Analysis Shows 2023 to be “Worst Year for Phishing on Record”
KnowBe4
MAY 2, 2024
Newly-released data highlights our worst fears about the prevalence of phishing, and some glimmer of hope that the good guys may be winning the fight.
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KnowBe4
MAY 2, 2024
Newly-released data highlights our worst fears about the prevalence of phishing, and some glimmer of hope that the good guys may be winning the fight.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 4, 2021
Ransomware, Phishing Incidents, Vendor Hacks Prevail Hacking incidents, including ransomware and phishing attacks, as well as security incidents involving vendors dominated the federal tally of major health data breaches in 2020.
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KnowBe4
JANUARY 15, 2024
It’s no longer theoretical; phishing attacks and email scams are leveraging AI-generated content based on testing with anti-AI content solutions.
KnowBe4
MARCH 19, 2024
Despite seeing a wide range of cyberattacks, new analysis shows that the combination of phishing, email, remote access, and compromised accounts are the.
KnowBe4
MARCH 1, 2024
Analysis of the second half of 2023 shows attackers are getting more aggressive with email-based phishing attacks in both frequency and execution.
KnowBe4
MARCH 19, 2024
Analysis of attacks on banking institutions in Canada can be almost perfectly tied to the use and availability of phishing -as-a-service platforms, indicating increased use by threat actors according to new research by Fortra.
KnowBe4
MARCH 6, 2024
New analysis of DNS queries shows material growth in phishing , malware and botnets and offers insight into how many threats the average person experiences.
KnowBe4
JANUARY 22, 2024
The Russian state-sponsored threat actor “COLDRIVER” is launching phishing campaigns against “high profile individuals in NGOs, former intelligence and military officers, and NATO governments,” according to researchers at Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG).
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.
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. Just to name a few.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Analyzing the Email Security Landscape and exploring Emerging Threats and Trends. VIPRE Security Group’s latest report, “Email Security in 2024: An Expert Insight into Email Threats,” delves into the cutting-edge tactics and technologies embraced by cybercriminals this year. million as malicious.
KnowBe4
OCTOBER 19, 2023
October 18, 2023, the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) released a joint guide, Phishing Guidance: Stopping the Attack Cycle at Phase One.
The Last Watchdog
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
QR code phishing attacks started landing in inboxes around the world about six months ago. Scans slip through These attacks are so successful because many traditional email security tools focus only on text-scanning, allowing image-based attacks to slip through. This is a true reflection of the attack landscape.
eSecurity Planet
AUGUST 23, 2023
Spear phishing is a more targeted and effective phishing technique that attempts to exploit specific individuals or groups within an organization. While phishing uses a broader range of tactics, such as mass emailing to random recipients, spear phishing is often well-researched and tailored to high-value targets.
The Last Watchdog
APRIL 2, 2024
It’s a digital swindle as old as the internet itself, and yet, as the data tells us, the vast majority of security incidents are still rooted in the low-tech art of social engineering. Related: AI makes scam email look real Fresh evidence comes from Mimecast’s “The State of Email and Collaboration Security” 2024 report.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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 phishing email, marked by Google as safe, was delivered to more than 16,000 users’ addresses. Pierluigi Paganini.
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.
Schneier on Security
AUGUST 13, 2021
The problem with spear phishing it that it takes time and creativity to create individualized enticing phishing emails. Machine learning focused on personality analysis aims to be predict a person’s proclivities and mentality based on behavioral inputs. It’s just a matter of time before this is really effective.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 12, 2021
Cofense researchers discovered a new phishing campaign using QR codes targeting German e-banking users in the last weeks. Threat actors continue to use multiple techniques to avoid detection and trick recipients into opening phishing messages, including the use of QR codes. “The phish sites are fairly similar.
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.
Data Breach Today
JULY 21, 2022
Cyberecurity Firm Mandiant Analyzes Phishing Campaigns with ties to Belarus and Russia U.S. Cyber Command and Security Service of Ukraine revealed malware indicators recently detected in Ukraine, which is resisting invasion by Russia. military, published a detailed analysis of phishing campaigns with links to Belarus and Russia.
