Who Got Hacked This Week? August 25 Edition

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Exploit Lets Attacker Modify Emails After They’re Sent

Security researchers are warning of a new, easy-to-exploit email trick that could allow an attacker to turn a seemingly benign email into a malicious one after it has already been delivered to your email inbox.

Dubbed Ropemaker, a successful exploitation of the attack could allow an attacker to remotely modify the content of an email sent by the attacker itself, for example swapping a URL with the malicious one. This can be done even after the email has been delivered.

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