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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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Karma Catches Up to Global Phishing Service 16Shop

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You’ve probably never heard of “ 16Shop ,” but there’s a good chance someone using it has tried to phish you. A 16Shop phishing page spoofing Apple and targeting Japanese users. 16Shop documentation instructing operators on how to deploy the kit. Image: Akamai.com. Image: Akamai. Image: ZeroFox.

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Arrest, Raids Tied to ‘U-Admin’ Phishing Kit

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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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‘Land Lordz’ Service Powers Airbnb Scams

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site that helps him manage more than 500 scam properties and interactions with up to 100 (soon-to-be-scammed) “guests” looking to book the fake listings. The Land Lordz administrative panel for a scammer who’s running dozens of Airbnb scams in the United Kingdom. The price is € 250 + €500 secure deposit.

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How Phishers Are Slinking Their Links Into LinkedIn

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This search via Urlscan reveals dozens of recent phishing attacks that have leveraged the Slinks feature. 31 that uses Linkedin.com links to redirect anyone who clicks to a site that spoofs Adobe , and then prompts users to log in to their Microsoft email account to view a shared document. Here’s one example from Jan.

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Calendar Meeting Links Used to Spread Mac Malware

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In a post to its Twitter/X account last month, Signum Capital warned that a fake profile pretending to be their employee Mr. Lee was trying to scam people on Telegram. If you’re approached in a similar scheme, the response from the would-be victim documented in the SlowMist blog post is probably the best. ” Image: SlowMist.

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GoDaddy Employees Used in Attacks on Multiple Cryptocurrency Services

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The attacks were facilitated by scams targeting employees at GoDaddy , the world’s largest domain name registrar, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. In due course, the malicious actor was able to partially compromise our infrastructure, and gain access to document storage.” ” In the early morning hours of Nov. PST on Nov.