Email security

Intrusions commence with the delivery of salary-themed phishing emails with a Microsoft Word attachment.

The newly discovered China-linked APT group abused trust between governments.

The International Monetary Fund had 11 of its email accounts compromised following a cyberattack last month.

Henry Onyedikachi Echefu was noted by the U.S. Department of Justice to have pleaded guilty over his participation in a business email compromise scam with two other Nigerians between 2016 and 2017.

Attackers leveraging the 'no-reply@dropbox[.]com' domain sent emails with a Dropbox-hosted PDF to employees using the Darktrace SaaS environment.

Attackers leveraged phishing emails using contract-themed DocuSign lures that included PDF attachments.

Security pros say targeting source code will continue because it lets attackers identify new bugs and inject their own malware into the software supply chain.