Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2019

Many companies are now outsourcing their marketing efforts to cloud-based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) providers. But when accounts at those CRM providers get hacked or phished, the results can be damaging for both the client’s brand and their customers.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2023

Related: The need for timely training At RSA Conference 2023 , I learned all about a new category of email security — referred to as integrated cloud email security ( ICES ) – that is helping companies more effectively keep email threats in check. These filters look for known bad attachments and links.

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KnowBe4

JANUARY 15, 2024

Regardless of whether your environment remains on-premise, resides in the cloud, or is a hybrid configuration, new data makes it clear that your biggest risk is phishing attacks.

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KnowBe4

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

a data-centric cloud security company, is warning employees and businesses that phishing attacks are expected to more than double this week , based on historical data. Another day, another warning about holiday scams! Lookout Inc.,

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 11, 2024

All Organizations That Use X Should Review Their Two-Factor Authentication Settings Google Cloud's Mandiant says its account at X, formerly Twitter, was hijacked and used to link to cryptocurrency phishing pages after an attacker guessed the account password, apparently after Twitter last year deactivated the account's SMS-based two-factor authentication, (..)

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2023

Cloud account takeover scheme utilizing EvilProxy hit over 100 top-level executives of global organizations EvilProxy was observed sending 120,000 phishing emails to over a hundred organizations to steal Microsoft 365 accounts. Proofpoint noticed a worrisome surge of successful cloud account compromises in the past five months.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 7, 2020

Late last year saw the re-emergence of a nasty phishing tactic that allows the attacker to gain full access to a user’s data stored in the cloud without actually stealing the account password. The phishing lure starts with a link that leads to the real login page for a cloud email and/or file storage service.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

QR code phishing attacks started landing in inboxes around the world about six months ago. Best practices So how do you defend your enterprise against QR code phishing attacks? In June, we started seeing these types of attacks amongst our customer base.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 10, 2023

Phishing Kit Primarily Used in Attacks Against Employees of Fortune 500 Companies Threat actors are taking control of cloud-based Microsoft 365 accounts of C-suite executives using a multi-factor authentication phishing tool.

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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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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 11, 2023

Phishing Kit Primarily Used in Attacks Against Employees of Fortune 500 Companies Threat actors are taking control of cloud-based Microsoft 365 accounts of C-suite executives using a multi-factor authentication phishing tool.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2020

Cybercriminals are increasingly leveraging public cloud services such as Google Cloud Services in phishing campaigns against Office 365 users. Cybercriminals are increasingly abusing cloud services, such as Google Cloud Services, to arrange phishing campaign aimed at stealing Office 365 logins.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Cloud storage is a cloud computing model that allows data storage on remote servers operated by a service provider, accessible via internet connections. Local storage prioritizes direct access, potential cost savings, and reduced reliance on the internet, yet lacks the scalability and security of the cloud.

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IT Governance

JUNE 8, 2023

Phishing is one of the most common and dangerous forms of cyber crime. Despite an array of technological solutions designed to counter phishing attacks – from antimalware software to password protections – the main weapon in anyone’s arsenal should be knowledge and awareness. How common are phishing attacks?

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Welcome to our November 2023 catches of the month feature, which examines recent phishing scams and the tactics criminals use to trick people into compromising their data. You can find everything you might want to know about phishing on our website. You can find everything you might want to know about phishing on our website.

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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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Dark Reading

MARCH 7, 2023

Attackers use phishing emails that appear to come from reputable organizations, dropping the payload using public cloud servers and an old Windows UAC bypass technique.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 18, 2024

QR Code Scams: What You Need to Know About This Phishing Tactic madhav Tue, 03/19/2024 - 06:10 In a world where individuals and organizations alike are increasingly dependent on digital processes, cybercriminals are constantly looking for and developing new ways to exploit technology to take advantage of their targets.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

In a sequence that suggests cloud services may be more vulnerable than many think, Proofpoint researchers have demonstrated how hackers could take over Microsoft 365 accounts to ransom files stored on SharePoint and OneDrive. The term “cloud” is a marketing slogan that ultimately just describes a means of delivering IT like any other.

