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Microsoft Outlook bug blocks email logins, causes app crashes
2024-10-10 15:18

Microsoft is investigating an Outlook bug causing desktop app crashes, high system resource usage, and preventing users from logging into their accounts. [...]

Microsoft Detects Growing Use of File Hosting Services in Business Email Compromise Attacks
2024-10-09 04:22

Microsoft is warning of cyber attack campaigns that abuse legitimate file hosting services such as SharePoint, OneDrive, and Dropbox that are widely used in enterprise environments as a defense...

Google Pay alarms users with accidental ‘new card’ added emails
2024-10-06 13:00

Google Pay alarmed users this week after erroneously sending out "new card" added email notifications. Google has acknowledged that the email was "accidental" and that no user information was...

Over 5,000 Fake Microsoft Notifications Fueling Email Compromise Campaigns
2024-10-04 16:41

Check Point documented 5,000 emails coming from legitimate-looking organizational domains.

Two British-Nigerian men sentenced over multimillion-dollar business email scam
2024-10-03 12:30

Fraudsters targeted local government, colleges, and construction firms in Texas and North Carolina Two British-Nigerian men were sentenced for serious business email compromise schemes in the US...

Critical Zimbra RCE flaw exploited to backdoor servers using emails
2024-10-02 14:15

Hackers are actively exploiting a recently disclosed RCE vulnerability in Zimbra email servers that can be triggered simply by sending specially crafted emails to the SMTP server. [...]

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...