Security News

Gmail to warn when email comms are not encrypted (Help Net Security)
2016-02-10 14:55

From now on, Gmail users will be able to see whether their communications with other email account holders - whether Gmail or any other email service - is secured. If it's not, there will be a red bro...

Phishing email lead to data breach at University of Virginia (Help Net Security)
2016-01-25 15:43

Personally identifiable and financial information of some 1,400 University of Virginia employees has been compromised by attackers in a breach that dates back to early November 2014. "In collaborat...

Fake Facebook emails deliver malware masquerading as audio message (Help Net Security)
2016-01-21 12:28

A new spam campaign is targeting Facebook users. It uses the same approach as the recent one aimed at WhatsApp users, and Comodo researchers believe that the authors of both campaigns are likely the s...

How email in transit can be intercepted using DNS hijacking (Help Net Security)
2016-01-18 08:00

This article looks at how an attacker can intercept and read emails sent from one email provider to another by performing a DNS MX record hijacking attack. While our research on the state of email ...