Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2024

An international law enforcement operation led to the disruption of the prominent phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost. An international law enforcement operation, codenamed Nebulae and coordinated by Europol, led to the disruption of LabHost, which is one of the world’s largest phishing-as-a-service platforms.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2024

Adaptive phishing campaigns are emerging as an increasingly sophisticated threat in the cybersecurity landscape. The phenomenon This phenomenon represents an evolution of traditional phishing tactics, as attackers seek to overcome defenses using more personalized and targeted approaches.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2021

Bad ops of operators of a phishing campaign exposed credentials stolen in attacks and made them publicly available through Google queries. . Check Point Research along with experts from cybersecurity firm Otorio shared details on their investigation into a large-scale phishing campaign that targeted thousands of global organizations.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This post analyzed the numerous phishing campaigns targeting users and organizations in Italy. Phishing is a ploy to trick users into revealing personal or financial information through an e-mail, Web site, and even through instant messaging. Phishing can also be used as a precursor attack to drop malware.

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Identity IQ

MAY 15, 2021

Passwords are your first line of defense for protecting your digital identity. As important as they are, however, about 52 percent of people still use the same passwords across multiple accounts and 24 percent use a variation of common passwords that are easy to hack. Password Spraying. Phishing: Highly Risky.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

A spear-phishing attack this week hooked a customer service employee at GoDaddy.com , the world’s largest domain name registrar, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. 49 (that domain is hobbled here because it is currently flagged as hosting a phishing site). It was starting to look like someone had gotten phished.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

QakBot is most commonly delivered via email phishing lures disguised as something legitimate and time-sensitive, such as invoices or work orders. Qbot and Pinkslipbot ) has morphed into an advanced malware strain now used by multiple cybercriminal groups to prepare newly compromised networks for ransomware infestations.

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SecureList

APRIL 5, 2023

They have become adept at using Telegram both for automating their activities and for providing various services — from selling phishing kits to helping with setting up custom phishing campaigns — to all willing to pay. ” Links to the channels are spread via YouTube, GitHub and phishing kits they make.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

Sources close to the investigation tell KrebsOnSecurity the accused was a key member of a criminal hacking group blamed for a string of cyber intrusions at major U.S. Multiple security firms soon assigned the hacking group the nickname “ Scattered Spider.” 9, 2024, U.S. technology companies during the summer of 2022.

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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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Adam Levin

MARCH 23, 2020

As more employees are working remotely in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, businesses are being targeted by an increasing number of phishing campaigns. . Avoid sending sensitive information like tax forms, credit card numbers, bank account information, or passwords via email. They work best when they’re kept up to date.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 26, 2024

Several Apple customers recently reported being targeted in elaborate phishing attacks that involve what appears to be a bug in Apple’s password reset feature. “It was like this system notification from Apple to approve [a reset of the account password], but I couldn’t do anything else with my phone. .

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Phishing attacks are nothing new, but scammers are getting savvier with their tactics. Related: The threat of ‘business logic’ hacks. Other Iranian-based cyberattacks have included hackers targeting Albanian government systems and spear phishing scams. Spear phishing. Phishing via texting. Wire fraud.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2019

If you bank online and choose weak or re-used passwords, there’s a decent chance your account could be pilfered by cyberthieves — even if your bank offers multi-factor authentication as part of its login process. Crooks are constantly probing bank Web sites for customer accounts protected by weak or recycled passwords.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

[This is Part III in a series on research conducted for a recent Hulu documentary on the 2015 hack of marital infidelity website AshleyMadison.com.] com , a service that sold access to billions of passwords and other data exposed in countless data breaches. In 2019, a Canadian company called Defiant Tech Inc. Abusewith[.]us

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

They are well-disguised, hard to detect in regular use, and are a favorite hacking tool for cybercriminals who want to automate the theft of online funds for themselves. What are Android banking trojans? The introduction screen when opening “RecoverFiles” and the follow-on permissions it asks from users.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2023

