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Microsoft fixes Exchange Online bug flagging Gmail emails as spam
Microsoft has resolved an issue with a machine learning model that mistakenly flagged emails from Gmail accounts as spam in Exchange Online. Tracked as EX1064599 in the Microsoft 365 admin center, the issue started impacting users on April 25 at 09:24 UTC, automatically moving emails erroneously tagged as malicious to the junk folder. “We’ve identified that our machine learning (ML)…
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Microsoft fixes machine learning bug flagging Adobe emails as spam
Microsoft says it mitigated a known issue in one of its machine learning (ML) models that mistakenly flagged Adobe emails in Exchange Online as spam. As the company revealed in an advisory on the Microsoft 365 admin center tagged as EX1061430, users had issues accessing alerts for Adobe URLs starting April 22 at 09:24 UTC while being warned that a…
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Microsoft says workers should believe the hype with AI tools: Researchers found Copilot users saved three hours per week sifting through emails, gained more focus time, and completed collaborative tasks 20% faster
Generative AI tools are delivering marked benefits for users, according to research from Microsoft, with employees reporting significant productivity gains. In a paper published this month, the tech giant said the technology is rapidly changing work patterns as adoption rates continue to rise. The study saw 6,000 knowledge workers at more than 50 companies given access to the firm’s flagship…
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PoisonSeed phishing campaign behind emails with wallet seed phrases
A large-scale phishing campaign dubbed ‘PoisonSeed’ compromises corporate email marketing accounts to distribute emails containing crypto seed phrases used to drain cryptocurrency wallets. According to SilentPush, the campaign targets Coinbase and Ledger using compromised accounts at Mailchimp, SendGrid, HubSpot, Mailgun, and Zoho. The researchers link the campaign to recent incidents, such as the case of Troy Hunt’s Mailchimp account compromise from late…
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Exchange Online bug mistakenly quarantines user emails
Microsoft is investigating an Exchange Online bug causing anti-spam systems to mistakenly quarantine some users’ emails. According to a new incident report added to the Microsoft 365 Admin Center, the email issues started almost five hours ago, at 10:11 UTC. While the company has yet to share what regions are impacted, this Exchange Online incident has been tagged as a critical service issue tracked under EX1038119 on the…
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ClickFix attack delivers infostealers, RATs in fake Booking.com emails
Microsoft is warning that an ongoing phishing campaign impersonating Booking.com is using ClickFix social engineering attacks to infect hospitality workers with various malware, including infostealers and RATs. The campaign started in December 2024 and continues today, targeting employees at hospitality organizations such as hotels, travel agencies, and other businesses that use Booking.com for reservations. The threat actors’ goal is to hijack…
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PayPal “New Address” feature abused to send phishing emails
An ongoing PayPal email scam exploits the platform’s address settings to send fake purchase notifications, tricking users into granting remote access to scammers For the past month, BleepingComputer and others [1, 2] have received emails from PayPal stating, “You added a new address. This is just a quick confirmation that you added an address in your PayPal account.” The email includes…
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Temu’s Annoying Promotional Emails Are the Worst
Summary Temu has good products & services, but their marketing emails are too aggressive. Their app is tolerable, but the daily emails are often misleading and overwhelming. Customers appreciate discounts, not deceptive subject lines in spam emails. Temu is doing business all over the world, and many people seem perfectly happy with it, despite a mild reputation for products that…
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Hackers steal emails in device code phishing attacks
An active campaign from a threat actor potentially linked to Russia is targeting Microsoft 365 accounts of individuals at organizations of interest using device code phishing. The targets are in the government, NGO, IT services and technology, defense, telecommunications, health, and energy/oil and gas sectors in Europe, North America, Africa, and the Middle East. Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center tracks the threat actors behind the device code…
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US Government sued after mass emails to federal workforce allegedly sent from insecure server – Computerworld
The OPM, of course, has form when it comes to data security. In 2015, it detected a huge data breach affecting 22.1 million employee records, including PII such as social security numbers. That led to Congressional hearings and several government reports that identified a depressing list of underlying causes. But with this history in mind, the idea that an unknown…
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