SecureList

AUGUST 14, 2023

Examples include automation with phishing kits or Telegram bots. Besides tucking a phishing page inside the website they hack, scammers can steal all of the data on the server and completely disrupt the site’s operation. A lack of maintenance and security patches means they are easy to compromise using a known exploit.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Threat actors exploited an open redirection vulnerability in the job search platform Indeed to carry out phishing attacks. Researchers from the cybersecurity firm Menlo Security reported that threat actors exploited an open redirection vulnerability in the job search platform Indeed in phishing attacks.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2022

Experts identified a spike in phishing content delivered via Azure Front Door (AFD), a cloud CDN service provided by Microsoft. USA) has identified a spike in phishing content delivered via Azure Front Door (AFD), a cloud CDN service provided by Microsoft. 1 – Example of Phishing Page Delivered by Azure Front Door (AFD).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2023

ESET researchers uncovered a mass-spreading phishing campaign targeting users of the Zimbra Collaboration email server since April 2023. The phishing messages include a phishing page in the attached HTML file, they warn the recipient of an email server update, account deactivation, or similar issue.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A Cookie Theft malware was employed in phishing attacks against YouTube creators, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns. Financially motivated threat actors are using Cookie Theft malware in phishing attacks against YouTube creators since late 2019. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2023

Experts warn of phishing attacks that are combining the use of compromised Microsoft 365 accounts and.rpmsg encrypted emails. Trustwave researchers have observed threat actors using encrypted RPMSG attachments sent via compromised Microsoft 365 accounts in a phishing campaign aimed at stealing Microsoft credentials.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2023

Experts spotted a spear-phishing Facebook campaign exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Salesforce email services. Researchers from Guardio Labs uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Salesforce email services and SMTP servers. 8e-sefdea4.um9. ” concludes the experts.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2023

Researchers spotted a Python variant of the NodeStealer that was designed to take over Facebook business accounts and cryptocurrency wallets. Palo Alto Network Unit 42 discovered a previously unreported phishing campaign that distributed a Python variant of the NodeStealer. ” reads the analysis published by Palo Alto Networks.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2022

Threat actors gained access to internal tools of the email marketing giant MailChimp to conduct phishing attacks against crypto customers. Trezor WARNING: Elaborate Phishing attack. Trazor also took the phishing domain used by threat actors offline and launched an investigation to determine how many users have been impacted.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 16, 2022

Norton 360, a popular antivirus product, has installed a cryptocurrency mining program on its customers’ computers, some cities in Texas have been hit with a phishing scam designed to get users to pay through fraudulent QR code stickers on public parking meters, and how Facebook is still collecting data about you even if you deactivate […].

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2022

A large-scale phishing campaign used adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing sites to hit more than 10,000 organizations. In AiTM phishing, threat actors set up a proxy server between a target user and the website the user wishes to visit, which is the phishing site under the control of the attackers.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Ukraine’s CERT (CERT-UA) warned of a new phishing campaign by the APT28 group to deploy previously undocumented malware strains. The group employed previously undetected malware such as OCEANMAP, MASEPIE, and STEELHOOK to steal sensitive information from target networks.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Researchers from threat intelligence Cyble have discovered threat actors abusing the Ngrok platform in a fresh phishing campaign. Researchers at the threat intelligence firm Cyble discovered a new wave of phishing attacks targeting multiple organizations that are abusing the ngrok platform, a secure and introspectable tunnel to the localhost.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Cybersecurity firm Armorblox discovered a new phishing campaign aimed at American Express customers. Armorblox researchers uncovered a new phishing campaign that is targeting American Express customers. The subject of the emails reads “Important Notification About Your Account” in an attempt to urge recipients to open it.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2023

A phishing campaign employing QR codes targeted a leading energy company in the US, cybersecurity firm Cofense reported. “Beginning in May 2023, Cofense has observed a large phishing campaign utilizing QR codes targeting the Microsoft credentials of users from a wide array of industries.” com (Cloudflare’s Web3 services).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2023

The government institutions of Moldova have been hit by a wave of phishing attacks since the country offered support to Ukraine. The government institutions of Moldova have been hit by a wave of phishing attacks, threat actors sent more than 1,330 emails to accounts belonging to the country’s state services. “Owners of.md

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2022

Microsoft has disrupted activity by SEABORGIUM, a Russia-based actor launching persistent phishing, credential and data theft, intrusions, and hack-and-leak campaigns tied to espionage. More details + TTPs in this MSTIC blog: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) August 15, 2022. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2023

Microsoft warns of a new Remcos RAT campaign targeting US accounting and tax return preparation firms ahead of Tax Day. Tax Day, Microsoft has observed a new Remcos RAT campaign targeting US accounting and tax return preparation firms. The phishing attacks began in February 2023, the IT giant reported. Ahead of the U.S.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The CERT of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of a spear-phishing campaign targeting Ukrainian armed forces personnel. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) is warning of an ongoing spear-phishing campaign targeting private email accounts belonging to Ukrainian armed forces personnel. ua-passport[.]space

