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With that logic just having your mail client/web mail parse a malicious mail from a nation-state level actor is enough to compromise your machine.
by agurk 7y ago
With that logic just having your mail client/web mail parse a malicious mail from a nation-state level actor is enough to compromise your machine.
- whenchamenia 7y agoIt happens all the time. https://thecoinshark.net/microsoft-email-clients-was-hacked-to-steal-cryptocurrency/ https://thecoinshark.net/microsoft-email-clients-was-hacked-...
- agurk 7y agoFrom the original article which that page links to [0]: The breach centered around a hacker getting hold of a Microsoft customer support worker’s login credentials; from there, the hacker could dive into the content of any non-corporate Outlook, Hotmail, or MSN account This is a security concern for any mail that an administrator can read, although it isn't at the same level as being compromised just through parsing an email. [0] https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xwndwn/microsoft-outlook-msn-hotmail-breach-cryptocurrency-bitcoin https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xwndwn/microsoft-outlook-...