Security News

Microsoft fixes Outlook Desktop crashes when sending emails
2023-12-04 21:30

Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing Outlook Desktop clients to crash when sending emails from Outlook.com accounts. The known issue only impacts Outlook for Microsoft 365 users and those in the Current Channel channel using Outlook build 17029.

Google Unveils RETVec - Gmail's New Defense Against Spam and Malicious Emails
2023-11-30 13:08

Google has revealed a new multilingual text vectorizer called RETVec (short for Resilient and Efficient Text Vectorizer) to help detect potentially harmful content such as spam and malicious...

Mosint: Open-source automated email OSINT tool
2023-11-30 05:30

Mosint is an automated email OSINT tool written in Go designed to facilitate quick and efficient investigations of target emails. It integrates multiple services, providing security researchers with rapid access to a broad range of information.

Microsoft shares temp fix for Outlook crashes when sending emails
2023-11-28 19:01

Today, Microsoft shared a temporary fix for a known issue causing Outlook Desktop to crash when sending emails from Outlook.com accounts. These problems only affect Outlook for Microsoft 365 users and those in the Current Channel channel using Outlook build 17029.

Alert: New WailingCrab Malware Loader Spreading via Shipping-Themed Emails
2023-11-23 12:54

Delivery- and shipping-themed email messages are being used to deliver a sophisticated malware loader known as WailingCrab. "The malware itself is split into multiple components, including a...

Email Security Flaw Found in the Wild
2023-11-21 12:05

Google's Threat Analysis Group announced a zero-day against the Zimbra Collaboration email server that has been used against governments around the world. TAG has observed four different groups exploiting the same bug to steal email data, user credentials, and authentication tokens.

New Agent Tesla Malware Variant Using ZPAQ Compression in Email Attacks
2023-11-21 11:57

A new variant of the Agent Tesla malware has been observed delivered via a lure file with the ZPAQ compression format to harvest data from several email clients and nearly 40 web browsers. "ZPAQ...

Zero-Day Flaw in Zimbra Email Software Exploited by Four Hacker Groups
2023-11-16 16:09

A zero-day flaw in the Zimbra Collaboration email software was exploited by four different groups in real-world attacks to pilfer email data, user credentials, and authentication tokens. "Most of...

When Email Security Meets SaaS Security: Uncovering Risky Auto-Forwarding Rules
2023-11-09 10:54

Wing Security, a SaaS security company, announced yesterday that their SaaS shadow IT discovery methods now include a solution that solves for auto-email forwarding as well. Bad actors can use these email forwarding rules to exfiltrate data after a successful attack, or as a means to spread phishing campaigns within organizations.

Microsoft: Some Outlook.com users can't send emails with attachments
2023-11-07 17:04

In a Monday advisory, Microsoft warned Outlook.com users about issues they might encounter when sending emails containing attachments. Outlook.com users impacted by this known issue are seeing "Error code 550 5.7.520 Message blocked" errors when trying to send emails.