Belcan is a government, defense, and aerospace contractor offering global design, software, manufacturing, supply chain, information technology, and digital engineering solutions. However, hashes can still be cracked, and other authentication data may be used in spear phishing attacks.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2021

Microsoft warns of a long-running spear-phishing campaign that has targeted Office 365 customers in multiple attacks since July 2020. Microsoft revealed that a year-long spear-phishing campaign has targeted Office 365 customers in multiple attacks starting with July 2020. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 25, 2021

The phishing messages use weaponized Word or Excel attachments to install the Dridex banking Trojan. “This letter is to inform you that you have been exposed to a coworker who tested positive for OMICRON variant of COVID-19 sometime between December 18th and 20th,” reads a phishing message shared by Bleeping Computer.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2021

It is not known how the account was accessed: the account had a good password, but did not have two-factor authentication enabled.” “The intruder was able to download a copy of the user list that contains email addresses, handles, and other statistical information about the users of the forum. ” states the advisory.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 16, 2024

million records to a hacker forum, claiming they originated from a March 2024 hack at Canadian retail chain Giant Tiger. The retailer first learned of the security incident on March 4, 2024, and concluded that customer information was involved by March 15, according to an email the company wrote to customers. Change your password.

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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 page was crafted to request the victims to enter their user ID and password. SecurityAffairs – hacking, American Express).

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Zigrin Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Cybercriminals can profit by stealing sensitive information and selling it on the dark web to other criminals. State-sponsored hacking is a growing concern, with governments using cyberattacks to gather intelligence, disrupt infrastructure, or compromise national security. The main point is money is a big motivation to steal data.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

Microsoft warns of large-scale phishing attacks orchestrated with an open-source adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing kit available in the cybercrime ecosystem Adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing kits are becoming an essential technology in the cybercrime ecosystem that is used by multiple threat actors to launch phishing attacks.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 8, 2019

Very often, those addresses are accompanied by other personal information such as passwords. No, and the passwords are the very first thing that starts to give it all away. The attack is simple but effective due to the prevalence of password reuse. Clearly a Spotify breach, right? Billions of them, in some cases.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2023

Microsoft researchers warn of banking adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) phishing and BEC attacks targeting banking and financial organizations. Microsoft discovered multi-stage adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attacks against banking and financial services organizations.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2022

The threat actors behind a large-scale adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing campaign now target Google G Suite users. The threat actors behind a large-scale adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing campaign targeting enterprise users of Microsoft email services were spotted targeting Google G Suite users.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Twitch, the American online streaming platform, was reportedly hacked by an anonymous hacker last month who now claims to leak over 100GB data online to disrupt the future business plans of the victimized company further. The post Twitch hacked, and 100GB data stolen appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2023

BleepingComputer, which first reported the news, confirmed that some fans’ personal information was stolen. The data breach did not compromise usernames, passwords, and other information.

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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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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

Through the first two months of 2023 alone, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Scamwatch reported more than 19,000 phishing reports with estimated financial losses of more than $5.2 What is phishing? This is part of what makes phishing attacks so dangerous.

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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

MAY 31, 2023

Real estate agencies handle sensitive data, including customers’ personally identifiable information, bank account details, and other data highly valued by cybercriminals. The file contained PostgreSQL and Redis databases credentials, including host, port, username, and password. Ensuring cybersecurity is vital.

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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. Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) is warning of new phishing attacks targeting Ukrainian citizens through compromised email accounts belonging to three different Indian entities.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2021

Researchers from RiskIQ have discovered a new phishing kit dubbed LogoKit that dynamically compose phishing content. Researchers from RiskIQ discovered a new phishing kit that outstands for its ability to dynamically create phishing messages to target specific users. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Phishing).

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Phish or Be Phished. Email phishing attacks are becoming more challenging to spot. Why did the email provider’s email anti-spam and anti-phish protection layer not quarantine the message? Even with a generic greeting, you would think an AL-powered anti-phishing protection engine would have blocked the message.

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