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Sam's News — email-security — 2026-08-12

Security

6 Delta Airlines Flight Wi-Fi Compromised Following DEF CON Conference

Delta Airlines discovered that in-flight Wi-Fi had been tampered with following the DEF CON hacking conference.

Sources: IT Pro RSS

6 NSA Alerts Zimbra Users to Russian State-Supported Phishing Campaign

The National Security Agency issued a cybersecurity alert about a Russian state-supported phishing campaign targeting Zimbra Collaboration Suite users.

Sources: Serper Discovery RSS

5.5 Ukrainian Media Outlets Targeted in Phishing Attack

IMI, MykVisti, and 18,000 others were targeted in a coordinated phishing campaign.

Sources: Інститут масової інформації RSS

5 EvilTokens Ghost Phishing Campaign Bypasses Traditional Email Security

EvilTokens uses AES-GCM encrypted HTML and Microsoft Device Code Phishing to hide account takeover pages from traditional email security.

Sources: Serper Discovery RSS

4 Business Email Compromise Detection via Stolen Credential Threat Intelligence

Group-IB uses threat intelligence to detect compromised credentials before business email compromise attacks begin, moving beyond traditional malicious email detection.

Sources: Serper Discovery RSS

Legal experts examine who bears financial responsibility when wire transfers are intercepted or fraudulently redirected under state law.

Sources: The National Law Review RSS, The National Law Review RSS

3 Security Awareness Training Significantly Reduces Phishing Attack Success

Security awareness training reduces phishing susceptibility; human error plays a role in roughly 95% of breaches according to IBM.

Sources: Serper Discovery RSS

Email Security

3 Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense Achieves FedRAMP Class D (High) Certification

Cisco announced on August 10, 2026, that its Secure Email Threat Defense solution has achieved FedRAMP Class D (High) certification, meeting the U.S. government's most rigorous security standards. This milestone enables the solution to protect federal agencies and contractors handling classified and regulated data with continuous monitoring and federally authorized security controls.

  • FedRAMP Class D (High) certification achieved August 10, 2026
  • Requires continuous third-party monitoring and assessment, not one-time authorization
  • Provides AI-powered detection with API-based or inline gateway-level protection modes
  • Enables compliance for agencies and contractors handling controlled unclassified information (CUI)

Sources: Cisco Blogs AI Web Searched