Tag: phishing
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South Asian Ministries Hit by SideWinder APT Using Old Office Flaws and Custom Malware
High-level government institutions in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Pakistan have emerged as the target of a new campaign orchestrated by a threat actor known as SideWinder.”The attackers used spear phishing emails paired with geofenced payloads to ensure that only victims in specific countries received the malicious content,” Acronis researchers Santiago Pontiroli, Jozsef Gegeny, and Prakas…
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Skitnet malware: The new ransomware favorite
Tags: access, api, awareness, cybersecurity, data, detection, dns, encryption, malware, phishing, powershell, programming, ransomware, risk, rust, tool, trainingMalware employs advanced obfuscation: According to a Prodaft description, Skitnet uses Rust and Nim programming languages to execute a stealthy reverse shell over DNS, which is a method of covert C2 Communication using the DNS protocol instead of HTTP or other typical channels.Additionally, the malware leverages encryption, manual mapping, and dynamic API resolution to evade…
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Your Data, Your Responsibility: Securing Your Organization’s Future in the Cloud
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, best-practice, breach, business, cloud, compliance, control, cyberattack, data, data-breach, dora, encryption, finance, framework, gartner, GDPR, google, ibm, infrastructure, international, mfa, network, PCI, phishing, privacy, regulation, risk, saas, service, strategy, threatYour Data, Your Responsibility: Securing Your Organization’s Future in the Cloud madhav Tue, 05/20/2025 – 04:37 Cloud adoption has fundamentally changed the way businesses operate, offering scalability, agility, and cost efficiencies that were unimaginable just a decade ago. But with this shift comes a necessary conversation: the cloud can also introduce complex security risks without…
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Chinese Hackers Deploy MarsSnake Backdoor in Multi-Year Attack on Saudi Organization
Tags: attack, backdoor, china, data-breach, email, group, hacker, hacking, international, phishing, spear-phishing, tactics, threatThreat hunters have exposed the tactics of a China-aligned threat actor called UnsolicitedBooker that targeted an unnamed international organization in Saudi Arabia with a previously undocumented backdoor dubbed MarsSnake.ESET, which first discovered the hacking group’s intrusions targeting the entity in March 2023 and again a year later, said the activity leverages spear-phishing emails using First…
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W3LL Phishing Kit Launches Active Campaign to Steal Outlook Login Credentials
Cybersecurity researchers have recently uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign leveraging the notorious W3LL Phishing Kit. Originally identified by Group-IB in 2022, W3LL differentiates itself in the criminal ecosystem as a phishing-as-a-service (PaaS) tool, supported by a unique marketplace known as the W3LL Store. This marketplace allows threat actors to selectively purchase functionalities and components needed…
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Microsoft 365 Users Targeted by Tycoon2FA Linked Phishing Attack to Steal Credentials
A new wave of targeted phishing campaigns, linked to the Tycoon2FA group, has been identified specifically targeting Microsoft 365 users. Security researchers have observed that these campaigns are leveraging an innovative tactic: the use of malformed URLs containing backslash characters, such as https:\\, in order to bypass conventional email security filters and evade URL-based detection…
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‘Operation RoundPress’ Targets Ukraine in XSS Webmail Attacks
A cyber-espionage campaign is targeting Ukrainian government entities with a series of sophisticated spear-phishing attacks that exploit XSS vulnerabilities. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/operation-roundpress-ukraine-xss-webmail-attacks
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Fake clinics used in healthcare phishing scam
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/fake-clinics-used-in-healthcare-phishing-scam
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New Phishing Attack Poses as Zoom Meeting Invites to Steal Login Credentials
A newly identified phishing campaign is targeting unsuspecting users by masquerading as urgent Zoom meeting invitations from colleagues. This deceptive tactic leverages the familiarity and trust associated with workplace communications to lure victims into a trap designed to steal their login credentials. Cybersecurity researchers have flagged this attack for its realistic approach, which includes a…
