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| Source |  NoticeBored |
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| Identifiant | 1779374 |
| Date de publication | 2020-06-18 07:58:14 (vue: 2020-06-29 11:00:30) |
| Titre | NBlog June 17 - phishing evolution |
| Texte | The Interweb drums have been beating out news of an upsurge in phishing attacks over the past month or so. I've certainly had more than the normal number of things along these lines lately: [if gte vml 1]> [if !vml]-->[endif]--> As usual, these are relatively crude and (for most reasonably alert people) easy to spot thanks to the obvious spelling and grammatical errors, often using spurious technobabble and urgency as well as the fake branding and sender email address in an attempt to trick victims. The 'blocked emails' and 'storage limit' memes are popular in my spam box right now, suggesting that these are basic phishing-as-a-service or phishing-kit products being used by idiots to lure, hook, land and gut other idiots. They are, however, using my first name in place of “Dear subscriber” or “Hello, how are you doing?” that we used to see, implying the use of mailmerge-type content customisation with databases of email addresses and other info on potential victims*.Moving up the scale, some current phishing attempts are more sophisticated, more convincing. Sometimes it's just a lucky coincidence e.g. when the lure glints alluringly because it just happens to mention something I am currently doing - for example if I am dealing with American Express o |
| Envoyé | Oui |
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| Tags | Ransomware Spam Guideline |
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