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“Inhospitality” malspam campaign targets hotel industry

January 13, 2024 admin Featured, hotel, malspam, malware, rh-isac, Social engineering, sophos x-ops, spam, threat research

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 11:00:33 +0000

Social engineering drives password-stealing malware attack against the front desk

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GuLoader returns with a rotten shipment

April 25, 2023 admin collection, delivery, email, guloader, infection, Italy, loader, mail, malspam, malware, news, SCAM

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We take a look at a GuLoader campaign which comes bundled with an Italian language fake shipment email.

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QBOT – A HTML Smuggling technique to target victims

November 11, 2022 admin #bankingtrojan, #financialfraud, #htmlsmuggling, #pinkslipbot, Android, banking Trojan, cyberawareness, cybercrime, hacking, hmtl smuggling, html attack, JavaScript, malspam, malware, phishing, Qbot, quackbot, quickheal, ransomware, Security, smartphone security, Trojan

Credit to Author: Anjali Raut| Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 11:02:59 +0000

QBot, also known as Qakbot, QuackBot, and Pinkslipbot, is a Banking Trojan that was first observed in 2007….

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Are threat actors turning to archives and disk images as macro usage dwindles?

October 12, 2022 admin archives, bumblebee, Featured, macros, malspam, sophos x-ops, threat research

Credit to Author: Matt Wixey| Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2022 11:00:28 +0000

Following Microsoft’s announcement that macros from the internet will be disabled by default, threat actors are using alternative file types for malware delivery. This shift brings both challenges and opportunities for organizations.

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FormBook spam campaign targets citizens of Ukraine️

March 9, 2022 admin formbook, malspam, Threat Intelligence, Ukraine

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2022 19:35:09 +0000

A new malspam campaing is delivering Formbook to Ukrainian citizens, targeting them with a lure of government funds.

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Security Sophos

Vulnerable Exchange server hit by Squirrelwaffle and financial fraud

February 15, 2022 admin email security, exchange vulnerability, Featured, fraud, malspam, proxylogon, proxyshell, security operations, squirrelwaffle

Credit to Author: Tilly Travers| Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 13:00:59 +0000

While Squirrelwaffle leveraged Exchange to spread malspam through hijacked email threads, one thread was spirited away by attackers to trick the target into a money transfer

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Spear phishing 101: what you need to know

January 29, 2020 admin 101, Business, malspam, organisation, organization, organizations, phish, phishing, SCAM, smishing, Social engineering, spam, spear phish, spear phishing, whaling

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 18:50:01 +0000

We look at the threat of spear phishing, why it’s such a problem, and what organizations can do to lessen the chance of a successful attack.

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Social engineering

Tags: 101 business malspam organisation organization organizations phish phishing scam smishing Social Engineering spam spear phish spear phishing whaling

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Instagram clamps down on fake messages with anti-phishing tool

October 15, 2019 admin Anti-phishing, anti-phishing tool, email, emails from instagram, instagram, mail, malicious email, malspam, phishing, phishing scams, Safety, scams, Social engineering, social engineering attacks, social media scams

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:51:50 +0000

We take a look at a new anti-phishing feature Instagram hopes will cut down on imitation messages and other social engineering attempts.

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Social engineering

Tags: anti-phishing anti-phishing tool email emails from instagram Instagram mail malicious email malspam phishing phishing scams safety scams Social Engineering social engineering attacks social media scams

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