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The phishing email claims that WeTransfer has shared two files with the victim, and there’s a link to view them. According to a report from Armorblox, cybercriminals are spoofing the WeTransfer file hosting system to carry out credential phishing attacks in which spoofed email leads to a phishing page featuring Microsoft Excel branding. The primary […]
In the 3rd quarter of 2020, around 38% of all downloadable malware were found hidden in Office documents – In the first quarter of 2021, this rate decreased slightly to 34%, only to set new records by touching 43% in the next quarter. Microsoft Office documents help tens of hundreds of millions of users in […]
According to cybersecurity specialists, in collaboration with an ethical hacker from the International Institute of Cyber Security, malicious hackers are showing special interest in abusing legitimate protocols to increase frequency and effectiveness of brute force attacks. This abusive behavior has focused primarily on the IMAP protocol (Internet Message Access Protocol), which is responsible for bypassing […]
attackers targeting legacy protocols with stolen credential dumps to increase the speed and efficiency of the brute force attacks. Based on Proofpoint study, IMAP is the most abused protocol, IMAP is the protocol that bypasses MFA and lock-out options for failed logins. These intelligent new brute force attacks bring a new approach to the traditional […]
Hackers are now using IMAP protocol to hack Office 365 and G Suite cloud accounts, bypassing multi-factor authentication; and these kinds of attacks are difficult to protect against, according to a recent research study. A six-month study by researchers at security firm Proofpoint reveals this and other findings. The team observed massive attacks that leveraged […]
A new security flaw uncovered in Office 365 dubbed baseStriker puts 100 Million Email Users at risk. With this vulnerability, attackers can bypass all the Microsoft security services including its advanced services like ATP, Safelinks, etc. The traditional HTML email with malicious link would be blocked by Microsoft security, but hackers could bypass their security […]
Ransomware is one of the most important threats facing Internet users. Its rate alerts much to both companies and users. Hackers take advantage of the most popular sectors and where there are more users. One of these cases is Microsoft Office 365. Microsoft Office 365 offers us space in the cloud, and other services such […]