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Sensitive Info Goes Into ‘No Reply’ Emails Constantly. This Guy Sees It All
Two security researchers, working independently, have discovered that numerous organizations are inadvertently sending sensitive corporate and personal information to "no-reply" or "deleted user" email addresses. The researchers acquired several such domains and configured them to receive all incoming mail, revealing a widespread issue of system misconfigurations leading to data leakage.
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Honeypot Researcher Finds Bot's Plea for Help
A cybersecurity researcher operating a honeypot has observed unusual network activity from a bot that appears to be a distressed plea for assistance. The bot, rather than engaging in typical malicious scanning or exploitation, utilizes a specific URL path to convey a message that suggests a person in Belarus is seeking help.