Email Security Gateway Bypass Enables Malware Surge
A parsing bypass let weaponized attachments evade scanning and hit inboxes. Detection teams observed a spike in credential-theft payloads.
## What happened Attackers abused malformed archive structures that the gateway unpacker handled differently from endpoint tools. ## Why this matters beyond one victim Centralized email controls are common points of systemic failure for many organizations at once. ## Technical notes Delivery campaigns used short-lived links and delayed payload activation to evade sandboxing. ## What happened Attackers abused malformed archive structures that the gateway unpacker handled differently from endpoint tools. Why this matters: validate exposure and assign an owner if affected. A parsing bypass let weaponized attachments evade scanning and hit inboxes.
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