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SMTP Smuggling: New Flaw Lets Attackers Bypass Security and Spoof Emails

By Newsroom — January 3rd 2024 at 10:42
A new exploitation technique called Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) smuggling can be weaponized by threat actors to send spoofed emails with fake sender addresses while bypassing security measures. "Threat actors could abuse vulnerable SMTP servers worldwide to send malicious emails from arbitrary email addresses, allowing targeted phishing attacks," Timo Longin, a senior security
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Product Explained: Memcyco's Real-Time Defense Against Website Spoofing

By The Hacker News — December 20th 2023 at 11:05
Hands-On Review: Memcyco’s Threat Intelligence Solution Website impersonation, also known as brandjacking or website spoofing, has emerged as a significant threat to online businesses. Malicious actors clone legitimate websites to trick customers, leading to financial scams and data theft causing reputation damage and financial losses for both organizations and customers. The Growing Threat of
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Microsoft's Final 2023 Patch Tuesday: 33 Flaws Fixed, Including 4 Critical

By Newsroom — December 13th 2023 at 05:50
Microsoft released its final set of Patch Tuesday updates for 2023, closing out 33 flaws in its software, making it one of the lightest releases in recent years. Of the 33 shortcomings, four are rated Critical and 29 are rated Important in severity. The fixes are in addition to 18 flaws Microsoft addressed in its Chromium-based Edge browser since the release of Patch
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The Hidden Dangers of Public Wi-Fi

By The Hacker News — August 24th 2023 at 11:33
Public Wi-Fi, which has long since become the norm, poses threats to not only individual users but also businesses. With the rise of remote work, people can now work from virtually anywhere: a cafe close to home, a hotel in a different city, or even while waiting for a plane at the airport. Next, let's explore the risks of connecting to public Wi-Fi, both for you personally and for businesses.
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U.K. Fraudster Behind iSpoof Scam Receives 13-Year Jail Term for Cyber Crimes

By Ravie Lakshmanan — May 22nd 2023 at 07:01
A U.K. national responsible for his role as the administrator of the now-defunct iSpoof online phone number spoofing service has been sentenced to 13 years and 4 months in prison. Tejay Fletcher, 35, of Western Gateway, London, was awarded the sentence on May 18, 2023. He pleaded guilty last month to a number of cyber offenses, including facilitating fraud and possessing and transferring
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Serious Security: How dEliBeRaTe tYpOs might imProVe DNS security

By Paul Ducklin — January 23rd 2023 at 19:59
It's a really cool and super-simple trick. The question is, "Will it help?"

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A Sneaky Ad Scam Tore Through 11 Million Phones

By Matt Burgess — January 19th 2023 at 14:30
Some 1,700 spoofed apps, 120 targeted publishers, 12 billion false ad requests per day—Vastflux is one of the biggest ad frauds ever discovered.
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U.K. Police Arrest 142 in Global Crackdown on 'iSpoof' Phone Spoofing Service

By Ravie Lakshmanan — November 25th 2022 at 06:06
A coordinated law enforcement effort has dismantled an online phone number spoofing service called iSpoof and arrested 142 individuals linked to the operation. The websites, ispoof[.]me and ispoof[.]cc, allowed the crooks to "impersonate trusted corporations or contacts to access sensitive information from victims," Europol said in a press statement. Worldwide losses exceeded €115 million ($
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