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Email is a system for exchanging digital messages, typically using mail servers and clients over a network. In security, it includes both the messages and the accounts, servers, domains, and authentication mechanisms that handle them. Email commonly carries phishing links, malicious attachments, and fraudulent requests for payments or credentials; compromised accounts can also be used to impersonate trusted people and conduct further attacks.
Defenses include filtering and malware scanning, phishing-resistant multifactor authentication, careful handling of links and attachments, and monitoring for unusual login or sending activity. Domain controls such as SPF, DKIM, and DMARC help receiving systems detect messages that are forged or sent without authorization, while encryption protects message contents in transit or at rest when correctly implemented. Security teams should preserve relevant headers and mailbox activity so suspicious messages can be investigated, removed, and used to identify affected accounts and other recipients.
Researchers have found a flaw in Microsoft 365 Copilot that allows the exfiltration of sensitive corporate data with a simple email
It was one of the offenders' final warning Four staffers at the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) were let off with warnings over separate cases involving the transmission of regulator data to their personal email accounts.…
Interpol's Operation Secure arrested more than 30 suspects across Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Nauru, and seized 117 command-and-control servers allegedly used to run widespread phishing, business email compromise, and other cyber scams.
Interpol's Operation Secure arrested more than 20 suspects across Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Naru, and seized 117 command-and-control servers allegedly used to run widespread phishing, business email compromise, and other cyber scams.
Former members tied to the Black Basta ransomware operation have been observed sticking to their tried-and-tested approach of email bombing and Microsoft Teams phishing to establish persistent access to target networks