What’s So Dangerous About Spear Phishing?

Spear phishing is one of the most common and most effective cyberattack vectors seen today. Delivered through email, spear phishing campaigns aim either to infect devices with malware, or to steal important information—like credentials and bank numbers. Spear phishing is targeted at specific grou...

Forcepoint Email Security Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Forcepoint Email Security is a suite of email protection solutions from US-based Forcepoint. The product includes features such as spam filtering, malware detection, phishing protection, and protection against intrusion BEC attacks. A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in Forcepoint Email...

CVE-2019-6142

It has been reported that XSS is possible in Forcepoint Email Security, versions 8.5 and 8.5.3. It is strongly recommended that you apply the relevant hotfix in order to remediate this issue...

Design/Logic Flaw

It has been reported that XSS is possible in Forcepoint Email Security, versions 8.5 and 8.5.3. It is strongly recommended that you apply the relevant hotfix in order to remediate this issue...

CVE-2019-6142

It has been reported that XSS is possible in Forcepoint Email Security, versions 8.5 and 8.5.3. It is strongly recommended that you apply the relevant hotfix in order to remediate this issue...

CVE-2019-6142

The CVE-2019-6142 entry concerns Forcepoint Email Security, specifically versions 8.5 through 8.5.3, where a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists. The connected documents describe a web-application flaw that lacks proper validation of client-side data, enabling potential client-side co...

PT-2019-17977 · Forcepoint · Forcepoint Email Security

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Forcepoint Email Security versions 8.5 through 8.5.3 Description: A reported issue allows for cross-site scripting XSS in the software. Recommendations: For Forcepoint Email Security versions 8.5 through 8.5.3, apply the relevant hotfix to...

U.N., UNICEF, Red Cross Under Ongoing Mobile Attack

An ongoing, mobile-focused phishing campaign is targeting the United Nations and several humanitarian aid organizations, including UNICEF, the Red Cross and UN World Food. The campaign is using landing pages signed by SSL certificates, to create legitimate-looking Microsoft Office 365 login pages...

Top 6 email security best practices to protect against phishing attacks and business email compromise

Most cyberattacks start over email—a user is tricked into opening a malicious attachment, or into clicking a malicious link and divulging credentials, or into responding with confidential data. Attackers dupe victims by using carefully crafted emails to build a false sense of trust and/or urgency...

Cisco Email Security Appliance Filter Bypass Vulnerability

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Email Security Appliance ESA is affected by a filter bypass vulnerability in the Sender Policy Framework SPF functionality of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance ESA due to insufficiently validating certain incoming SPF messages...

CVE-2019-12706

A vulnerability in the Sender Policy Framework SPF functionality of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance ESA could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured user filters on an affected device. The vulnerability exists because the affected software...

CVE-2019-12706

A vulnerability in the Sender Policy Framework SPF functionality of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance ESA could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured user filters on an affected device. The vulnerability exists because the affected software...

Design/Logic Flaw

A vulnerability in the Sender Policy Framework SPF functionality of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance ESA could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured user filters on an affected device. The vulnerability exists because the affected software...

CVE-2019-12706 Cisco Email Security Appliance Filter Bypass Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the Sender Policy Framework SPF functionality of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance ESA could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured user filters on an affected device. The vulnerability exists because the affected software...

CVE-2019-12706 Cisco Email Security Appliance Filter Bypass Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the Sender Policy Framework SPF functionality of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance ESA could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured user filters on an affected device. The vulnerability exists because the affected software...

CVE-2019-12706

Cisco AsyncOS on Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) contains a SPF handling vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured header filters by sending crafted SPF packets. Affected component is the SPF validation in ESA’s Sender Policy Framework feature; impact...

Cisco Email Security Appliance Filter Bypass Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the Sender Policy Framework SPF functionality of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance ESA could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured user filters on an affected device. The vulnerability exists because the affected software...

How SMBs Can Mitigate the Growing Risk of File-based Attacks

Cases of document-based malware are steadily rising. 59 percent of all malicious files detected in the first quarter of 2019 were contained in documents. Due to how work is done in today's offices and workplaces, companies are among those commonly affected by file-based attacks. Since small to...

Cisco Email Security Appliance CVE-2019-12706 Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability

Description Cisco Email Security Appliance is prone to a remote security-bypass vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to bypass security restrictions and perform unauthorized actions. This may aid in further attacks. This issue is being tracked by Cisco Bug ID CSCvq35034. Cisco AsyncO...

CISA Releases Four New Insights Products

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has released four new CISA Insights products informed by U.S. intelligence and real-world events. Each of the following products provides a description of the threat, lessons learned, recommendations, and additional relevant resources:...