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CSS: The Hidden Threat Lurking in Your Inbox

ID: ac270369-43df-5686-bd64-9808d51c34a8

STIX ID: report--ac270369-43df-5686-bd64-9808d51c34a8

Feed Name: Dark Reading

Threat Score
45/100

Date Published: 2026-08-05

Date Updated: 2026-08-06

Author: Kristina Beek

ADMIRALTY:B6
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Black Hat USA 2026 coverage: Research by Gareth Heyes demonstrates that CSS and HTML alone can be abused to construct keyloggers and data-exfiltration techniques in webmail, potentially bypassing protections that focus only on scripts or attachments; Heyes found flaws in major vendors, recommends stricter CSS sanitization, message isolation, and image proxying, and highlights inconsistent vendor handling of disclosures.

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