Tag: email
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5 Reasons Why Attackers Are Phishing Over LinkedIn
Phishing attacks are no longer confined to the email inbox, with 1 in 3 phishing attacks now taking place over non-email channels like social media, search engines, and messaging apps.LinkedIn in particular has become a hotbed for phishing attacks, and for good reason. Attackers are running sophisticated spear-phishing attacks against company executives, with recent campaigns…
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North Korea’s ‘Job Test’ trap upgrades to JSON malware dropboxes
Developers remain a high-value target: Researchers highlighted that the campaign specifically targets developers involved in crypto and Web3 projects, using realistic-sounding personas and demo applications (real estate, DeFi, game forks) to lower suspicion. The state-linked actors’ shift from direct payload hosting to abusing legitimate JSON storage services suggests that even benign developer-centric platforms are now…
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North Korea’s ‘Job Test’ trap upgrades to JSON malware dropboxes
Developers remain a high-value target: Researchers highlighted that the campaign specifically targets developers involved in crypto and Web3 projects, using realistic-sounding personas and demo applications (real estate, DeFi, game forks) to lower suspicion. The state-linked actors’ shift from direct payload hosting to abusing legitimate JSON storage services suggests that even benign developer-centric platforms are now…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 550 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Multiple Vulnerabilities in GoSign Desktop lead to Remote Code Execution U.S. CISA adds Fortinet FortiWebflaw to…
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EasyDMARC Integrates with Splunk
Originally published at EasyDMARC Integrates with Splunk by EasyDMARC. Streamline security monitoring. Centralize email threat data. EasyDMARC … First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/easydmarc-integrates-with-splunk/
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Cybercriminals Use Fake Invoices to Deploy XWorm and Steal Login Credentials
Cybercriminals are deploying sophisticated phishing campaigns that weaponize seemingly legitimate invoice emails to distribute Backdoor.XWorm is a dangerous remote-access trojan (RAT) capable of stealing sensitive credentials, recording keystrokes, and installing ransomware. Security researchers have uncovered an active malware distribution operation using Visual Basic Script attachments disguised as routine business correspondence, representing a dangerous evolution of social…
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Cybercriminals Use Fake Invoices to Deploy XWorm and Steal Login Credentials
Cybercriminals are deploying sophisticated phishing campaigns that weaponize seemingly legitimate invoice emails to distribute Backdoor.XWorm is a dangerous remote-access trojan (RAT) capable of stealing sensitive credentials, recording keystrokes, and installing ransomware. Security researchers have uncovered an active malware distribution operation using Visual Basic Script attachments disguised as routine business correspondence, representing a dangerous evolution of social…
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Cybercriminals Use Fake Invoices to Deploy XWorm and Steal Login Credentials
Cybercriminals are deploying sophisticated phishing campaigns that weaponize seemingly legitimate invoice emails to distribute Backdoor.XWorm is a dangerous remote-access trojan (RAT) capable of stealing sensitive credentials, recording keystrokes, and installing ransomware. Security researchers have uncovered an active malware distribution operation using Visual Basic Script attachments disguised as routine business correspondence, representing a dangerous evolution of social…
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EasyDMARC Integrates with Splunk
Originally published at EasyDMARC Integrates with Splunk by EasyDMARC. Streamline security monitoring. Centralize email threat data. EasyDMARC … First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/easydmarc-integrates-with-splunk/
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Fake spam filter alerts are hitting inboxes
A new phishing campaign is attempting to trick users into believing they’ve missed important emails, security researchers are warning. The emails The bogus email alerts look … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/13/phishing-spam-filter-alert/
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Fake spam filter alerts are hitting inboxes
A new phishing campaign is attempting to trick users into believing they’ve missed important emails, security researchers are warning. The emails The bogus email alerts look … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/13/phishing-spam-filter-alert/
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Phishing Emails Alert: How Spam Filters Can Steal Your Email Logins in an Instant
Cybercriminals have launched a sophisticated phishing campaign that exploits trust in internal security systems by spoofing email delivery notifications to appear as legitimate spam-filter alerts within organizations. These deceptive emails are designed to steal login credentials that could compromise email accounts, cloud storage, and other sensitive systems. “‹ The attack begins with an email claiming…
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DNS DDoS Attacks Explained And Why Cloud DNS Is The Solution
Every time you load a webpage, send an email, or stream a video, the Domain Name System (DNS) silently performs its critical duty, translating easy-to-read names into complex numerical IP addresses. This fundamental function makes it the Achilles’ heel of the modern internet. As an essential service that all users and applications must rely on,……
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ThreatsDay Bulletin: Cisco 0-Days, AI Bug Bounties, Crypto Heists, State-Linked Leaks and 20 More Stories
Behind every click, there’s a risk waiting to be tested. A simple ad, email, or link can now hide something dangerous. Hackers are getting smarter, using new tools to sneak past filters and turn trusted systems against us.But security teams are fighting back. They’re building faster defenses, better ways to spot attacks, and stronger systems…
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Google asks US court to shut down Lighthouse phishing-as-a-service operation
Tags: control, crime, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, email, google, government, incident response, law, malicious, network, phishing, risk, sans, scam, service, smishing, technology, threatWill have ‘minimal impact’: Ed Dubrovsky, chief operating officer of incident response firm Cypher, is skeptical of the effectiveness of court action. Phishing-as-a-service operations don’t have to be on American soil, he explained, so court orders and legislation will likely have minimal impact on smishing or phishing attacks.”However,” he added, “I can understand that even…
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Prompt Injection in AI Browsers
This is why AIs are not ready to be personal assistants: A new attack called ‘CometJacking’ exploits URL parameters to pass to Perplexity’s Comet AI browser hidden instructions that allow access to sensitive data from connected services, like email and calendar. In a realistic scenario, no credentials or user interaction are required and a threat…
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Prompt Injection in AI Browsers
This is why AIs are not ready to be personal assistants: A new attack called ‘CometJacking’ exploits URL parameters to pass to Perplexity’s Comet AI browser hidden instructions that allow access to sensitive data from connected services, like email and calendar. In a realistic scenario, no credentials or user interaction are required and a threat…
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Prompt Injection in AI Browsers
This is why AIs are not ready to be personal assistants: A new attack called ‘CometJacking’ exploits URL parameters to pass to Perplexity’s Comet AI browser hidden instructions that allow access to sensitive data from connected services, like email and calendar. In a realistic scenario, no credentials or user interaction are required and a threat…
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Phishing Scam Uses Big-Name Brands to Steal Logins
A recent investigation by Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) has uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign exploiting globally recognized and regional brands to steal user credentials, marking an escalation in adversary tradecraft and reach. Unlike conventional phishing threats, this operation delivers meticulously crafted HTML attachments often camouflaged as procurement documents or invoices directly through email,…
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Phishing Scam Uses Big-Name Brands to Steal Logins
A recent investigation by Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) has uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign exploiting globally recognized and regional brands to steal user credentials, marking an escalation in adversary tradecraft and reach. Unlike conventional phishing threats, this operation delivers meticulously crafted HTML attachments often camouflaged as procurement documents or invoices directly through email,…