phishing

Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2021
Watch out for Omicron COVID-19-themed phishing messages!

Threat actors have started to exploit the interest in the Omicron COVID-19 variant and are using it as a lure in phishing campaigns. Crooks have already started exploiting the interest in the Omicron COVID-19 variant and are using it as a lure in phishing attacks. People are interested in the spreading of the new variant, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2021
Threat Report Portugal: Q3 2021

The Threat Report Portugal: Q3 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from July to September, Q3, of 2021. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-InformĂĄtica. This feed is based on automatic searches and is also supported by a […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2021
HTML Smuggling technique used in phishing and malspam campaigns

Threat actors are increasingly using the HTML smuggling technique in phishing campaigns, Microsoft researchers warn. Microsoft experts warn that threat actors are increasingly using the HTML smuggling technique in phishing campaigns to stealthily deliver threats. HTML smuggling is a highly evasive technique for malware delivery that leverages legitimate HTML5 and JavaScript features. The malicious payloads are delivered via encoded […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2021
Experts spotted a phishing campaign impersonating security firm Proofpoint

Threat actors are impersonating cybersecurity firm Proofpoint to trick victims into providing Microsoft Office 365 and Gmail credentials. Cybercriminals are impersonating the cybersecurity firm Proofpoint to trick victims into providing Microsoft Office 365 and Google Gmail credentials. The phishing messages use mortgage payments as a lure, they have the subject “Re: Payoff Request.” “The email […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2021
TodayZoo phishing kit borrows the code from other kits

Microsoft uncovered an extensive series of credential phishing campaigns that employed a custom phishing kit tracked as TodayZoo. Microsoft researchers uncovered a custom phishing kit, dubbed TodayZoo, that was used in an extensive series of credential phishing campaigns. A “phishing kit” is a set of software or services aimed at facilitating phishing campaigns, In most […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 20, 2021
YouTube creators’ accounts hijacked with cookie-stealing malware

A Cookie Theft malware was employed in phishing attacks against YouTube creators, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns. Financially motivated threat actors are using Cookie Theft malware in phishing attacks against YouTube creators since late 2019. According to Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) researchers, who spotted the campaign, the attacks were launched by multiple hack-for-hire […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2021
BulletProofLink, a large-scale phishing-as-a-service active since 2018

Microsoft uncovered a large-scale phishing-as-a-service operation, dubbed BulletProofLink, that enabled threat actors to easily carry out malicious campaigns. Microsoft researchers have uncovered a large-scale phishing-as-a-service (PHaaS) operation, dubbed BulletProofLink (aka Anthrax), that offers to its customers phishing kits, email templates, and hosting and automated services to carry out phishing attacks. BulletProofLink service was very cheap […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2021
Microsoft warns of a evasive year-long spear-phishing campaign targeting Office 365 users

Microsoft warns of a long-running spear-phishing campaign that has targeted Office 365 customers in multiple attacks since July 2020. Microsoft revealed that a year-long spear-phishing campaign has targeted Office 365 customers in multiple attacks starting with July 2020. The attackers used invoice-themed XLS.HTML attachments, Microsoft reported that they changed obfuscation and encryption mechanisms every 37 […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2021
Group-IB helps Dutch police identify members of phishing developer gang Fraud Family

Researchers from threat intelligence firm Group-IB helps Dutch police identify members of phishing developer gang known as Fraud Family. Group-IB, one of the leading providers of solutions dedicated to detecting and preventing cyberattacks, identifying online fraud, investigation of high-tech crimes and intellectual property protection, has assisted the Dutch National Police in the operation to apprehend alleged members of a cybercriminal group codenamed ‘Fraud Family.’ Group-IB’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2021
Hackers use a new technique in malspam attacks to disable Macro security warnings in weaponized docs

Threat actors have devised a new trick to disable macro security warning that leverage non-malicious docs in malspam attacks. Most of the malspam campaigns leverage weaponized Microsoft Office documents and social engineering techniques to trick recipients into enabling the macros. Now experts from McAfee Labs warn of a novel technique used by threat actors that […]