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New Subscription Billing Notification Could Be A Phishing Attack

New Subscription Billing Notification Could Be A Phishing Attack, and you should alert your employees right away. A growing trend in the hacking world is to use mixed media, including phone calls with live actors at the other end, posing as "customer support" representatives, and even recorded messages including instructions and attached emails luring unsuspecting recipients to download malicious files. In this case, the attack goes as follows: A potential victim will get an email informing them that they're subscribing to a fee-based service. The email instructs them to call a given phone number and speak with a representative who will be happy to help them. If the recipient calls, the agent, who, of course, is part of the hacker's organization, will guide the caller to a website where they can download a file the faux agent claims is necessary to finalize the cancellation. Naturally, the file does no such thing and is instead a piece of malware of the attacker's choosing. The payload can vary and be just about anything. The currently identified campaign uses BazaLoader, which creates a persistent backdoor on Windows-based machines to give the attackers easy access to that device that they can exploit in various ways later on. While this may seem like a convoluted path for the attackers to take, it can be devastatingly effective. From the attackers' point of view, it has the key advantage of being extremely difficult to detect and prevent. Most detection routines are file-based, and since this type of email doesn't contain an attachment of any kind, it poses tremendous challenges for IT security professionals. As ever, the best defense is education and mindfulness, so be sure your staff is aware.

New Subscription Billing Notification Could Be A Phishing Attack, and you should alert your employees right away. A growing trend in the hacking world is to use mixed media, including phone calls with live actors at the other end, posing as "customer support" representatives, and even recorded messages including instructions and attached emails … [Read more...] about New Subscription Billing Notification Could Be A Phishing Attack

June 15, 2021 Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Hackers, Phishing, phishing scam

Vishing is Coming to a Voicemail Near You

Vishing is Coming to a Voicemail Near You

Vishing is Coming to a Voicemail Near You. Hackers and scammers have been experimenting with "vishing" as a subset of phishing in recent months. Vishing is phishing using voice messages to get access to your personal and financial information. Conventional phishing tactics rely on sending emails that employ various social engineering tricks to … [Read more...] about Vishing is Coming to a Voicemail Near You

June 11, 2021 Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Armorblox, Phishing, Phishing Attacks, Phishing emails, Vishing

New Phishing Attack Uses Unique Method To Avoid Security

New Phishing Attack Uses Unique Method To Avoid Security

New Phishing Attack Uses Unique Method To Avoid Security. As you know, hackers are always looking for a new angle, and recently, they've found a pretty good one. Image recognition software is becoming increasingly sophisticated. So if hackers who are using new phishing methods are copying a fake landing and login page designed to mirror a … [Read more...] about New Phishing Attack Uses Unique Method To Avoid Security

November 16, 2020 Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: AV Software, Hackers, Phishing, WMC Global

New Damaging Phishing Attacks Are Targeting Pandemic SBA Loans

The CISA (Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency) has recently published an advisory, warning of a new phishing campaign that specifically targets business owners who have received pandemic relief in the form of loans from the Small Business Administration. Apparently, according to the advisory, the campaign was launched toward the end … [Read more...] about New Damaging Phishing Attacks Are Targeting Pandemic SBA Loans

August 26, 2020 Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Attacks, pandemic, Phishing, SBA Loans

Don’t Fall For Office 365 Zoom Notification Phishing Email

Do you use Microsoft Office 365? Do you also use Zoom? If so, be advised that there's a new phishing campaign designed with you specifically in mind, the goal of which is to ultimately make off with your Office 365 login credentials. Since the start of the global pandemic, Zoom and other video conferencing solutions have seen an explosion in the … [Read more...] about Don’t Fall For Office 365 Zoom Notification Phishing Email

July 23, 2020 Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: email scam, Microsoft, office 365, Phishing, Zoom

Paradise Ransomware Using Internet Query Files To Deliver Payload

The Paradise ransomware is like a bad penny; it just keeps turning up. The strain first appeared back in 2017, when it was spread far and wide via phishing emails. Then it seemed to fall out of favor for a while, and now, it's back again. Even worse, it's back with a new trick up its virtual sleeves. In its latest incarnation, it's still being … [Read more...] about Paradise Ransomware Using Internet Query Files To Deliver Payload

March 25, 2020 Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: emails, files, Internet, malware, Phishing, query

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