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CTM360 maps out real-time phishing infrastructure targeting corporate banking worldwide
A phishing operation that targets corporate banking accounts across the globe has been analyzed in a new report by CTM360. The campaign uses fake Google ads, advanced … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/05/19/ctm360-cyberheist-phish-report/
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New ModiLoader Malware Campaign Targets Windows PCs, Harvesting User Credentials
AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) has recently uncovered a malicious campaign distributing ModiLoader (also known as DBatLoader) malware through phishing emails. These emails, crafted in Turkish and impersonating a Turkish bank, urge recipients to open a malicious attachment under the guise of checking their transaction history. Inside the compressed RAR file lies a BAT script…
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Passwortfreie Authentifizierung: So gelingt der Umstieg auf PKI
Tags: access, authentication, bug, cyberattack, Hardware, infrastructure, mail, mfa, nis-2, password, phishing, ransomware, service, vpnDie zertifikatsbasierte Authentifizierung mit PKI erfolgt via physischen Token statt Passwort.Die Bedrohungslage im Cyberraum verschärft sich stetig. Immer mehr Unternehmen sind mit Angriffen konfrontiert von Phishing-Kampagnen bis hin zu Ransomware-Attacken. Zudem verlangen Gesetzgeber mit Vorschriften wie NIS-2 ein hohes Maß an Sicherheit und Nachvollziehbarkeit der Authentifizierung. Herkömmliche Methoden wie Passwörter oder SMS-TANs sind den steigenden…
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Was ist Whaling?
Whaling, auch als Whale-Phishing oder CEO-Fraud bezeichnet, ist eine spezielle Form des Phishing, bei der gezielt hochrangige Führungskräfte oder andere wichtige Personen innerhalb eines Unternehmens attackiert werden. Ziel dieser Angriffe ist es, sensible Informationen, Unternehmensgelder oder den Zugang zu internen Systemen zu erlangen. Whaling Merkmale und Vorgehensweise Die Angreifer geben sich häufig als andere hochrangige Mitarbeitende […]…
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BSidesLV24 GroundFloor EHLO World: Spear-Phishing At Scale Using Generative AI
Author/Presenter: Josh Kamdjou Our sincere appreciation to BSidesLV, and the Presenters/Authors for publishing their erudite Security BSidesLV24 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Tuscany Suites & Casino; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/05/bsideslv24-groundfloor-ehlo-world-spear-phishing-at-scale-using-generative-ai/
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FBI: US officials spoofed in ongoing voice, SMS phishing campaign
Tags: phishingFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/fbi-us-officials-spoofed-in-ongoing-voice-sms-phishing-campaign
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Hacker stehlen BVG-Kundendaten
Kunden der Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) sind von einer Datenpanne betroffen. Media centre BVGDie Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) haben ihre Kunden kürzlich über ein Datenleck informiert. Wie eine BVG-Sprecherin gegenüber dem Tagesspiegel betonte, erfolgte der IT-Angriff nicht auf die internen Systeme der BVG, sondern auf einen externen Dienstleister. Dem Bericht zufolge haben die Täter dabei unter anderem…
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New Ransomware Attack Targets Elon Musk Supporters Using PowerShell to Deploy Payloads
A newly identified ransomware campaign has emerged, seemingly targeting supporters of Elon Musk through a highly sophisticated phishing-based attack. Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a multi-stage infection chain that begins with a deceptive PDF document titled “Pay Adjustment.” This document lures victims into downloading a malicious ZIP file hosted on Netlify, a popular web hosting platform.…
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Dynamic DNS Emerges as Go-to Cyberattack Facilitator
Scattered Spider and other phishers and hacking groups are using rentable subdomains from dynamic DNS providers to obfuscate their activity and impersonate well-known brands. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/dynamic-dns-cyberattack-facilitator
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Check Point veröffentlicht weitere Details zur DragonForce Analyse
