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BEST PRACTICES: Mock phishing attacks prep employees to avoid being socially engineered

The Last Watchdog

Social engineering, especially phishing, continues to trigger the vast majority of breach attempts. In 2015, penetration tester Oliver Münchow was asked by a Swiss bank to come up with a better way to test and educate bank employees so that passwords never left the network perimeter. It is headquartered in Zurich, with a U.S

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Phishing campaign leverages Google Translate as camouflage

Security Affairs

Crooks leverage Google Translate service as camouflage on mobile browsers in a phishing campaign aimed at stealing Google account and Facebook credentials. The phishing campaign targets both Google and Facebook accounts, the use of Google Translate allows the attackers to make the phishing page as a legitimate form from a Google domain.

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Crooks continues to use COVID-19 lures, Microsoft warns

Security Affairs

Microsoft discovered a new phishing campaign using COVID-19 lures to target businesses with the infamous LokiBot information-stealer. Microsoft has discovered a new COVID-19 themed phishing campaign targeting businesses with the LokiBot Trojan. trillion signals we process daily through the Microsoft Intelligent Security Graph.”

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Microsoft warns of “massive campaign” using COVID-19 themed emails

Security Affairs

Experts from the Microsoft Security Intelligence team provided some details on a new “massive campaign” using COVID-19 themed emails. Researchers from the Microsoft Security Intelligence team provided some details on a new massive phishing campaign using COVID-19 themed emails. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Microsoft warns TA505 changed tactic in an ongoing malware campaign

Security Affairs

An ongoing phishing campaign launched by TA505 is using attachments featuring HTML redirectors for delivering malicious Excel docs. pic.twitter.com/mcRyEBUmQH — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) January 30, 2020. TA505 hacking group has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors.

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Trickbot is the most prolific malware operation using COVID-19 themed lures

Security Affairs

pic.twitter.com/V2JcZg2kjt — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) April 17, 2020. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. “The trendy and pervasive Trickbot and Emotet malware families are very active and rebranding their lures to take advantage of the outbreak.

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CISA alert warns of Emotet attacks on US govt entities

Security Affairs

“Since August, CISA and MS-ISAC have seen a significant increase in malicious cyber actors targeting state and local governments with Emotet phishing emails. pic.twitter.com/POppQ51uMX — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) September 22, 2020. ” reads that alert published by CISA.