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Twitter employees were spear-phished over the phone

31

Jul

2020

Twitter has finally shared more details about how the perpetrators of the recent hijacking of high-profile accounts to push a Bitcoin scam managed to pull it off. The way in To pull off the attack, attackers had to obtain access to Twitter’s internal network AND specific employee credentials that granted them access to internal support […]

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China-linked APT Hackers Launch Coronavirus-Themed Attacks

13

Mar

2020

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) themed malware attacks are now common. The subject matter automatically contains at least two of the primary social engineering triggers, fear and urgency, making it an obvious lure for use by criminals. Even a long-standing China-based APT has begun to use the threat in a new spear-phishing campaign. Researchers from Check Point Research […]

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Spear-Phishing Attack Lures Victims With ‘HIV Results’

10

Mar

2020

Recently discovered spear-phishing emails are using a unique “scare-factor” lure to convince victims to open attached malicious Microsoft Excel documents: Their HIV test results. Researchers are warning of a recent campaign involving emails claiming to come from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, a legitimate medical complex in Nashville, Tenn. The emails were sent to a slew […]

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