Die Gruppe gibt sich häufig als IT-Mitarbeiter aus, versendet Phishing-Nachrichten via SMS oder Telegram und nutzt Multi-Faktor-Authentifizierungs-Müdigkeit (MFA Fatigue), um Nutzer zur Preisgabe von Zugangsdaten zu bewegen. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/check-point-veroeffentlicht-weitere-details-zur-dragonforce-analyse/a40820/
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Vipre Email Threat Trends Report Q1 2025 – Low-Tech-Strategien und SVG-Phishing im Aufwind
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/email-bedrohungen-2025-mensch-schwachstelle-low-tech-angriffe-a-74edccf998dc8e09590abee39c8f065e/
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Polymorphic phishing attacks flood inboxes
AI is transforming the phishing threat landscape at a pace many security teams are struggling to match, according to Cofense. In 2024, researchers tracked one malicious email … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/05/16/polymorphic-phishing-attacks-cofense/
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Proofpoint buying Hornetsecurity in a play to expand email security scope
One of many big purchases in the industry: While the terms are confidential, sources have reported the price of the Hornetsecurity purchase, which is expected to close in the second half of 2025, to be well over $1 billion. This would make it Proofpoint’s largest acquisition, and also one of the biggest cybersecurity deals in…
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After helping Russia on the ground North Korea targets Ukraine with cyberespionage
Tags: credentials, cyber, cyberespionage, email, government, hacker, identity, intelligence, korea, microsoft, north-korea, phishing, resilience, risk, russia, ukraineCredential harvesting: Before the phishing emails, the same Ukrainian government entities were targeted with email alerts impersonating Microsoft and claiming unusual sign-in activity was detected on their accounts. The victims were asked to perform identity verification by clicking on a button, which took them to credential harvesting pages.The Proofpoint researchers didn’t manage to obtain any…
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Horabot malware spread in new Latin America-aimed phishing campaign
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/horabot-malware-spread-in-new-latin-america-aimed-phishing-campaign
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FBI: US officials targeted in voice deepfake attacks since April
The FBI warned that cybercriminals using AI-generated audio deepfakes to target U.S. officials in voice phishing attacks that started in April. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-us-officials-targeted-in-voice-deepfake-attacks-since-april/
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Device-Code-Phishing sollte nicht auf die leichte Schulter genommen werden
Vor kurzem haben Microsoft-Forscher in einem Blogbeitrag von einer neuartigen Phishing-Kampagne berichtet, bei der die Angreifer es auf die Eingabe von Gerätecodes abgesehen haben. Wohl Mitte des vergangenen Jahres hatte eine Gruppe Cyberkrimineller die Device-Code-Phishing-Kampagne gestartet. Ihr Ziel: staatliche Stellen, NGOs und Privatunternehmen. Device-Codes kommen häufig als Authentifizierungsmethode zur Absicherung eines digitalen Dienstes zum Einsatz.…
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Hackers Exploit Google Services to Send Malicious Law Enforcement Requests
Tags: cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, google, hacker, infrastructure, law, malicious, phishing, serviceCybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign where malicious actors exploit Google services to dispatch fraudulent law enforcement requests. This audacious scheme leverages the trust associated with Google’s infrastructure, specifically Google Forms and Google Drive, to craft and distribute highly convincing requests that appear to originate from legitimate law enforcement entities. The primary objective…
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Xanthorox Emerging BlackHat AI Tool Empowering Hackers in Phishing and Malware Campaigns
Tags: ai, conference, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, github, hacker, intelligence, malware, phishing, toolArtificial intelligence platform named Xanthorox has emerged as a potent new tool for cybercriminals, enabling the automated generation of phishing campaigns, malware, and hyperrealistic deepfakes. Unlike traditional dark-web tools restricted to hidden forums, Xanthorox’s developer openly advertises its capabilities on public platforms like GitHub, YouTube, and Telegram while accepting cryptocurrency payments for access. Cybersecurity experts…