Russian hackers can steal emails without a click
Opening an unexpected email can feel relatively harmless when you avoid its links and attachments. However, a Russian hacking campaign has turned that familiar safety advice on its head.CISA says the Russian state-sponsored group Laundry Bear can compromise certain email accounts when someone simply opens or previews a malicious message.
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Opening an unexpected email can feel relatively harmless when you avoid its links and attachments. However, a Russian hacking campaign has turned that familiar safety advice on its head.CISA says the Russian state-sponsored group Laundry Bear can compromise certain email accounts when someone simply opens or previews a malicious message. The attack targets organizations running unpatched versions of the Zimbra Collaboration Suite.Once the email appears, hidden code can collect passwords, authentication data and as much as 90 days of messages. You may never see a warning or realize that anything happened.The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued the warning with the National Security Agency, FBI and cyber authorities from several allied countries.
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- Opening an unexpected email can feel relatively harmless when you avoid its links and attachments. However, a Russian hacking campaign has turned that familiar safety advice on its head.CISA says the Russian state-sponsored group Laundry Bear can compromise certain email accounts when someone simply opens or previews a malicious message.
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