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KnowBe4

MAY 9, 2023

The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), a distributed file-sharing system that represents an alternative to the more familiar location-based hypermedia server protocols (like HTTPS), is seeing more use in file-storage, web-hosting, and cloud services. As might be expected, more use is accompanied by more abuse via phishing attacks.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Cloud services are an integral part of modern business. In this blog, we look at the top five Cloud security challenges that organisations face, and provide tips on how to overcome them. In this blog, we look at the top five Cloud security challenges that organisations face, and provide tips on how to overcome them.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Public cloud security refers to protections put in place to secure data and resources in cloud environments shared by multiple users or organizations. Major cloud service providers have generally had good security , so cloud users can be pretty confident in the security of their data and applications if they get their part right.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Cloud workload protection (CWP) is the process of monitoring and securing cloud workloads from threats, vulnerabilities, and unwanted access, and is typically accomplished via Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP). What Are the Challenges of Cloud Workload Protection?

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2023

Experts warn of phishing attacks that are combining the use of compromised Microsoft 365 accounts and.rpmsg encrypted emails. Trustwave researchers have observed threat actors using encrypted RPMSG attachments sent via compromised Microsoft 365 accounts in a phishing campaign aimed at stealing Microsoft credentials.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 9, 2019

A ransomware outbreak that hit QuickBooks cloud hosting firm iNSYNQ in mid-July appears to have started with an email phishing attack that snared an employee working in sales for the company, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. A portion of the ransom note left behind by the latest version of MegaCortex. Image: Accenture iDefense.

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Threatpost

JUNE 15, 2021

Varied cloud infrastructure was used to phish email credentials, monitor for and forward finance-related messages and automate operations.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Microsoft is tracking an ongoing Office 365 phishing campaign aimed at enterprises that is able to detect sandbox solutions and evade detection. Microsoft is tracking an ongoing Office 365 phishing campaign that is targeting enterprises, the attacks are able to detect sandbox solutions and evade detection. Pierluigi Paganini.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 11, 2023

Welcome to our January 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. A new phishing campaign has been discovered that imitates Flipper Zero, a cyber security tool used by penetration testers and white-hat hackers.

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KnowBe4

MAY 28, 2024

If you want to sell cloud-based software to the U.S. Government, you need to be FedRAMP authorized. This is what they state in their Program Overview:

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Welcome to our February 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over their personal information. Facebook Messenger users are being warned about a phishing campaign in which fraudsters impersonate your friends and hijack your account.

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IT Governance

MARCH 7, 2023

Welcome to our March 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. In its place, he recommends Cloud-based machine learning engines to help employees spot phishing emails in real time.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Cloud Company Says User Accounts Were Not Breached, Just GitHub Code Repositories DropBox is the latest company to have employees fall for phishing emails tricking them into supplying login credentials and a one time password to threat actors. Hackers got away with copies of 130 code repositories.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2020

Crooks are using a fake Cisco “critical security advisory” in a new phishing campaign aimed at stealing victims’ Webex credentials. The Cofense’s phishing defense center has uncovered an ongoing phishing campaign that uses a Cisco security advisory related to a critical vulnerability as a lure.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 28, 2019

says it will soon force all Cloud Solution Providers (CSPs) that help companies manage their Office365 accounts to use multi-factor authentication. The move comes amid a noticeable uptick in phishing and malware attacks targeting CSP employees and contractors. the world’s sixth-largest CSP.

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Dark Reading

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Microsoft added certificate-based authentication (CBA) to the Azure Active Directory to help organizations enable phishing-resistant MFA that complies with US federal requirements. The change paves the way for enterprises to migrate their Active Directory implementations to the cloud.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 16, 2021

A phishing campaign that Microsoft security researchers have been tracking for about a year highlights not only the ongoing success of social engineering efforts by hackers to compromise systems, but also the extent to which the bad actors will go to cover their tracks while stealing user credentials. Whitelisting vs. Blacklisting.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Researchers: Hacking Group Used Cloud Infrastructure for Phishing Attacks Microsoft removed 18 apps from its Azure cloud platform that were being used by hackers as part of their command-and-control infrastructure, according to company researchers.

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