Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 16, 2022

This week, the Gemini cryptocurrency exchange disclosed that after a threat actor obtained the clients’ data from a third-party vendor, they became the victim of phishing attacks. Million Gemini Users Leaked by Threat Actors appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. million users. […]. The post The Data of 5.7

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Cyber cops in Ukraine carried out an arrest and several raids last week in connection with the author of a U-Admin , a software package used to administer what’s being called “one of the world’s largest phishing services.” The U-Admin phishing panel interface. Image: fr3d.hk/blog. ” U-Admin, a.k.a.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

A recent spate of SMS phishing attacks from one cybercriminal group has spawned a flurry of breach disclosures from affected companies, which are all struggling to combat the same lingering security threat: The ability of scammers to interact directly with employees through their mobile devices. Image: Cloudflare.com. 2, and Aug.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

What follows is the process I went through trying to work out what an earth this thing is, the confusion surrounding the data, the shady characters dealing with it and ultimately, how it's now searchable in Have I Been Pwned (HIBP), which may be what brought you to this blog post in the first place.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2023

Proofpoint researchers recently reported that a Russian hacking group, tracked as Winter Vivern (aka TA473), has been actively exploiting vulnerabilities ( CVE-2022-27926 ) in unpatched Zimbra instances to gain access to the emails of NATO officials, governments, military personnel, and diplomats. reads the post published by Proofpoint.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The data contained a wide array of records, including full names, credit card details, client login information, email addresses, home addresses and hotel reservations. The personally identifiable information of children was included in several of the records.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

What Happens If You Open a Spam Email on Your Phone IdentityIQ Spam emails only become dangerous depending on how you handle them. So, while opening a spam email won’t necessarily cause harm, what you do next is crucial. This blog will discuss what you can do if you accidentally open a spam email on your smartphone.

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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. Resecurity, Inc. click” and “.xyz” net – amazon-uk[.]azurefd[.]net.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Phishing Threats Are Increasing in Scale and Sophistication Phishing remains one of the most dangerous and widespread cybersecurity threats. Phishing is now the most common initial attack vector, overtaking stolen or compromised credentials. Phishing attacks are becoming more difficult to detect. billion USD globally.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2022

“The FBI is informing academic partners of identified US college and university credentials advertised for sale on online criminal marketplaces and publically accessible forums. Crooks obtain the information by conducting spear-phishing and ransomware attacks, or other means. ” reads the alert published by the FBI.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Phishing attacks are nothing new, but scammers are getting savvier with their tactics. Other Iranian-based cyberattacks have included hackers targeting Albanian government systems and spear phishing scams. Here are four new phishing trends keeping businesses on their toes. Spear phishing. Compromised email.

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Security Through Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Phishing and the Internet Boom: With the rise of the internet, phishing became a prevalent social engineering tactic. Attackers utilized emails to deceive individuals into revealing sensitive information. As technology advanced, phishing techniques evolved to include more sophisticated email designs and persuasive content.

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Identity IQ

AUGUST 21, 2023

What is Clone Phishing and How Do I Avoid It? One of the most devious tricks that they use is called clone phishing. In this blog post, we dive into the world of clone phishing, shedding light on what it is, the potential risks it poses, and most importantly, how to protect yourself from falling victim to it.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

Neculiti registered multiple online accounts under the email address dfyz_bk@bk.ru. Cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 shows this email address is tied to the username “ dfyz ” on more than a half-dozen Russian language cybercrime forums since 2008. The user dfyz on Searchengines[.]ru PEACE HOSTING?

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Fraudsters redirected email and web traffic destined for several cryptocurrency trading platforms over the past week. In March, a voice phishing scam targeting GoDaddy support employees allowed attackers to assume control over at least a half-dozen domain names, including transaction brokering site escrow.com. Nothing was stolen.”

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 9, 2022

This blog is a follow-up to our recent publication which described the details of a large-scale phishing campaign targeting enterprise users of Microsoft email services. As we have already covered the technical details of AiTM techniques in our previous blog, we won't describe them again here. Key Points.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 23, 2023

Abnormal Security recently observed an attempted vendor email compromise (VEC) attack that sought to steal $36 million from the target. Abnormal's CISO, Mike Britton, wrote about the incident in a March 22nd blog post. " Therefore, a trained user should have been able to identify it as malicious. cam] instead of [.com]

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2023

Email-based threats have become increasingly sophisticated, how is changing the Email Security Landscape? For over a decade, email has been a common source of cybersecurity threats. During that time, email-based threats have become increasingly sophisticated. It’s a trend that’s growing. QR code spoofing.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Many organizations train employees to spot phishing emails, but few raise awareness of vishing phone scams. Most people are familiar with the term phishing, but not everyone knows about vishing. It is a type of fraudulent activity that falls under the general phishing category and aims to achieve the same objectives.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2023

