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“My Slice”, an Italian adaptive phishing campaign

Security Affairs

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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Law enforcement operation dismantled phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost

Security Affairs

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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Information Security News headlines trending on Google

CyberSecurity Insiders

Therefore, computer admins are being warned to be aware of phishing emails, malicious downloads, and be wary of other social engineering attacks. The post Information Security News headlines trending on Google appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Phishing, the campaigns that are targeting Italy

Security Affairs

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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Privacy Challenges in Relationships, Phishing Down but Vulnerabilities Up?

Security Boulevard

In episode 327 Tom, Scott, and Kevin discuss the findings from Mandiant’s M-Trends 2024 report, highlighting a significant rise in traditional vulnerability exploitation by attackers while observing a decline in phishing. Despite phishing’s decreased prevalence, it remains the second most popular method for gaining initial network access.

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Combatting Phishing with Enhanced Cybersecurity Awareness Programs

SecureWorld News

Phishing is all around us. Attackers use a variety of tricks to get their hands on personal data, payment information, and corporate secrets. These could be booklets, information sheets, lectures, training, mentoring, video courses, simulated phishing campaigns , etc.

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Police seized BulletProftLink phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform

Security Affairs

The Royal Malaysian Police announced the seizure of the notorious BulletProftLink phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform. The Royal Malaysian Police announced to have dismantled the notorious BulletProftLink phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform. The operation was first documented on OSINT Fans by Gabor Szathmari in October 2020.

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