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Microsoft Warns of Kremlin-Backed APT28 Exploiting Critical Outlook Vulnerability

Microsoft on Monday said it detected Kremlin-backed nation-state activity exploiting a now-patched critical security flaw in its Outlook email service to gain unauthorized access to victims’ accounts within Exchange servers. The tech giant attributed the intrusions to a threat actor it called Forest Blizzard (formerly Strontium), which is also widely tracked under the monikers APT28, […]

Russia Blocks ProtonMail Citing Security Reasons

Updated on March 13, 2019: In response to the situation in Russia, ProtonMail told Fossbytes that “the blocks are still in place, but we have implemented some technical measures to largely reduce the impact of the blocks, so services in Russia are operational at this time.” ProtonMail says that the blocking of the email provider […]

FBI Dropped “A Grenade” On Innocent TorMail Users, Unsealed Documents Reveal

Short Bytes: FBI conducted hacking activities on 23 dark web websites including TorMail, an anonymous email service. The agency used network investigative technique to hack the 300 accounts suspected for child pornography. But recent documents reveal that FBI also dropped malware bombs on innocent users. TorMail is an extinct website which existed on the dark […]

NSA proof Email Service ProtonMail launching Mobile App

Previously we told you about ProtonMail, an email service said to be totally surveillance proof. The developers of this service are going to release a mobile app soon and this follows a very successful Indiegogo campaign which is known to raise around 6 times of the initial goal of $100,000. This is an extremely successful […]