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Recently, the Cofense™ Phishing Defense Center has observed a phishing campaign targeting Greek-speaking users and customers of Alpha Bank. Alpha Bank is the fourth-largest Greek bank. We observed threat actors using multiple tactics to gain log… Continue reading Attackers Use a Bag of Tricks to Target Greek Banking Customers
On Thursday June 14th, the Cofense™ Phishing Defense Center (PDC) noted a campaign targeting UK customers with several emails containing the same subject, “Invoice INV-03056,” and prompting the user to view a supposed invoice. The ne… Continue reading Another Global Phishing Campaign Distributes Malware Via Fake Invoices
On May 22, 2018, the Cofense Phishing Defense Center observed a Microsoft credential phishing attack that was received by one of our Managed Service customers. The Phishing Defense Center’s goal is to provide our customers all the relevant information … Continue reading We Helped a Customer Block this Open Directory Phishing Attack
Regular followers of Cofense™ know that phishing threats evolve. For detailed evidence, read the Cofense Malware Review 2018 and see the techniques threat actors employ to keep security teams on their toes. As attackers evolve, so must the guard… Continue reading Hackers Analyse Your Capabilities. Use this Matrix to Do the Same
Posted by: Dilen Thakuri, Cofense Phishing Defense Center On the 19th of April, the Cofense Phishing Defense Center received an email crafted to appear to be from “Sberbank Russia.” In fact, it was a phishing email containing the Troldesh malware, a va… Continue reading Russian “Troldesh” AKA Encoder.858 or Shade is back!
If you’re shopping for a vendor to help with phishing awareness training, you might be thinking, “They all seem pretty similar. What’s the difference?” Fair enough. There are plenty of options in computer-based security awareness. In sorting through th… Continue reading 5 ways we boost your anti-phishing program’s ROI.
As we have continued to improve anti-phishing capabilities for clients over the past few years, we have seen a myriad of changes in phishing email composition, style, and approach. Throughout all those changes however, one thing has remained the same. … Continue reading How to Avoid Drowning in Spam and Phishing Emails
As we have continued to improve anti-phishing capabilities for clients over the past few years, we have seen a myriad of changes in phishing email composition, style, and approach. Throughout all those changes however, one thing has remained the same. … Continue reading How to Avoid Drowning in Spam and Phishing Emails
By Jerome Doaty, Zakari Grater, and Brenda Gooshaw Samson Technology is an important part of any phishing defense, especially perimeter tech designed to filter emails. But these systems, even those billed as “next-gen email security platforms,” don’t c… Continue reading Their email filters missed these threats. Good thing the users didn’t.
Most security teams today are pretty much in the same boat: limited budget, limited man power, and limited time to defend their network against escalating threats and attacks. Perhaps that’s why so many information security vendors claim to have the “… Continue reading Examples of Silver-bullet Technology Fails