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Cybercriminals Exploit Gmail Feature to Scale Up Attacks

Issued by: Dark Reading

Some cybercriminals are taking advantage of a long-standing feature in Google Gmail designed to enhance account security, to create multiple fraudulent accounts on various websites quickly and at scale, security vendor Agari said this week. The feature, which some have warned about previously, basically ensures that all dotted variations of a Gmail address belong to…

Malware & Threats

Analysis of half-a-billion emails reveals malware-less email attacks are on the rise

Issued by: Help Net Security

FireEye analyzed over half-a-billion emails from 1H 2018, and found that 32% of email traffic seen in the first half of 2018 was considered ‘clean’ and actually delivered to an inbox. Their report also found that 1 in every 101 emails had malicious intent. When compared to the previous six-month period, the changes in both…

Malware & Threats

New Office 365 phishing attack uses malicious links in SharePoint documents

Issued by: Help Net Security

Fake emails targeting Office 365 users via malicious links inserted into SharePoint documents are the latest trick phishers employ to bypass the platform’s built-in security, Avanan researchers warn. The cloud security company says that the phishing attack was leveraged against some 10% of its Office 365 customers in the past two weeks and they believe…

Network Security

What is phishing? How this cyber attack works and how to prevent it

Issued by: CSO

Phishing is a cyber attack that uses disguised email as a weapon. The goal is to trick the email recipient into believing that the message is something they want or need — a request from their bank, for instance, or a note from someone in their company — and to click a link or download…

Malware & Threats

State of Email Security: What Can Stop Email Threats?

Issued by: Security Week

A survey of 295 professionals — mostly but not entirely IT professionals — has found that 85% of respondents see email threats bypass email security controls and make it into the inbox; 40% see weekly threats; and 20% have to take significant remediation action on a weekly basis. Email security firm GreatHorn wanted to examine…

Application Security

The privacy implications of email tracking

Issued by: Help Net Security

Emails are a widely used means for third parties to tie your email address to your activities across the web, Princeton University researchers have discovered. The extent of email tracking Email tracking was originally aimed at allowing senders to know whether the recipient has read the sent email. Unfortunately, many third parties also receive this…

Malware & Threats

ROPEMAKER Attack Turns Benign Emails Hostile Post-Delivery

Issued by: Dark Reading

Just because an email is secure when it arrives in your inbox doesn’t mean that it cannot be maliciously modified later. The intersection of email and Web technologies in recent years has given attackers a way to undermine the security and non-repudiation of email, including those that are signed using PGP or SMIME, security vendor…

Malware & Threats

Encryption ransomware hits record levels

Issued by: Help Net Security

The amount of phishing emails containing a form of ransomware grew to 97.25 percent during the third quarter of 2016 up from 92 percent in Q1. PhishMe’s Q3 2016 Malware Review identified three major trends previously recorded throughout 2016, but have come to full fruition in the last few months: