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10K Microsoft Email Users Hit in FedEx Phishing Attack
2021-02-23 14:00

Researchers are warning of recent phishing attacks targeting at least 10,000 Microsoft email users, pretending to be from popular mail couriers - including FedEx and DHL Express. Both scams have targeted Microsoft email users and aim to swipe their work email account credentials.

Fake FedEx, DHL, and UPS delivery issues used in COVID-19 phishing scams
2020-05-01 18:59

A new report from Kaspersky found that cybercriminals are using the increase in delivery demand to push convincing phishing emails into thousands of inboxes. "The spikes in demand are causing in-transit times to stretch out. As a result, customers are getting used to receiving apologetic messages from couriers linking to updated shipping statuses. Recently, we have observed a number of fake sites and emails supposedly from delivery services exploiting the coronavirus topic," Kaspersky Lab anti-spam analyst Tatyana Shcherbakova wrote in a blog post.

Investors accuse FedEx of lying, stock dumping after NotPetya attack
2019-09-23 11:36

This is the second such suit, with shareholders asking why execs sold $40m+ of their shares while downplaying the ransomware attack.

FedEx execs: We had no idea cyberattack would be so bad. Investors: Is that why you sold $40m+ of your own shares?
2019-09-19 22:08

Shareholders NotHappy stock offloaded in NotPetya aftermath FedEx execs not only hid the impact of the NotPetya ransomware on their business but personally profited by selling off tens of millions...

Tech news roundup: FedEx sues the DOC, skilled workers are in demand, and how companies stay relevant
2019-06-26 15:55

This week's TechRepublic and ZDNet news stories include a Verizon error leads to massive outages, Apple's plan to hire 2,000 employees, and five ways robots impact our lives.

Tech news roundup: FedEx sues DOC, skilled workers are in demand, and how companies stay relevant
2019-06-26 15:00

This week's TechRepublic and ZDNet news stories include a Verizon error leads to massive outages, Apple's plan to hire 2,000 employees, and five ways robots impact our lives.

FedEx suing Department of Commerce over burden of enforcing Huawei blacklisting
2019-06-25 14:13

Following a series of incidents in which packages were misrouted, and under increasing scrutiny from the Chinese government, FedEx is seeking relief.

Scanned IDs of 119,000 FedEx customers exposed online
2018-02-16 16:13

An unsecured Amazon Web Services bucket holding personal information and scans of IDs of some 119,000 US and international citizens has been found sitting online by Kromtech security researcher...

FedEx Profit Takes $300 Million Hit After Malware Attack
2017-09-20 19:29

The malware attack that hit international delivery services company TNT Express in June had a negative impact of roughly $300 million on FedEx’s profit in the latest quarter. read more

FedEx May Have Permanently Lost Data Encrypted by NotPetya (Security Week)
2017-07-20 13:54

FedEx-owned international delivery services company TNT Express is still working on restoring systems hit last month by the destructive NotPetya malware attack, but some business data may never be...