A massive database of 272 million emails and passwords for popular email services, including Gmail, Microsoft, and Yahoo, are being offered for sale on the Dark Web for less than $1, media reports.
An anonymous Russian hacker, who goes by the moniker “the Collector,” was first spotted by cybersecurity firm Hold Security advertising 1.17 Billion user records for email accounts on a dark web
Despite so many messaging apps, Email is still one of the widely used and popular ways to communicate in this digital age.
But are your Emails secure?
We are using email services for decades, but the underlying 1980s transport protocol used to send emails, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), is ancient and lacks the ability to secure your email communication entirely.
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The IRS warns businesses and consumers about a significant increase in tax-related phishing and malware attacks.
A referendum is to be held on Switzerland’s proposed surveillance law, a decision lauded by supporters of privacy. ESET’s Cameron Camp discusses further.
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As part of World Post Day (October 9th), we take a closer look at the many security risks associated with email, the electronic cousin of regular mail.
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U.S. businesses are losing millions in fraudulent wire transfers that have their root in email compromises of accounts belonging to top executives.
Spam messages spoofing Microsoft and promising a free Windows 10 upgrade instead drop the CTB-Locker crypto-ransomware on compromised machines.
Email security vendor Sendio has patched a pair of remotely exploitable security bypass vulnerabilities in its Sendio ESP, or Email Security Platform, product.
Yahoo CISO Alex Stamos said a preview of the company’s end to end encryption plugin has been released to GitHub for review.
Verizon patched a vulnerability in an API used by its My FiOS mobile application that allowed any user access to any Verizon email account.