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Understanding email threats: The foundation of email security

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In today's digital landscape, email remains a fundamental communication tool for businesses. However, its ubiquity makes it a prime target for cyber threats. Understanding these threats is the first step in fortifying your email security. In this blog post, we'll explore the technical intricacies of various email threats and how you can protect your business from these ever-evolving dangers. 

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How company size affects the email threats targeting your business

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It takes less than a minute for someone to fall for a phishing scam. According to the 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report, the median time for a recipient to click on a malicious link after opening the email is 21 seconds, followed by 28 seconds to enter the requested data.

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Juniper releases out-of-cycle fix for max severity auth bypass flaw

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Juniper Networks has released an emergency update to address a maximum severity vulnerability that leads to authentication bypass in Session Smart Router (SSR), Session Smart Conductor, and WAN Assurance Router products.

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Hackers exploit critical D-Link DIR-859 router flaw to steal passwords

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Hackers are exploiting a critical vulnerability that affects all D-Link DIR-859 WiFi routers to collect account information from the device, including passwords.

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Facebook PrestaShop module exploited to steal credit cards

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Hackers are exploiting a flaw in a premium Facebook module for PrestaShop named pkfacebook to deploy a card skimmer on vulnerable e-commerce sites and steal people's payment credit card details.

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US sanctions 12 Kaspersky Lab execs for working in Russian tech sector

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The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned twelve Kaspersky Lab executives for operating in the technology sector of Russia.

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Change Healthcare lists the medical data stolen in ransomware attack

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UnitedHealth has confirmed for the first time what types of medical and patient data were stolen in the massive Change Healthcare ransomware attack, stating that data breach notifications will be mailed in July.

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CDK warns: threat actors are calling customers, posing as support

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CDK Global has cautioned customers about unscrupulous actors calling them and posing as CDK agents or affiliates to gain unauthorized systems access.

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Phoenix UEFI vulnerability impacts hundreds of Intel PC models

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A newly discovered vulnerability in Phoenix SecureCore UEFI firmware tracked as CVE-2024-0762 impacts devices running numerous Intel CPUs, with Lenovo already releasing new firmware updates to resolve the flaw.

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T-Mobile denies it was hacked, links leaked data to vendor breach

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T-Mobile has denied it was breached or that source code was stolen after a threat actor claimed to be selling stolen data from the telecommunications company.


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Microsoft: New Outlook security changes coming to personal accounts

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Microsoft has announced new cybersecurity enhancements for Outlook personal email accounts as part of its 'Secure Future Initiative,' including the deprecation of basic authentication (username + password) by September 16, 2024.

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CISA warns of Windows bug exploited in ransomware attacks

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a high-severity Windows vulnerability abused in ransomware attacks as a zero-day to its catalog of actively exploited security bugs.

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Insurance giant Globe Life investigating web portal breach

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 American financial services holding company Globe Life says attackers may have accessed consumer and policyholder data after breaching one of its web portals.

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Microsoft delays Windows Recall amid privacy and security concerns

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 Microsoft is delaying the release of its AI-powered Windows Recall feature to test and secure it further before releasing it in a public preview on Copilot+ PCs.

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New York Times source code stolen using exposed GitHub token

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 Internal source code and data belonging to The New York Times was leaked on the 4chan message board after being stolen from the company's GitHub repositories in January 2024, The Times confirmed.

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LastPass says 12-hour outage caused by bad Chrome extension update

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LastPass says its almost 12-hour outage yesterday was caused by a bad update to its Google Chrome extension.

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Apple to unveil new 'Passwords' password manager app for iPhones, Macs

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Apple will reportedly unveil a standalone password manager named 'Passwords' as part of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS 15 during the upcoming Apple Worldwide Developers Conference.

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Frontier warns 750,000 of a data breach after extortion threats

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Frontier Communications is warning 750,000 customers that their information was exposed in a data breach after an April cyberattack claimed by the RansomHub ransomware operation.

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FBI recovers 7,000 LockBit keys, urges ransomware victims to reach out

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 The FBI urges past victims of LockBit ransomware attacks to come forward after revealing that it has obtained over 7,000 LockBit decryption keys that they can use to recover encrypted data for free.

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Advance Auto Parts stolen data for sale after Snowflake attack

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Threat actors claim to be selling 3TB of data from Advance Auto Parts, a leading automotive aftermarket parts provider, stolen after breaching the company's Snowflake account.

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Top Breaches Of 2023

Customers Affected In T-Mobile Breach
Accounts Affected In MOVEit Breach
Customers Affected In MCNA Insurance Data Breach
Individuals Affected In PharMerica Data Breach
Users Affected In ChatGPT Major Data Breach
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