Security News

Sniff those Ukrainian emails a little more carefully, advises Uncle Sam in wake of Belarusian digital vandalism
2022-01-19 20:01

US companies should be on the lookout for security nasties from Ukrainian partners following the digital graffiti and malware attack launched against Ukraine by Belarus, the CISA has warned. "If working with Ukrainian organizations, take extra care to monitor, inspect, and isolate traffic from those organizations; closely review access controls for that traffic," added CISA, which also advised reviewing backups and disaster recovery drills.

Phishers go after business email credentials by impersonating U.S. DOL
2022-01-19 11:10

Phishers are trying to harvest credentials for Office 365 or other business email accounts by impersonating the U.S. Department of Labor, Inky's researchers have warned. Tricks used by the phishers to grab business email credentials.

Firefox Relay gets added to disposable email blocklist, angers users
2022-01-17 19:33

The maintainers of a "Disposable email service" blocklist have decided to add Firefox Relay to the list, leaving many users of the service upset. Firefox Relay is a privacy-centric email service that enables users to protect their real email addresses and hence limit spam.

Firefox Relay's addition to disposable email blocklist upsets users
2022-01-17 19:33

The maintainers of a "Disposable email service" blocklist have decided to add Firefox Relay to the list, leaving many users of the service upset. Firefox Relay is a privacy-centric email service that enables users to protect their real email addresses and hence limit spam.

Hackers take over diplomat's email, target Russian deputy minister
2022-01-12 08:35

One of the targets was Sergey Alexeyevich Ryabko, the deputy foreign minister for the Russian Federation, among other things responsible for bilateral relations with North and South America. The phishing campaign started since at least October 19, 2021, deploying Konni malware, a remote administration tool associated with the cyber activity from North Korean hackers known as APT37.

SonicWall: Y2K22 bug hits Email Security, firewall products
2022-01-07 21:56

SonicWall has confirmed today that some of its Email Security and firewall products have been hit by the Y2K22 bug, causing message log updates and junk box failures starting with January 1st, 2022. The company says that email users and administrators will no longer be able to access the junk box or un-junk newly received emails on affected systems.

Uber Bug, Ignored for Years, Casts Doubt on Official Uber Emails
2022-01-05 20:49

The easy-to-find bug has been hanging around for years, ready to take Uber's customers for a ride of a very different sort. According to Seekurity security researcher and bug-hunter Seif Elsallamy, the HTML-injection issue made it possible to tap into an internet-facing internal Uber API endpoint in order to send out email directly from Uber's email system; since the emails would be coming from an authentic sender, they wouldn't trigger normal email security filters like DMARC or DKIM. Obviously, the bug opened a gaping opportunity for cyberattackers to send out social-engineering emails to the ride-sharing giant's nearly 100 million users - perhaps a message asking them to "Verify" their account info or "Update" their credit-card information.

Microsoft Issues Fix for Exchange Y2K22 Bug That Crippled Email Delivery Service
2022-01-02 20:02

Microsoft, over the weekend, rolled out a fix to address an issue that caused email messages to get stuck on its Exchange Server platforms due to what it blamed on a date validation error at around the turn of the year. The Windows maker said the issue impacted on-premises versions of Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019 but didn't specify how widespread the impact was.

Uber ignores vulnerability that lets you send any email from Uber.com
2022-01-02 14:48

A vulnerability in Uber's email system allows just about anyone to send emails on behalf of Uber. The researcher who discovered this flaw warns this vulnerability can be abused by threat actors to email 57 million Uber users and drivers whose information was leaked in the 2016 data breach.

Uber dismisses vulnerability that lets you email anyone as Uber!
2022-01-02 14:48

A vulnerability in Uber's email system allows just about anyone to send emails on behalf of Uber. The researcher who discovered this flaw warns this vulnerability can be abused by threat actors to email 57 million Uber users and drivers whose information was leaked in the 2016 data breach.