Tag: phishing attempts
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Cisco Talos Blog: Malicious QR codes
Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/malicious_qr_codes/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Malicious QR codes Feedly Summary: QR codes are disproportionately effective at bypassing most anti-spam filters, as most filters are not designed to recognize that a QR code is present in an image and decode the QR code. According to Talos’ data, roughly 60% of all email containing…
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The Register: Don’t open that ‘copyright infringement’ email attachment – it’s an infostealer
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/07/fake_copyright_email_malware/ Source: The Register Title: Don’t open that ‘copyright infringement’ email attachment – it’s an infostealer Feedly Summary: Curiosity gives crims access to wallets and passwords Organizations should be on the lookout for bogus copyright infringement emails as they might be the latest ploy by cybercriminals to steal their data.… AI Summary and…
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Microsoft Security Blog: How Microsoft Defender for Office 365 innovated to address QR code phishing attacks
Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/11/04/how-microsoft-defender-for-office-365-innovated-to-address-qr-code-phishing-attacks/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: How Microsoft Defender for Office 365 innovated to address QR code phishing attacks Feedly Summary: This blog examines the impact of QR code phishing campaigns and the innovative features of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 that help combat evolving cyberthreats. The post How Microsoft Defender for Office…
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Slashdot: Chinese Attackers Accessed Canadian Government Networks For Five Years
Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/31/1956250/chinese-attackers-accessed-canadian-government-networks-for-five-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Chinese Attackers Accessed Canadian Government Networks For Five Years Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) has reported a sustained cyber campaign by China targeting Canadian government and private sectors, emphasizing the severity of the threats. The report identifies espionage and intellectual property…
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Cisco Talos Blog: Threat actors use copyright infringement phishing lure to deploy infostealers
Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/threat-actors-use-copyright-infringement-phishing-lure-to-deploy-infostealers/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Threat actors use copyright infringement phishing lure to deploy infostealers Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos has observed an unknown threat actor conducting a phishing campaign targeting Facebook business and advertising account users in Taiwan. The decoy email and fake PDF filenames are designed to impersonate a company’s legal department,…
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The Register: Russian spies use remote desktop protocol files in unusual mass phishing drive
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/30/russia_wrangles_rdp_files_in/ Source: The Register Title: Russian spies use remote desktop protocol files in unusual mass phishing drive Feedly Summary: The prolific Midnight Blizzard crew cast a much wider net in search of scrummy intel Microsoft says a mass phishing campaign by Russia’s foreign intelligence services (SVR) is now in its second week, and…
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The Register: ‘Satanic’ data thief claims to have slipped into 350M Hot Topic shoppers info
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/23/satanic_data_thief/ Source: The Register Title: ‘Satanic’ data thief claims to have slipped into 350M Hot Topic shoppers info Feedly Summary: We know where you got your skinny jeans – big deal A data thief calling themselves Satanic claims to have purloined the records of around 350 million customers of fashion retailer Hot Topic.……