New research shows that up to a half of all HTML email attachments are malicious, and not just because of a few massive campaigns. Researchers warn that attackers are relying more on malicious HTML ...

HTML email security problem Using JavaScript instructions embedded in an HTML email message (and thus not visible to a recipient that views the message in an HTML-aware client), a person can send an ...

Cybercriminals have been spotted using HTML/CSS and Unicode tricks to bypass tools meant to block malicious emails, marking a new twist in phishing techniques, security researchers report. Attackers ...

In the mid-'90s, email experts strongly urged, for varied reasons, against using HTML formatting in email marketing messages. But those reasons have largely been made anachronistic by today's ...

The "external sender" warnings shown to email recipients by clients like Microsoft Outlook can be hidden by the sender, as demonstrated by a researcher. Turns out, all it takes for attackers to alter ...

Like most people, I get lots of questionable emails. Many are nothing but a phishing attempt, a trick to get me to click on a link that goes to a nefarious website that asks for personal information.