Tag: phishing
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Why No-Reply Emails Are a Cybersecurity Hazard
No-reply emails may seem convenient, but they pose serious cybersecurity risks. Learn how they enable phishing, spoofing, and financial fraud”, and how to protect your business. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/03/why-no-reply-emails-are-a-cybersecurity-hazard/
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How CISOs are approaching staffing diversity with DEI initiatives under pressure
Staffing diversity can help avoid homogenous thinking: Similarly, Sam McMahon, senior manager of IT and security at Valimail, underscores the necessity of representing different backgrounds and mindsets.”In my experience, even small security teams benefit greatly from the variety of perspectives that come with different backgrounds and skill sets,” he says. “We know that the majority…
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Why So Many Employee Phishing Training Initiatives Fall Short
During the work-from-home boom of 2020, GitLab, a company that largely employs tech-savvy individuals, decided to test its security by sending fake phishing messages to its WFH workers. About one out of every five tested employees fell for it, and… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/03/why-so-many-employee-phishing-training-initiatives-fall-short/
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A Persistent Threat in the Age of AI dup
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, cyber, cybercrime, intelligence, phishing, spear-phishing, threat, toolPhishing is one of the most common and dangerous cyber threats facing organizations today. Despite growing awareness, employees often still fall victim to these attacks. Even worse, cybercriminals now have more sophisticated tools at their disposal fueled by artificial intelligence (AI). What once required a team of attackers to conduct a spear-phishing attack can […]…
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Ukrainian military targeted in new Signal spear-phishing attacks
Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) is warning about highly targeted attacks employing compromised Signal accounts to send malware to employees of defense industry firms and members of the country’s army forces. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ukrainian-military-targeted-in-new-signal-spear-phishing-attacks/
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Attack time frames are shrinking rapidly. Here’s how cyber teams can cope
Time frame changes to time to exploit: The time frames are quickly shortening as the focus by a variety of attackers’ ransomware efforts shift to data stealing first, rather than trying to collect ransoms.A recent Huntress Cyber Report shows that that TTE, which the researchers refer to as “time-to-ransom” or TTR, has dropped to a few…
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Fake Coinbase Migration Messages Target Users to Steal Wallet Credentials
A sophisticated phishing campaign is currently targeting cryptocurrency investors with fraudulent emails claiming to be from Coinbase. The scam attempts to trick users into transferring their funds to wallets controlled by attackers through a deceptive >>mandatory wallet migration>Migrate to Coinbase wallet,
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OAuth Attacks Target Microsoft 365, GitHub
In a cyber twist, attackers behind two of the campaigns are using the apps to redirect users to phishing and malware distribution sites. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/oauth-attacks-target-microsoft-365-github
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Hackers Exploit Hard Disk Image Files to Deploy VenomRAT
In a recent cybersecurity threat, hackers have been using virtual hard disk image files (.vhd) to distribute the VenomRAT malware, exploiting a novel technique to bypass security measures. This campaign begins with a phishing email that uses a purchase order as a lure, enticing users to open an attached archive file. Upon extraction, the archive…
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Squid Werewolf Mimics Recruiters to Target Job Seekers and Steal Personal Data
In a sophisticated phishing campaign uncovered by the BI.ZONE Threat Intelligence team, the Squid Werewolf group, also known as APT37, has been impersonating recruiters to target key employees in various organizations. This espionage cluster uses fake job opportunities to lure victims into opening malicious attachments, which ultimately lead to system compromise and data theft. Phishing…
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Sophisticated Phishing Attack Leverages Microsoft 365 Infrastructure to Target Users
Tags: attack, business, control, credentials, cyber, email, exploit, infrastructure, microsoft, phishingA highly sophisticated phishing campaign has been uncovered exploiting Microsoft 365’s trusted infrastructure to facilitate credential harvesting and account takeover attempts. This attack leverages legitimate Microsoft domains and tenant misconfigurations to conduct Business Email Compromise (BEC) operations, effectively bypassing traditional email security controls by exploiting inherent trust mechanisms within the Microsoft ecosystem. Attack Mechanism The…
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New Ad Fraud Campaign Exploits 331 Apps with 60M+ Downloads for Phishing and Intrusive Ads
Cybersecurity researchers have warned about a large-scale ad fraud campaign that has leveraged hundreds of malicious apps published on the Google Play Store to serve full-screen ads and conduct phishing attacks.”The apps display out-of-context ads and even try to persuade victims to give away credentials and credit card information in phishing attacks,” Bitdefender said in…
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Mandatory Coinbase wallet migration? It’s a phishing scam!
An ingenious phishing scam is targeting cryptocurrency investors, by posing as a mandatory wallet migration. First seen on bitdefender.com Jump to article: www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/mandatory-coinbase-wallet-migration-its-a-phishing-scam
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Attack time frames are shrinking rapidly. Here’s how cyber teams can cope.