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

The phishing messages use mortgage payments as a lure, they have the subject “Re: Payoff Request.”. “The email claimed to contain a secure file sent via Proofpoint as a link.” The phishing message was sent from a legitimate individual’s compromised email account. SecurityAffairs – hacking, phishing).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Microsoft warns that the Russia-linked APT28 group is actively exploiting the CVE-2023-23397 Outlook flaw to hijack Microsoft Exchange accounts. Most of the APT28s’ campaigns leveraged spear-phishing and malware-based attacks. The vulnerability is a Microsoft Outlook spoofing vulnerability that can lead to an authentication bypass.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2022

German police arrested one individual suspected of having stolen €4 million from users via large-scale phishing campaigns. Germany’s Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) arrested an individual (24) suspected of having stolen €4,000,000 from internet users via phishing attacks along with a two accomplices who are suspected. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2023

Google announced the introduction of the passwordless secure sign-in with Passkeys for Google Accounts on all platforms. Google is rolling out the passwordless secure sign-in with Passkeys for Google Accounts on all platforms. ” reads the announcement published by the company. face recognition, fingerprints).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2021

Cybercriminals are abusing Facebook ads in a large-scale phishing scam aimed at stealing victims’ login credentials. Researchers from security firm ThreatNix spotted a new large-scale campaign abusing Facebook ads. The landing pages are phishing pages that impersonate legitimate companies. ” continues the post.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Microsoft uncovered an extensive series of credential phishing campaigns that employed a custom phishing kit tracked as TodayZoo. Microsoft researchers uncovered a custom phishing kit, dubbed TodayZoo, that was used in an extensive series of credential phishing campaigns. com domain to send the phishing messages.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Microsoft announced that users can access their consumer accounts without providing passwords and using more secure authentication methods. Microsoft says the feature will be rolled out over the coming weeks, it already provides passwordless methods to enterprise users since March 2021, and plans to roll out it for Azure AD accounts.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2022

Experts warn of a new phishing technique that abuses the commenting feature of Google Docs to send out emails that appear from a legitimate source. The attack chain is very simple, attackers create a Google Document using their Google account. The attackers used over 100 different Gmail accounts. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 21, 2024

Then they switch to the best practices to prevent social media account takeovers, highlighting […] The post The World of Scambaiting, Preventing Social Media Account Takeovers, Network Wrenches Hacked appeared first on Shared Security Podcast.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2022

Ukraine’s technical security and intelligence service warns of threat actors targeting aimed at gaining access to users’ Telegram accounts. State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection (SSSCIP) of Ukraine spotted a new wave of cyber attacks aimed at gaining access to users’ Telegram accounts.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Threat actors are exploiting the death of Queen Elizabeth II as bait in phishing attacks to steal Microsoft account credentials from victims. Researchers from Proofpoint are warning of threat actors that are using the death of Queen Elizabeth II as bait in phishing attacks. The phishing page (hxxps://auth[.]royalqueenelizabeth[.]com/?)

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2022

Ukraine’s CERT-UA warned citizens of new phishing attacks launched through compromised email accounts belonging to Indian entities. The attacks were aimed at stealing sensitive information from compromised accounts. The attacks were aimed at stealing sensitive information from compromised accounts.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

The attacks on password managers and their users continue as Bitwarden and 1Password users have reported seeing paid ads for phishing sites in Google search results for the official login page of the password management vendors.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Researchers warn of a new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) toolkit, called Caffeine, which is being used by cybercriminals. In March 2022, Mandiant researchers discovered threat actors using a shared Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform called Caffeine. ” reads the report published by Mandiant.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2022

The threat actors behind Twilio and Cloudflare attacks have been linked to a phishing campaign that targeted other 136 organizations. The threat actors behind the attacks on Twilio and Cloudflare have been linked to a large-scale phishing campaign that targeted 136 organizations, security firm Group-IB reported.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2022

Threat actors behind the Twilio hack also gained access to the accounts of 93 individual users of its Authy two-factor authentication (2FA) service. The attackers accessed company systems using employee credentials obtained through a sophisticated SMS phishing attack. ” reads an update provided by the company on August 24, 2022.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Resecurity researchers discovered a new Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) called EvilProxy advertised on the Dark Web. Following the recent Twilio hack leading to the leakage of 2FA (OTP) codes, cybercriminals continue to upgrade their attack arsenal to orchestrate advanced phishing campaigns targeting users worldwide. How It Works?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2022

A spear-phishing campaign, tracked as Asylum Ambuscade, targets European government personnel aiding Ukrainian refugees. The phishing messages included a weaponized attachment designed to download a Lua-based malware dubbed SunSeed. net) that appears to belong to a compromised Ukranian armed service member.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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