Teach a Man to Phish and He’s Set for Life

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2023 13:49:15 +0000

One frustrating aspect of email phishing is the frequency with which scammers fall back on tried-and-true methods that really have no business working these days. Like attaching a phishing email to a traditional, clean email message, or leveraging link redirects on LinkedIn, or abusing an encoding method that makes it easy to disguise booby-trapped Microsoft Windows files as relatively harmless documents.

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Phishing campaigns are using AMP URLs to avoid detection

Categories: Awareness

Categories: News

Tags: phishing

Tags: amp

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Researchers have found a new phishing tactic that uses Google Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) URLs to look trustworthy

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Plane sailing for ticket scammers: How to keep your flight plans safe

Categories: Personal

Tags: plane

Tags: ticket

Tags: holiday

Tags: flight

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We take a look at several scams targeting flyers off on their holidays, and how you can keep yourself safe.

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Zero-day deploys remote code execution vulnerability via Word documents

Categories: Business

Tags: microsoft

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Tags: exploit

Tags: CVE-2023-36884

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Tags: email

Tags: phish

Tags: phishing

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We take a look at reports of an exploit being deployed via booby trapped Word documents.

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UPS warns customers of phishing attempts after data accessed

Categories: Personal

Tags: UPS

Tags: delivery

Tags: scam

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UPS is warning Canadian customers of potential phishing attempts after data was left accessible via look-up tool.

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