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#Email security
Roundcube’s Latest Patch Wave Shows How Mail Can Become a Security Blind Spot
Security updates for Roundcube Webmail close off several flaws, including two rated critical, in a reminder that browser-based mail sits on a fragile boundary between untrusted content and authenticated access.
When Email Becomes Identity: The Hidden Logic Behind the New Defense Playbook
A scheduled webinar on modern email attacks points to a bigger shift in security thinking: the next fight is less about filtering messages and more about spotting behavior that does not belong.
The Inbox Is the New Perimeter - and It Is Still Too Easy to Fake
A comparison of email security tools is really a stress test for how organizations balance phishing defense, malware filtering, and data-loss controls across a very fragile channel.
When Email Becomes the Back Door: A Government Credential Case With Wider Consequences
A reported breach involving British government mailboxes shows how stolen logins, not just malware, can become the fastest route into sensitive systems.
One RedLine Beacon, and a Maritime Phishing Web Surfaces
A single command-and-control indicator can be enough to expose the wider shape of a credential-theft operation, especially when the target is a sector where email trust and operational continuity matter.
Apple’s Hide My Email Faces a Privacy Boundary Test
A reported address-disclosure flaw in Apple’s alias system highlights how quickly a privacy feature can become a deanonymization risk when backend mapping logic breaks.
Apple’s Hidden Address Trick Faces a Privacy Test It Was Built to Avoid
A reported weakness in Hide My Email puts the real security question back on the table: what happens when an alias system can be tied back to the person behind it?
The Inbox Is the Battlefield: Why BEC Keeps Beating Malware Filters
Business email compromise thrives on believable identity abuse, not noisy payloads, which is why behavioral detection is becoming central to email defense.
Email Security Is Not Drowning in Messages - It Is Drowning in Judgment Calls
A webinar framed around phishing, business email compromise, and account takeover points to a deeper problem: defenders are not just filtering mail, they are triaging identity and fraud signals faster than humans can comfortably keep up.
When the Inbox Looks Legitimate, the Phish Gets Harder to See
Microsoft 365 collaboration features can become a trust channel for phishing when attackers lean on group-based communication instead of obvious spoofing or malware.
BluePex Turns a Spam Score Into a Security Signal
A VBSpam+ result for BluePex Security Mail shows how email defense is increasingly judged by measurable filtering performance, not marketing language.
The Reporter Trap: Why Executive Impersonation Still Cuts Through Layered Defense
A believable journalist persona, backed by an urgent anonymous tip, can turn a routine inbox into a high-value social-engineering channel.
When One More Email Filter Becomes a Strategy Debate
Microsoft’s latest email-security benchmark has revived a familiar fight: whether layered defenses add meaningful protection, or only marginal comfort after the first line of defense already does most of the work.
Estonia Moves Email Suspicion Upstream as .ru Mail Faces a New Gate
A pre-delivery screening step for messages tied to Russia's .ru namespace shows how government mail security is shifting from inbox hygiene to gateway control.
Why the Inbox Is Not Enough Anymore in the Fight Against Phishing
A webinar on behavioral AI points to a bigger shift in defense: stopping phishing, BEC, and account takeover now depends on watching identity and behavior, not just message content.
Gmail in the Crosshairs: A Belarus-Linked Phishing Push Reaches Into Poland’s Private Circles
A reported Ghostwriter campaign now focuses on personal inboxes tied to senior Polish public figures and their relatives, turning private email into a high-value attack surface.
A Victim Listing Is Not a Breach - But It Can Still Move Markets, Teams, and Enemies
A public ransomware victim entry tied to Did Asia shows how extortion groups use visibility itself as pressure, even before any compromise is independently confirmed.
Tax Emails, Hidden Payloads: Why a Windows Inbox Can Become a Memory-Only Crime Scene
A tax lure is only the first move; the harder part for defenders is the kind of malware that may run in memory and leave fewer clues on disk.
When Phishing Becomes a Content Factory, SOC Triage Becomes the Real Target
AI is not just helping attackers write better lures - it is turning phishing into a higher-volume workflow that can swamp Tier 1 review.
HTML Attachments Turn Google Redirects Into a Malware Delivery Chain
A malspam campaign uses a malicious HTML file, a zero-second meta-refresh, and a Google-owned ad-tech redirect to help move victims toward a reported .NET loader.