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Germany
345,000 email addresses stolen in cyberattack on Germany’s far-right party AfD

Over 345,000 unique email addresses were exposed in the September 2026 breach at German far-right political party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). Breach notification …

email threats
Attackers abuse legitimate platforms to deliver phishing emails that pass authentication checks

A Dell order confirmation lands in your inbox and it looks pretty legitimate: it comes from Dell’s order domain, passes DKIM and DMARC checks, uses Dell’s real …

Eye
Safari blocks trackers that turn your email into a tracking ID

Apple’s new anti-tracking protections in Safari and WebKit, the open-source web engine used by Safari, block connections to identity resolution services that turn email …

phishing
Microsoft disrupts phishing network behind more than a billion scam messages

Microsoft uncovered a criminal marketplace supplying tools and accounts used in phishing scams worldwide. Attackers used these resources to target organizations in healthcare, …

DavMail
DavMail 7.0.0 puts most of its work into Microsoft Graph

Anyone who wants to leave Outlook but still has a mailbox on Exchange needs a translator. DavMail is one: a Java gateway that converts the open protocols most mail, calendar …

Microsoft 365 phishing
Attackers are using Microsoft’s legitimate login system to camouflage phishing attacks

Attackers are moving away from fake Microsoft login pages in favor of abusing Microsoft’s own authentication system, letting phishing campaigns slip past the warning …

malware
Scams now operate like real businesses with budgets and targets

Social media has overtaken email as a primary attack vector, showing changes in how people consume information and interact online, according to Bitdefender’s Global …

Android
Google brings instant email verification to Android, no OTP needed

Google has introduced cryptographically verified email credentials for Android through the Credential Manager API. This API aligns with the W3C Digital Credential API …

Thunderbird
Thunderbird 150 arrives with encrypted message search and OpenPGP improvements

Released today, Thunderbird 150.0 brings eight new features, a round of bug fixes, and security patches that cover the web engine underlying the email client. Thunderbird …

vulnerabilities
32% of top-exploited vulnerabilities are over a decade old

Exploitation timelines continued to compress in enterprise environments, with newly disclosed flaws reaching active use almost immediately and older weaknesses remaining …

phishing
Clipping Scripted Sparrow’s wings: Tracking a global phishing ring

Between June 2024 and December 2025, Fortra analysts tracked a persistent business email compromise (BEC) operation that we have now classified as Scripted Sparrow. The group …

Tuta
Product showcase: Tuta – secure, encrypted, private email

Tuta, formerly known as Tutanota, is built for anyone who wants email that stays private. Instead of treating encryption like a bonus feature, the service encrypts almost …

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