Exchange Online outage causes email delays, ‘Server busy’ errors
Microsoft is working to resolve an ongoing Exchange Online outage that is delaying email sent to and received from external domains. The company first acknowledged this incident (tracked under EX1467029) at 02:19 AM EDT, when it began investigating reports of intermittent “Server busy” errors. “This issue impacts users who may be attempting to send and receive […]
Massive Microsoft 365 outage causes auth issues, service failures
Microsoft is investigating a widespread service issue causing authentication issues, connection problems, service delays and failures, and various other issues for Microsoft 365 customers. It first acknowledged this incident (tracked under EX1464935 in the admin center) at 5:30 PM UTC, when it began investigating a stream of reports from users on social media regarding multiple issues affecting Exchange Online. However, while Exchange Online is the […]
Brave browser adds email aliases to help users evade tracking
The latest version of the Brave browser, 1.94, introduces a feature called ‘Email Aliases’ that allows users to generate disposable email addresses when signing up to a new service. Using an alias address keeps the user’s real email address hidden from the website while still forwarding messages from the service. Brave already uses data isolation to […]
ShinyHunters data leaks fuel $2,000 sextortion email scam
Threat actors are using email addresses exposed in data breaches leaked by the ShinyHunters extortion group to send sextortion emails demanding $2,000 in Bitcoin. The emails claim to come from ShinyHunters and tell recipients that hackers compromised their devices after obtaining their email addresses from breached company databases. However, the messages appear to be sent […]
Russian hackers exploit Zimbra zero-click flaw for email theft
CISA is warning that the Russian state-sponsored hacking group Laundry Bear, also known as Void Blizzard, is targeting organizations using Zimbra Collaboration email servers by combining phishing attacks with the exploitation of a now-patched Zimbra vulnerability. According to CISA, Laundry Bear has targeted and compromised users in organizations associated with the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), […]
Microsoft working to fix Exchange Online mailbox quarantine issue
Microsoft is working to resolve an ongoing Exchange Online issue that has been mistakenly quarantining customers’ mailboxes since Sunday. The incident, tracked by Microsoft under EX1436407, began on July 19 and remained unresolved as of the most recent update Wednesday evening. During this time, affected Exchange Online users have been experiencing issues receiving and sending emails […]
Data breach exposes up to 14.2 million email logins at six ISPs
Japanese telecommunications operator KDDI Corporation disclosed a data breach where threat actors gained access to one of its email systems used by five other internet service providers (ISPs) in the country. The company says that it discovered the compromise on June 17 and responded immediately by blocking the attacker and implementing defense measures. The investigation […]
OpenClaw AI agent found falling for phishing attacks, spills user data
Phishing simulation on an OpenClaw email agent with various configuration profiles showed that it was susceptible to tactics commonly used to compromise human users. The OpenClaw open-source AI agent framework allows large language models (LLMs) to interact with real-world systems and perform actions autonomously. It can be used as an email agent for basic reasoning and operations. Researchers […]
Microsoft Exchange Online outage causes email delays, failures
Microsoft is working to address a widespread service issue affecting the mail flow pipeline for Exchange Online customers across North America, Asia-Pacific (APAC), and Europe. The company first acknowledged this incident (tracked under EX1331830) at 10:33 EDT, when it began investigating a stream of reports from users on social media. Some affected users are seeing temporary SMTP deferral errors, stating “The maximum […]
Robinhood account creation flaw abused to send phishing emails
Online trading platform Robinhood’s account creation process was exploited by threat actors to inject phishing messages into legitimate emails, tricking users into believing their accounts had suspicious activity. Starting last night, Robinhood customers began receiving “Your recent login to Robinhood” emails stating that an “Unrecognized Device Linked to Your Account” was detected, containing unusual IP addresses […]