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With all of the focus on ransomware attacks, it’s easy to forget about the damage done by email phishing. Yet, new research from Vade shows that phishing has seen a meteoric rise in the first half of 2021, including a 281% increase in May and a 284% i… Continue reading Phishing Used to Get PII, not Just Ransomware
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Although a recently leaked intelligence report suggested that Russian spies attempted to hack into at least one election software vendor, many of the industry’s top companies say they aren’t threatened by spear phishing emails. Prominent election software companies say that phishing emails do not present a pressing problem, even though a classified intelligence report recently published by The Intercept indicated that Russian military intelligence had previously targeted one such company. The report says Russia’s attempt to influence the U.S. voting process may have been more expansive, and revealed attempts to place malware on the computers of local government officials. Of 16 U.S. election software companies contacted by CyberScoop, four said that they had not received any phishing emails between August 2016 and June 2017, including Free & Fair, ClearBallot, Scytl and BPro Inc. Others, like Everyone Counts, reported receiving phishing emails but stressed the sufficiency of the security systems currently in place […]
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An immense phishing campaign targeting Google accounts hit a wide array of journalists, government employees, academics and private company email accounts. This is what the attack looks like: The email has been landed in newsrooms from BuzzFeed to ABC, at universities and reportedly from addresses within the Chicago city government. The “Open in Docs” link redirects to the OAUTH2 service on accounts.google.com, according to researcher Bojan Zdrnja, where it asks for full access to the GMail account and all contacts from an application deceptively named “Google Docs.” Once access is granted, the attacker uses that account to send phishing emails to every contact in the victim’s contact list. OAuth is a mechanism companies like Google use that allows users to authorize apps and websites to access account information without giving away a password. For example, a third-party email app will want access to your GMail and will ask for permission through OAuth. […]
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