IT Governance
APRIL 11, 2023
Welcome to our April 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. YouTube warns of monetisation scam Content creators on YouTube are being warned about a phishing campaign regarding an apparent “new monetisation policy”.
Security Affairs
MAY 30, 2023
“file archiver in the browser” is a new phishing technique that can be exploited by phishers when victims visit a.ZIP domain. A new phishing technique called “file archiver in the browser” can be used by phishers to “emulate” a file archiver software in a web browser when a victim visits a.ZIP domain.
KnowBe4
AUGUST 8, 2023
As a security awareness practitioner, keeping your pulse on industry - and geographical - benchmarking data and best practices is always a good way to measure your organization’s security awareness success.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 13, 2022
Cybersecurity researchers Zoziel Pinto Freire analyzed the use of weaponized PDFs in phishing attacks. Every day everybody receives many phishing attacks with malicious docs or PDFs. I did a static analysis and I went straight to the point to make this reading simple and fast. SecurityAffairs – hacking, phishing).
eSecurity Planet
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
ChatGPT has raised alarm among cybersecurity researchers for its unnerving ability in composing everything from sophisticated malware to phishing lures – but it’s important to keep in mind that the tool can help support cybersecurity defenses as well. ChatGPT Security Tools Coming? “It will be fun, engaging, and memorable.”
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Security researchers uncovered a large phishing campaign targeting multiple government departments in APAC and EMEA countries. . Researchers from cybersecurity firm Cyjax uncovered a large phishing campaign targeting multiple government departments in APAC and EMEA countries. . ” concludes the analysis.
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. ” reads the analysis published by Avanan. The emails are sent out from Google infrastructure, for this reason, security solutions do not label them as malicious.
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.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 9, 2020
Researchers detailed a new evasive phishing technique that leverages modified favicons to inject e-skimmers and steal payment card data covertly. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes have analyzed a new evasive phishing technique used by attackers in the wild in Magecart attacks. ” continues the analysis.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
A phishing campaign targets Ukrainian military entities using drone manuals as lures to deliver the post-exploitation toolkit Merlin. Securonix researchers recently uncovered a phishing campaign using a Pilot-in-Command (PIC) Drone manual document as a lure to deliver a toolkit dubbed Merlin.
KnowBe4
MARCH 27, 2024
Analysis of a new initial access malware attack shows how simple these attacks can be while also proving that malware can reside on legitimate repositories.
Security Affairs
JULY 9, 2021
Threat actors have devised a new trick to disable macro security warning that leverage non-malicious docs in phishing attacks. Most of the phishing attacks leverage weaponized Microsoft Office documents and social engineering techniques to trick recipients into enabling the macros. ” read the analysis published by McAfee.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 24, 2020
Experts warn of a phishing campaign that already targeted up to 50,000 Office 365 users with a fake automated message from Microsoft Teams. Secruity researchers reported that up to 50,000 Office 365 users have been targeted by a phishing campaign that pretends to be automated message from Microsoft Teams. ” concludes the report.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Threat actors are increasingly using the HTML smuggling technique in phishing campaigns, Microsoft researchers warn. Microsoft experts warn that threat actors are increasingly using the HTML smuggling technique in phishing campaigns to stealthily deliver threats. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) July 23, 2021.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 28, 2022
The Python Package Index (PyPI) warns of an ongoing phishing campaign to steal developer credentials and distribute malicious updates. The Python Package Index, PyPI, this week warned of an ongoing phishing campaign that aims to steal developer credentials and inject malicious updates to the packages in the repository.
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.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 8, 2022
LogoKit – Threat actors leveraging Open Redirect Vulnerabilities popular in online services and apps to bypass spam filters in phishing campaigns. Using highly trusted service domains like Snapchat and other online-services, they create special URLs which lead to malicious resources with phishing kits. Resecurity, Inc.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
Cybercriminals devised a new phishing technique that leverages the Morse code to hide malicious URLs and bypass defense. Experts spotted a new targeted phishing campaign that leverages a new obfuscation technique based on the Morse code to hide malicious URLs in an email attachment and bypass secure mail gateways and mail filters.
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