp fix for Outlook crashing when writing emails
2025-01-20 11:44

Microsoft has shared a temporary fix for a known issue that causes classic Outlook to crash when writing, replying to, or forwarding an email. [...]

Job-seeking devs targeted with fake CrowdStrike offer via email
2025-01-10 12:20

Cryptojackers are impersonating Crowdstrike via email to get developers to unwittingly install the XMRig cryptocurrency miner on their Windows PC, the company has warned. The email Crowdstrike has...