It can be interesting to see how phishing evolves over time. It was not that long ago that that a phishing message, which didn’t require the victim to click a link in order for them to be directed to a phishing site, but rather contained the entire JavaScript-based credential stealing page in a well-made HTML attachment was noteworthy[1,2]. Nevertheless, over time, this technique, as well as many others, has become ubiquitous, and e-mail security scanners have become more capable of detecting and stopping messages that use it. Similar improvements of course force threat actors who specialize in phishing to continuously improve their creations in order for them to be viable.
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