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Phishing

Learn about current phishing techniques, notable campaigns and attacks, what to watch out for 'in the wild', and more.

[dot]US Domain Exploited for Phishing

The Interisle Consulting Group has published a paper looking at the phishing landscape in 2023, KrebsOnSecurity reports. Notably, Interisle found that the .us top-level domain is being ...

New Telekopye Phishing Toolkit Uses Telegram-Based Bots To Turn Novice Scammers into Experts

The Telekopye toolkit allows scammers to create phishing websites, send fraudulent SMS messages and emails, and target popular Russian and non-Russian online marketplaces.

Brand Impersonation Hits a New High with as Many as 73 Lookalike Domains Per Brand

The use of lookalike domains has reached critical mass with not just one counterfeit website, but many.

CISA Says to Exercise Caution For Disaster-Related Malicious Scams

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned that scammers are exploiting the recent hurricanes that have hit the US. Criminals frequently impersonate ...

How Secure Is Your Authentication Method?

I frequently write about authentication, including PKI, multi-factor authentication (MFA), password managers, FIDO, Open Authentication, and biometrics. I have written dozens of articles ...

Nearly One-Quarter of Financial-Themed Spam Emails are Phishing Attacks

While spam tends to be dismissed as being more of an annoyance, new research shows that there is a very real and ever-present threat in emails that are marked as “spam”.

New Adversary in the Middle Platform Circumvents MFA Protections “At Scale”

As Phishing as a Service (PhaaS) kits continue to evolve, news like recent attacks using the Greatness toolkit demonstrate how easy it is for novice attackers to access accounts despite ...

Labor Day Alert: Mobile Phishing Attacks on the Rise for Remote Employees

A recent survey by Lookout, Inc. warns for a specific attack vector as Labor Day approaches. The study shows that 85% of enterprise employees capable of remote work plan to do so on ...

Customers of Cryptocurrency FTX are Target of  Phishing Emails

Customers of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX are already receiving phishing emails following a breach of personal data held by several crypto companies, CoinDesk reports.

Open Redirect Flaws: The Newest Phishing Trick

No surprise: phishing attacks are on the rise, and an old technique is now--again--getting increasingly popular: open redirect flaws. These flaws allow attackers to redirect victims to ...