IMAP stands for Internet Message Access Protocol, which is a method used by email clients to retrieve emails from a mail server. Attackers are leveraging IMAP to infiltrate email accounts by exploiting vulnerabilities in the protocol to gain unauthorized access.
Attackers are taking advantage of security flaws in IMAP implementations to conduct brute force attacks, credential stuffing, and bypassing email security measures to compromise email accounts.
Once attackers gain access to an email account, they can exfiltrate sensitive information, send phishing emails to contacts, spread malware, and possibly launch further attacks on the victim or their contacts.
How can users protect their email accounts from IMAP attacks?
Suspicious login activity, receiving unexpected password reset requests, missing or deleted emails, unauthorized changes to email settings, and unknown sent emails can all indicate that an email account has been compromised.
Depending on the extent of the damage, it may be possible to recover from an IMAP attack by changing passwords, reviewing email forwarding rules, scanning for malware, informing contacts of the breach, and seeking assistance from email service providers or cybersecurity professionals.
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