email

Electronic mail is a method of exchanging messages between people using electronic devices. Email entered limited use in the 1960s, but users could only send to users of the same computer, and some early email systems required the author and the recipient to both be online simultaneously, similar to instant messaging.

(source: en.wikipedia.org)

BEC Scams Nearly Double Over Three Years
BEC Scams Nearly Double Over Three Years
July 29, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Business E-mail Compromise (BEC) fraud scams are on the rise, and the latest data shows a boost in the number of incidents and the value...

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Phishing Remains A Persistent Problem
Phishing Remains A Persistent Problem
July 25, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Because of the huge number of emails sent daily – by some estimates, 3.7 billion people send around 269 billion emails every single day –...

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In Australia, Card (And Other Payments) Fraud Is Big Business
In Australia, Card (And Other Payments) Fraud Is Big Business
July 15, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Attacks on Australia’s government — including payments fraud — have been on the rise, scoring, cumulatively, tens of millions of dollars.  Elsewhere, individual cases of...

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Google Keeps Gmail Purchase History
Google Keeps Gmail Purchase History
July 08, 2019  |  Google

A new report has found that Google is still keeping a record of a user’s purchase history indefinitely. Back in May, CNBC writer Todd Haselton...

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Slack CEO Weighs In On The End Of (Some) Email 
Slack CEO Weighs In On The End Of (Some) Email 
June 20, 2019  |  IPO

Is the era of email coming to an end? Maybe — and maybe in several years. Slack CEO and Co-Founder Stewart Butterfield was quoted by...

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Microsoft Admits Breach Of Web-Based Email Accounts
Microsoft Admits Breach Of Web-Based Email Accounts
April 14, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Microsoft, the Redmond, Washington software giant, confirmed to reporters over the weekend that its web-based email services were hacked. According to reports citing Microsoft, the company...

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800M Email Addresses Exposed Online
800M Email Addresses Exposed Online
March 10, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

A security researcher claims to have discovered a non-password protected MongoDB instance at Verifications IO, marking what Security Discovery called the biggest and most detailed...

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Facebook Played Favorites With Data
Facebook Played Favorites With Data
December 06, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook, under renewed scrutiny for its business practices, enabled certain companies such as Netflix and Airbnb to access the friends lists of users after it blocked...

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Glitch Exposes Amazon Customer Emails
Glitch Exposes Amazon Customer Emails
November 21, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

In what it described as a “technical error,” Amazon confirmed Wednesday (Nov. 21) that some of its customer names and emails have been exposed, and...

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