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Black Basta Ransomware Evolves with Email Bombing, QR Codes, and Social Engineering
2024-12-09 17:44

The threat actors linked to the Black Basta ransomware have been observed switching up their social engineering tactics, distributing a different set of payloads such as Zbot and DarkGate since...

Microsoft dangles $10K for hackers to hijack LLM email service
2024-12-09 11:05

Outsmart an AI, win a little Christmas cash Microsoft and friends have challenged AI hackers to break a simulated LLM-integrated email client with a prompt injection attack – and the winning teams...

Businesses plagued by constant stream of malicious emails
2024-12-09 04:00

36.9% of all emails received by businesses (20.5 billion) in 2024 were unwanted, according to Hornetsecurity’s analysis of 55.6+ billion emails processed through their security services between...

Hackers Use Corrupted ZIPs and Office Docs to Evade Antivirus and Email Defenses
2024-12-04 04:48

Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a novel phishing campaign that leverages corrupted Microsoft Office documents and ZIP archives as a way to bypass email defenses. "The ongoing...

Phishers send corrupted documents to bypass email security
2024-12-03 12:04

Phishers have come up with a new trick for bypassing email security systems: corrupted MS Office documents. The spam campaign Malware hunting service Any.Run has warned last week about email...

North Korean Kimsuky Hackers Use Russian Email Addresses for Credential Theft Attacks
2024-12-03 09:51

The North Korea-aligned threat actor known as Kimsuky has been linked to a series of phishing attacks that involve sending email messages that originate from Russian sender addresses to ultimately...

Horns&Hooves Campaign Delivers RATs via Fake Emails and JavaScript Payloads
2024-12-03 05:23

A newly discovered malware campaign has been found to target private users, retailers, and service businesses mainly located in Russia to deliver NetSupport RAT and BurnsRAT. The campaign, dubbed...

Why AI alone can’t protect you from sophisticated email threats
2024-11-19 05:00

In this Help Net Security interview, Riaz Lakhani, CISO at Barracuda Networks, discusses the effectiveness of AI-based behavioural analysis in combating sophisticated email threats like BEC and...

Microsoft 365 Admin portal abused to send sextortion emails
2024-11-18 12:08

The Microsoft 365 Admin Portal is being abused to send sextortion emails, making the emails appear trustworthy and bypassing email security platforms. [...]

Gmail's New Shielded Email Feature Lets Users Create Aliases for Email Privacy
2024-11-18 11:15

Google appears to be readying a new feature called Shielded Email that allows users to create email aliases when signing up for online services and better combat spam. The feature was first...