Security News

Microsoft fixes Outlook email sending issue for users with many folders
2024-10-01 20:22

​Microsoft has fixed a known issue affecting Outlook for Microsoft 365 users that caused problems sending emails for those with too many nested folders. [...]

U.K. Hacker Charged in $3.75 Million Insider Trading Scheme Using Hacked Executive Emails
2024-10-01 02:02

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged a 39-year-old U.K. national for perpetrating a hack-to-trade fraud scheme that netted him nearly $3.75 million in illegal profits. Robert Westbrook...

Organizations are making email more secure, and it’s paying off
2024-09-25 03:00

Compromised identities have been a central component of countless costly breaches this year, according to Red Canary. Rise in identity and cloud-native attacks While most of the threats and...

New Brazilian-Linked SambaSpy Malware Targets Italian Users via Phishing Emails
2024-09-19 14:10

A previously undocumented malware called SambaSpy is exclusively targeting users in Italy via a phishing campaign orchestrated by a suspected Brazilian Portuguese-speaking threat actor. "Threat...

80% of Critical National Infrastructure Companies Experienced an Email Security Breach in Last Year
2024-09-17 18:04

The scale of the potential disruption from a successful attack on CNI is all too tempting for cyber attackers.

Security measures fail to keep up with rising email attacks
2024-09-13 04:30

Organizations must reassess their email security posture as incidents continue to escalate, leading to financial losses. Key findings reveal a significant increase in email attacks, with many...

DICK'S shuts down email, locks employee accounts after cyberattack
2024-08-28 15:45

DICK'S Sporting Goods, the largest chain of sporting goods retail stores in the United States, disclosed that sensitive information was exposed in a cyberattack detected last Wednesday. [...]

Microsoft: Exchange Online mistakenly tags emails as malware
2024-08-26 16:53

Microsoft is investigating an Exchange Online false positive issue causing emails containing images to be wrongly tagged as malicious and sent to quarantine. [...]

National Public Data Breach: Only 134 Million Unique Emails Leaked and Company Acknowledges Incident
2024-08-20 14:00

It wasn't until earlier this month that a user named "Fenice" leaked 2.7 billion unencrypted records on the dark web site known as "Breached," in the form of two csv files totalling 277GB. These did not contain phone numbers and email addresses, and Fenice said that the data originated from SXUL. As individuals will each have multiple records associated with them, one for each of their previous home addresses, the breach does not expose information about 2.7 billion different people. Must-read security coverage What security experts are saying about the breach Why are the National Public Data records so valuable to cyber criminals?

Roundcube Webmail Flaws Allow Hackers to Steal Emails and Passwords
2024-08-07 13:29

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of security flaws in the Roundcube webmail software that could be exploited to execute malicious JavaScript in a victim's web browser and steal sensitive information from their account under specific circumstances. "When a victim views a malicious email in Roundcube sent by an attacker, the attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser," cybersecurity company Sonar said in an analysis published this week.