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Microsoft 365 Admin portal abused to send sextortion emails
The Microsoft 365 Admin Portal is being abused to send sextortion emails, making the messages appear trustworthy and bypassing email security platforms. Sextortion emails are scams claiming that your computer or mobile device was hacked to steal images or videos of you performing sexual acts. The scammers then demand from you a payment of $500 to $5,000 to prevent them…
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Phishing emails increasingly use SVG attachments to evade detection
Threat actors increasingly use Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) attachments to display phishing forms or deploy malware while evading detection. Most images on the web are JPG or PNG files, which are made of grids of tiny squares called pixels. Each pixel has a specific color value, and together, these pixels form the entire image. SVG, or Scalable Vector Graphics, displays…
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Microsoft Exchange adds warning to emails abusing spoofing flaw
Microsoft has disclosed a high-severity Exchange Server vulnerability that allows attackers to forge legitimate senders on incoming emails and make malicious messages a lot more effective. The security flaw (CVE-2024-49040) impacts Exchange Server 2016 and 2019, and was discovered by Solidlab security researcher Vsevolod Kokorin, who reported it to Microsoft earlier this year. “The problem is that SMTP servers parse…
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How to prevent safe emails from being sent to the Junk Email folder in Outlook
To add a sender to the safe list in Outlook, open Settings > Mail > Junk Mail > Safe senders and domains, click on “Add safe sender,” the sender email address or domain, and click “OK.” Although the web version of Outlook does a pretty good job filtering unwanted emails, sometimes, it may not be able to distinguish between a…
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Is the Government Watching Me? Do They Read Texts and Emails?
Is the government watching me? The unfortunate answer is yes. Government surveillance has become a global concern due to the ease digital technologies allow for espionage. Now, overreaching authorities in most countries infringe on citizens’ privacy by snooping on their web habits. Once upon a time, police had to get a search warrant to enter your home. Nowadays, your online…
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Google Pay alarms users with accidental ‘new card’ added emails
Users were left alarmed this week on receiving unexpected emails from Google Pay stating that they had successfully “added a new card” to their Google account. The notification left users panicking and voicing their concerns on social media amid concerns they had been victims of a compromise. For many, the payment card being referred to had been issued years ago and presently expired, which…
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8 Outlook Search Tips to Find Emails Instantly
Searching for an email in an overflowing inbox can feel like looking for a needle in a haystack. However, smart use of Outlook’s search features let you quickly locate what you need without wasting time sifting through the clutter. Below are some search tips to help you find any email in seconds. 1 Use Targeted Keywords or Phrases You should…
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5 Reasons Why I Schedule My Outlook Emails
Nowadays, I hardly ever click Send after drafting my emails in Outlook. I’ve realized that delaying—or scheduling—my emails helps me avoid the potential pitfalls of sending them as soon as I’ve finished typing them, and the new Outlook for Windows has made this process straightforward. If I wanted to schedule an email in the classic Outlook, I had to open…
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Exchange Online mistakenly tags emails as malware
Image: MidjourneyMicrosoft is investigating an Exchange Online false positive issue causing emails containing images to be wrongly tagged as malicious and sent to quarantine. “Users’ email messages containing images may be incorrectly flagged as malware and quarantined,” Microsoft said in a service alert posted on the Microsoft 365 admin center two hours ago. “We’re reviewing service monitoring telemetry to isolate…
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A flaw in Proofpoint’s anti-phishing platform allowed a hacker to send millions of spam emails
Phishing campaigns were undertaken by a malicious actor through an exploited configuration of Proofpoint’s anti-phishing platform, allowing a malicious actor to send spam emails according to the firm. Dubbed “EchoSpoofing,” a report from Guardio Labs estimated that cyber criminals could have sent an approximate daily average of three million emails a day – with peak daily numbers reaching as high…
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