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Phishing

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

Latest Netflix-Impersonated Phishing Attacks Surge in Frequency by 78% Since October

Using a mix of invisible and lookalike characters, this phishing attack attempts to get past security scanners by obfuscating both email content and domain names.

It’s Official: COVID-related Phishing is Dead as Scammers Return to Impersonating Famous Brands

New analysis of spam and malicious emails show the all but nonexistence of COVID-esque impersonation of government and pharm entities in lieu of international brands.

Spoofing-as-a-Service Site Taken Down

Law enforcement authorities across Europe, Australia, the United States, Ukraine, and Canada have taken down a popular website used by cybercriminals to impersonate major corporations in ...

WhatsApp data breach sees nearly 500 million user records up for sale

Craig Hale at Techradar reported: "A post on a “well-known hacking community forum” claims almost half a billion WhatsApp records have been breached and are up for sale.

A Recent, Complex, Ransomware Campaign

Microsoft has observed a threat actor that’s been running a phishing campaign since August 2022. The threat actor, which Microsoft tracks as “DEV-0569,” is using phishing emails to ...

New Instagram Support Phishing Attack Fakes “Unusual Logon” Experience Well Enough to Fool Victims

Long gone are the days of tacky landing pages that barely impersonate a brand; threat actors are improving their social engineering game well enough to make anyone believe it’s the real ...

Image-Based Phishing and Phone Scams Continue to Get Past Security Scanners

Using the simplest tactic of not including a single piece of content that can be considered malicious, these types of scams are making their way to inboxes every single time.

World Cup Phishing Attacks Doubled And Will Increase

Researchers at Trellix revealed that phishing email attacks targeting users in the Middle East doubled in October 2022 ahead of the World Cup in Qatar, as reported by The Record. The end ...

4 out of 10 Emails are Unwanted as nearly 40% of all Attacks Start with Phishing

New data focused on emails sent through Microsoft 365 highlights the methods used to ensure a successful attack beginning with a malicious email.

10 Million Health Records from Australian Insurer Medibank are Leaked After Refusing to Pay the Ransom

The aftermath of a ransomware attack last month demonstrates just how bad an attack can get when the cybercriminals don’t get what they want.