8 phishing red flags hidden in everyday emails
Phishing is alive and well in 2026, as even with robust antivirus and antimalware protections, the weakest link in the security chain is often the human element. We all make mistakes, skim an email and…
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Microsoft says Office bug exposed customers’ confidential emails to Copilot AI
Microsoft has confirmed that a bug allowed its Copilot AI to summarize customers’ confidential emails for weeks without permission. The bug, first reported by Bleeping Computer, allowed Copilot Chat to read and outline the contents…
Microsoft 365 hit by outage, preventing access to emails and files
An ongoing Microsoft outage is preventing enterprise customers from accessing email inboxes, files, meetings, and other Microsoft cloud services. The technology giant said in a post on X around 2:30 p.m. ET that the outage…
Protect decades of emails in one click with this $34.97 lifetime backup deal
TL;DR: Back up, archive, and protect all your emails across apps and services with Mail Backup X for $34.97 with code ARCHIVE until December 14 (MSRP $179). If you’ve ever dug through years of email threads trying to find one…
Beware! How AI is writing phishing emails that look real
Back in February 2025, several media outlets warned of a new threat targeting users of Google’s Gmail email service. Attackers used AI technology to perfect phishing emails and make them look more convincing. To do…
Over 1 billion passwords and emails leaked: How to see if you’re affected
Security expert Troy Hunt, who operates Have I Been Pwned, recently received 2 billion unique email addresses that were found across multiple malicious lists and internet sources, including 1.3 billion unique passwords. Like the 183…
Hackers threaten to leak data after breaching University of Pennsylvania to send mass emails
On Friday morning, University of Pennsylvania alumni, students, staff, and community affiliates received several emails from hackers purporting to represent the university’s Graduate School of Education (GSE). “We have terrible security practices and are completely…
LastPass ‘digital will’ phishing attack uses fake death certificate emails
With so much of our lives wrapped up in digital identities and platforms, you might want to spare a thought as to how your loved ones can get into things like your bank accounts or…
If you’re using these password managers, watch out for scam emails
Remembering hundreds of secure passwords isn’t really possible unless you’re some kind of savant. What to do? Well, passkeys are a great alternative, but they’re far from universal… so some kind of password management system…
Hackers are sending extortion emails to executives after claiming Oracle apps’ data breach
Google says hackers associated with a prolific ransomware group are sending extortion emails to executives at “numerous” large organizations after claiming to have stolen their sensitive information from a suite of business software products developed…