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The threat actors linked to the Black Basta ransomware have been observed switching up their social engineering tactics, distributing a different set of payloads such as Zbot and DarkGate since...
Mandiant has identified a novel method to bypass contemporary browser isolation technology and achieve command-and-control C2 operations. [...]
A new tax-themed malware campaign targeting insurance and finance sectors has been observed leveraging GitHub links in phishing email messages as a way to bypass security measures and deliver...
A new wave of QR codes has popped up across UK claiming to share a video of a boyfriend who "cheated" on a girl named Emily last night. Clickbaity or genius? [...]
Threat actors are abusing Microsoft Sway to host QR Code phishing campaigns.
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new QR code phishing (aka quishing) campaign that leverages Microsoft Sway infrastructure to host fake pages, once again highlighting the abuse...
A massive QR code phishing campaign abused Microsoft Sway, a cloud-based tool for creating online presentations, to host landing pages to trick Microsoft 365 users into handing over their...
QR code attacks are the latest evolution of traditional phishing, where threat actors use social engineering to manipulate targets into interacting with malicious QR codes. While every employee is at risk, C-Suite executives were 42 times more likely to receive QR code attacks than the average employee.
85% of phishing emails utilized malicious links in the content of the email, and spam emails increased by 30% from Q1 to Q2 2023, according to a VIPRE report. Information technology organizations also overtook financial institutions as the most targeted sector for phishing in Q2 as compared to VIPRE's previous quarterly report.
Cofense, a U.S.-based email security company, released a new report about a massive QR code phishing campaign that targets numerous industries. QR codes are not often used in phishing campaigns; cybercriminals tend to use them more in day-to-day life, leaving QR codes in different places so curious people will scan them and possibly get scammed or infected by malware.