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Proofpoint Email Routing Flaw Exploited to Send Millions of Spoofed Phishing Emails
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Andrzej Adam Filip
2024-08-04 03:59:20 UTC
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Proofpoint Email Routing Flaw Exploited to Send Millions of Spoofed
Phishing Emails
; Jul 29, 2024Ravie LakshmananEmail Security / Hacking
An unknown threat actor has been linked to a massive scam campaign
that exploited an email routing misconfiguration in email security
vendor Proofpoint's defenses to send millions of messages spoofing
various popular companies like Best Buy, IBM, Nike, and Walt Disney,
among others. […]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sendmail
Sendmail, Inc was acquired by Proofpoint, Inc. This announcement was
released on 1 October 2013.[6]
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Marco Moock
2024-08-04 07:55:45 UTC
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Post by Andrzej Adam Filip
https://thehackernews.com/2024/07/proofpoint-email-routing-flaw-exploited.html
Proofpoint Email Routing Flaw Exploited to Send Millions of Spoofed
Phishing Emails
; Jul 29, 2024Ravie LakshmananEmail Security / Hacking
An unknown threat actor has been linked to a massive scam campaign
that exploited an email routing misconfiguration in email security
vendor Proofpoint's defenses to send millions of messages spoofing
various popular companies like Best Buy, IBM, Nike, and Walt Disney,
among others. […]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sendmail
Sendmail, Inc was acquired by Proofpoint, Inc. This announcement was
released on 1 October 2013.[6]
Is that in any way related to sendmail itself?
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Sam
2024-08-04 13:16:55 UTC
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Post by Marco Moock
Post by Andrzej Adam Filip
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sendmail
Sendmail, Inc was acquired by Proofpoint, Inc. This announcement was
released on 1 October 2013.[6]
Is that in any way related to sendmail itself?
Yes, this was a company owned by the sendmail principals that provided paid
commercial support for sendmail.

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