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IT threat evolution Q3 2024

SecureList

The campaign, which we dubbed EastWind , used phishing emails with malicious shortcuts attached to deliver malware to target computers. The attack starts with phishing emails purporting to be a court order or summons from an institution in Colombia’s judicial system.

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APT trends report Q3 2024

SecureList

Based on limited telemetry, we believe with medium to low confidence that some of the initial infections were spear-phishing emails. In this most recent campaign, the actor uses spear-phishing emails, embedding a JavaScript loader as the initial infection vector.

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Teach a Man to Phish and He’s Set for Life

Krebs on Security

One frustrating aspect of email phishing is the frequency with which scammers fall back on tried-and-true methods that really have no business working these days. The file included in this phishing scam uses what’s known as a “right-to-left override” or RLO character.

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Fintech Giant Fiserv Used Unclaimed Domain

Krebs on Security

Wondering whether he might receive email communications to that address if he registered the domain, Vegh snapped it up for a few dollars, set up a catch-all email account for it, and waited. A quick search of WHOIS registration records showed the domain was unregistered. At first, only a few wayward emails arrived.

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Iran-linked Charming Kitten APT contacts targets via WhatsApp, LinkedIn

Security Affairs

The Iran-linked Charming Kitten APT group leveraged on WhatsApp and LinkedIn to carry out phishing attacks, researchers warn. Clearsky security researchers revealed that Iran-linked Charming Kitten APT group is using WhatsApp and LinkedIn to conduct spear-phishing attacks. Israel, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.

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Phishers turning hard-working: CERT-GIB records upsurge of phishing resource blockages as duration of attacks grows

Security Affairs

Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company, observed the growth of the lifespan of phishing attacks in the second half of 2019. Figure 1 The distribution of web-phishing among target categories . CERT-GIB’s findings indicate that phishing attack perpetrators have revised their so-called target pool. Target reshuffle.

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Iran-linked APT group Charming Kitten targets journalists, political and human rights activists

Security Affairs

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011 targeting journalists and activists in the Middle East, as well as organizations in the United States, and entities in the U.K., Israel, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. ” concludes the report.

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