Attackers could have used the information about the website’s structure to identify the technologies employed in its development and streamline a lengthy list of techniques to potentially compromise the website. Car industry fails to prevent data leaks Volvo is not the only car brand that has recently exposed itself and its customers.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 20, 2022

Download your free copy of the 2022 ThreatLabz Phishing Report, and check out our infographic. For decades, phishing has been a complex and time-consuming challenge for every security team. Avoiding the latest breed of phishing attacks requires heightened awareness from users, additional context, and a zero trust approach.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Employees are the first line of defense against cybercrime and should understand how to recognize phishing emails and what to do if they suspect them. One of the best ways to increase employee security awareness is to provide frequent training and communication about the risks of phishing and other cyberattacks.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Researchers reported Tuesday that they found two email phishing attacks targeting at least 10,000 mailboxes at FedEx and DHL Express that look to extract a user’s work email account. The email titles, sender names, and content did enough to mask their true intention and make victims think the emails were from FedEx and DHL.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Threat hunters say they’ve seen a concerted rise in the use of a phishing tactic designed to bypass traditional email defenses by subtly changing the prefixes (a.k.a. Threat hunters say they’ve seen a concerted rise in the use of a phishing tactic designed to bypass traditional email defenses by subtly changing the prefixes (a.k.a.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 25, 2022

Morphisec, through its breach prevention with Moving Target Defense technology, has identified a new, sophisticated campaign delivery which has been successfully evading the radar of many security vendors. This blog post explains the campaign delivery vector in detail. Morphisec backtraced the campaign to September 12, 2021.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2021

Researchers from threat intelligence firm Group-IB helps Dutch police identify members of phishing developer gang known as Fraud Family. A typical attack, analyzed by Group-IB researchers, started with an email, SMS, or WhatsApp message impersonating a real financial organization.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 30, 2024

From personally identifiable information to federal grants and loans, students and schools are a regular target for attackers. One threat pattern Duo has seen targeting higher education within the last year includes a mixture of MFA-targeted attacks including passcode phishing and MFA fatigue.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2022

Threat intelligence firm Resecurity details how crooks are delivering IRS tax scams and phishing attacks posing as government vendors. The identified phishing e-mail warned the victims about overdue payments to the IRS, which should then be paid via PayPal, the e-mail contained an HTML attachment imitating an electronic invoice.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2023

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is warning of targeted phishing attacks conducted by threat actors based in Russia and Iran. The UK agency reported ongoing spear-phishing campaigns carried out by Russia-based group SEABORGIUM and Iran-based group TA453 to gather intelligence on the victims. T1589 ; T1593 ].”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2022

Ukraine CERT-UA spotted a spear-phishing campaign conducted by Russia-linked Armageddon APT targeting local state organizations. The phishing messages have been sent from “vadim_melnik88@i[.]ua,” The script calculates a unique identifier of the computer based on its. To nominate, please visit:? Pierluigi Paganini.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 12, 2021

This post has been brewing for a while, but the catalyst finally came after someone (I'll refer to him as Jimmy) recently emailed me regarding the LOQBOX data breach from 2020. I have to be aware that phishing scams may be used against me. Like if Jimmy wasn't in a data breach he wouldn't need to worry about phishing?

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Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Be cautious of websites that promise extravagant discounts, as they may be phishing scams or counterfeit sites. Avoid Grinchy Phishing Scams Phishing scams are the Grinches of the online shopping world. How can I identify phishing emails and websites? Credit cards often provide buyer’s insurance.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Here’s the story of a cybercrime group that compromises up to 100,000 email inboxes per day, and apparently does little else with this access except siphon gift card and customer loyalty program data that can be resold online. How do the compromised email credentials break down in terms of ISPs and email providers?

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The topic of AI making the CIO role defunct is covered in this Diginomica blog : "It is hardly surprising that AI has caused the CIO issue to raise its head again, for AI is going to be at least as widespread, and as deeply penetrating into the heart of every business as digitalization," the author writes.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2022

“Over the past week, TAG identified additional compromises impacting multiple Russian defense contractors and manufacturers and a Russian logistics company.” The experts also monitored spear-phishing attacks conducted by Russia-linked Turla APT aimed at defense and cybersecurity organizations in the Baltics.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 28, 2022

Phishing attacks have steadily been on the rise, and according to Proofpoint's 2021 State of the Phish Report , over half of all participants reported receiving a successful phishing attack in 2020. Criminals use departmental reputation to trick users into trusting phishing lures.

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Webroot

APRIL 3, 2024

This encompasses everything from protecting your passwords to being vigilant against phishing scams and online fraud. Learn to spot fake emails and websites Fake emails like phishing scams are a common tactic used by cybercriminals to trick unsuspecting individuals into divulging sensitive information.

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