Bleeping Computer: Microsoft Outlook flooded with spam due to broken email filters

Bleeping Computer: Microsoft Outlook flooded with spam due to broken email filters. “According to reports from an increasing number of Microsoft customers, Outlook inboxes have been flooded with spam emails over the last nine hours because email spam filters are currently broken. This ongoing issue was confirmed by countless Outlook users who have reported (on social media platforms and the Microsoft Community’s website) that all messages were landing in their inboxes, even those that would have been previously tagged as spam and sent to the junk folder.”

ThreatPost: Attackers Exploit Flaw in Google Docs’ Comments Feature

ThreatPost: Attackers Exploit Flaw in Google Docs’ Comments Feature. “A wave of phishing attacks identified in December targeting mainly Outlook users are difficult for both email scanners and victims to flag, researchers said. Attackers are using the ‘Comments’ feature of Google Docs to send malicious links in a phishing campaign targeted primarily at Outlook users, researchers have discovered.”

The Hacker News: Buggy Microsoft Outlook Sending Encrypted S/MIME Emails With Plaintext Copy For Months

The Hacker News: Buggy Microsoft Outlook Sending Encrypted S/MIME Emails With Plaintext Copy For Months. “Beware, If you are using S/MIME protocol over Microsoft Outlook to encrypt your email communication, you need to watch out. From at least last 6 months, your messages were being sent in both encrypted and unencrypted forms, exposing all your secret and sensitive communications to potential eavesdroppers.”