email security

  1. AA20-099A: COVID-19 Exploited by Malicious Cyber Actors

    Original release date: April 8, 2020 Summary This is a joint alert from the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). This alert provides information on...
  2. Windows 10 Bogus Emails, what?

    Hi Both my wife and I are getting bogus emails from people we know that we know they aren't sending intentionally. What these messages have in common is the code goo.gl/ I kind of understand that this is a signal to shorten the visible address. The messages have no subject, have a message...
  3. TA18-201A: Emotet Malware

    Original release date: July 20, 2018 Systems Affected Network Systems Overview Emotet is an advanced, modular banking Trojan that primarily functions as a downloader or dropper of other banking Trojans. Emotet continues to be among the most costly and destructive malware affecting state...
  4. TA18-086A: Brute Force Attacks Conducted by Cyber Actors

    Original release date: March 27, 2018 Systems Affected Networked systems Overview According to information derived from FBI investigations, malicious cyber actors are increasingly using a style of brute force attack known as password spraying against organizations in the United States and...
  5. TA18-074A: Russian Government Cyber Activity Targeting Energy and Other Critical Infrastructure Sectors

    Original release date: March 15, 2018 Systems Affected Domain Controllers File Servers Email Servers Overview This joint Technical Alert (TA) is the result of analytic efforts between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). This alert...
  6. Office 365 security researchers: Double your bounties March-May 2017

    Microsoft strives to protect our customers and we’re constantly improving our security posture to meet their needs. We realize the desire of researchers and customers to security test our services to ensure they can trust us and our solutions. We also believe that if a researcher informs us of a...
  7. Windows 10 Not a fishing enthusiast.

    Hi I've been getting Phishing emails in the last few days. I got one from my bank saying that someone had tried to log into my account and asked me to input my Account information and Password, to confirm that I was the account holder. It said that if I didn't do this immediately my account...
  8. MS16-079 - Important: Security Update for Microsoft Exchange Server (3160339) - Version: 1.0

    Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (June 14, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilites in Microsoft Exchange Server. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow information disclosure if an attacker sends a specially crafted image URL in...
  9. Exchange Online Protection updates - Zero-hour Auto Purge (ZAP), Safety Tips and more |...

    With Office 365, we continue to invest in new protections against malicious email attacks. Today Shobhit Sahay from the Office 365 team walks through seven new Exchange Online Protection (EOP) and Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) features that proactively identify and block the most dangerous...
  10. MS15-103 - Important: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server Could Allow Information...

    Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (September 8, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow information disclosure if Outlook Web Access (OWA) fails to properly...
  11. MS15-104 - Important: Vulnerabilities in Skype for Business Server and Lync Server Could...

    Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (September 8, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Skype for Business Server and Microsoft Lync Server. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if a user clicks a...
  12. MS14-055 - Important: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Lync Server Could Allow Denial of Service...

    Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (September 9, 2014): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Lync Server. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow information disclosure if user clicks on a...
  13. MS14-055 - Important: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Lync Server Could Allow Denial of Service...

    Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (September 9, 2014): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Lync Server. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow information disclosure if user clicks on a...
  14. MS14-044 - Important: Vulnerabilities in SQL Server Could Allow Elevation of Privilege...

    Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (August 12, 2014): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft SQL Server (one in SQL Server Master Data Services and the other in the SQL Server relational database management...
  15. MS14-044 - Important: Vulnerabilities in SQL Server Could Allow Elevation of Privilege...

    Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (August 12, 2014): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft SQL Server (one in SQL Server Master Data Services and the other in the SQL Server relational database management...
  16. MS13-094 - Important : Vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Could Allow Information Disclosure...

    Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (November 12, 2013): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if a user opens or previews a specially crafted email...
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    Windows 8 protected mode Win 8.1 MSIE 11

    Hello I keep getting a reminder that protected mode is on and to click to disable it if I want. it pops up in my Outlook.com and some other sites. I can see in internet options under advanced where I can uncheck it but the increase risk is a concern. It also appears under MSIE 11 'security' both...
  18. MS13-043 - Important : Vulnerability in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution...

    Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (May 14, 2013): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves one privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted file or previews a specially...
  19. MS13-051 - Important : Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution...

    Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (June 11, 2013): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves one privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office document using an...
  20. MS13-026 - Important : Vulnerability in Office Outlook for Mac Could Allow Information Disclosure (2

    Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (March 12, 2013): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves one privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office for Mac. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if a user opens a specially...