Time frame changes to time to exploit: The time frames are quickly shortening as the focus by a variety of attackers’ ransomware efforts shift to data stealing first, rather than trying to collect ransoms.A recent Huntress Cyber Report shows that that TTE, which the researchers refer to as “time-to-ransom” or TTR, has dropped to a few…
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Not all cuts are equal: Security budget choices disproportionately impact risk
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, awareness, backdoor, breach, bug-bounty, business, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, iam, identity, incident response, infrastructure, monitoring, phishing, risk, risk-management, service, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, update, usa, vulnerability[Source: Splunk] As cyber threats evolve at an unprecedented pace, delaying essential technology upgrades can severely impact an organization. The newest technological updates are introduced to enhance an organization’s security offerings and directly address recently identified challenges.”Outdated systems lack new features and functionality that allow for more sophisticated offerings, like moving to the cloud,” Kirsty…
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Cyberattackers Prey on Health Fears in Sophisticated Phishing Campaign
A new report from JUMPSEC’s Detection and Response Team (DART) uncovers a disturbing trend: cybercriminals are increasingly exploiting First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/cyberattackers-prey-on-health-fears-in-sophisticated-phishing-campaign/
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Widespread Coinbase phishing attack uncovered
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/widespread-coinbase-phishing-attack-uncovered
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New Steganographic Malware Hides in JPG Files to Deploy Multiple Password Stealers
A recent cybersecurity threat has emerged in the form of a steganographic campaign that uses seemingly harmless JPG files to distribute multiple types of malware, including password stealers like Remcos and AsyncRAT. This sophisticated attack begins with a phishing email containing a malicious Excel document that exploits a known vulnerability, CVE-2017-0199, to initiate the infection…
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Attackers use CSS to create evasive phishing messages
Threat actors exploit Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to bypass spam filters and detection engines, and track users’ actions and preferences. Cisco Talos observed threat actors abusing Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to evade detection and track user behavior, raising security and privacy concerns, including potential fingerprinting. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a stylesheet language used to…
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What Is Exposure Management and Why Does It Matter?
Tags: access, attack, breach, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, credentials, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, group, identity, infrastructure, iot, metric, password, phishing, risk, service, software, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementEach Monday, the Tenable Exposure Management Academy will provide the practical, real-world guidance you need to shift from vulnerability management to exposure management. In our first blog in this new series, we get you started with an overview of the differences between the two and explore how cyber exposure management can benefit your organization. Traditional…
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Microsoft 365 Targeted in New Phishing, Account Takeover Attacks
Threat actors are abusing Microsoft 365 infrastructure in a BEC campaign, and target its users in two brand impersonation campaigns. The post Microsoft 365 Targeted in New Phishing, Account Takeover Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/microsoft-365-targeted-in-new-phishing-account-takeover-attacks/
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AI Operator Agents Helping Hackers Generate Malicious Code
Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team has demonstrated how AI agents like OpenAI’s Operator can now perform end-to-end phishing attacks with minimal human intervention, marking a significant evolution in AI-enabled threats. A year ago, Large Language Model (LLM) AIs were primarily passive tools that could assist attackers in creating phishing materials or writing code. Now, with the…
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GitHub project maintainers targeted with fake security alert
A phishing campaign targeting GitHub account owners has been trying to scare them with a fake security alert into allowing a malicious OAuth app access to their account and … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/03/17/github-project-maintainers-targeted-with-fake-security-alert/
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FBI warnt vor komplexen ‘No Click”Angriffen
Komplexe E-Mail-Angriffe umgehen immer häufiger traditionelle Sicherheitsmaßnahmen und befördern die betreffende Nachricht direkt in den Posteingang. Besonders gefährlich sind dabei “No Click”-Attacken, bei denen Nutzer keine verdächtigen Links anklicken müssen, um Opfer eines Betrugs zu werden. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/fbi-warnt-vor-komplexen-no-click-phishing-angriffen
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7 misconceptions about the CISO role
Tags: api, attack, breach, business, ceo, ciso, compliance, control, corporate, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, defense, exploit, finance, firewall, governance, infrastructure, insurance, jobs, network, password, phishing, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, saas, software, startup, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerabilityKatie Jenkins, EVP and CISO, Liberty Mutual Insurance Liberty Mutual InsuranceThe field is changing so rapidly, Jenkins adds, she needs to commit time to keeping up on research and connecting with other CISOs for knowledge exchange.In addition to securing infrastructure, an effective CISO focuses on securing the business, experts say. This requires understanding how security…
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AWS SNS Abused for Data Exfiltration and Phishing, Elastic Report Reveals
A new report from Elastic details how threat actors are abusing Amazon Web Services (AWS) Simple Notification Service First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/aws-sns-abused-for-data-exfiltration-and-phishing-elastic-report-reveals/