Tag: Spear Phishing
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FIN7 Cybercrime Group Targeting U.S. Auto Industry with Carbanak Backdoor
The infamous cybercrime syndicate known as FIN7 has been linked to a spear-phishing campaign targeting the U.S. automotive industry to …
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Iran’s MuddyWater Group Targets Israelis with Fake Memo Spear-Phishing
MuddyWater is using a fake memo from the Israeli Civil Service Commission as a lure to trick victims into downloading a RAT. Iranian …
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Iranian APT Group OilRig Using New Menorah Malware for Covert Operations
Sophisticated cyber actors backed by Iran known as OilRig have been linked to a spear-phishing campaign that infects victims with a new …
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Iran-Linked APT35 Targets Israeli Media With Upgraded Spear-Phishing Tools
The APT35 group (aka Charming Kitten), have added backdoor capabilities to their spear-phishing payloads — and targeted an Israeli …
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Iranian Hackers Target Women Involved in Human Rights and Middle East Politics
Iranian state-sponsored actors are continuing to engage in social engineering campaigns targeting researchers by impersonating a U.S. think …
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The Psychology Behind Spear Phishing Scams
By Dr. Yvonne Bernard, CTO, Hornetsecurity Criminals are increasingly using fake emails to exploit their victims for financial gain and are …
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Russian Hackers Exploiting Microsoft Follina Vulnerability Against Ukraine
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has cautioned of a new set of spear-phishing attacks exploiting the “Follina” …
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Microsoft Seizes 41 Domains Used in Spear-Phishing Attacks by Bohrium Hackers
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) last week disclosed that it had taken legal proceedings against an Iranian threat actor dubbed …
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New Saitama backdoor Targeted Official from Jordan’s Foreign Ministry
A spear-phishing campaign targeting Jordan’s foreign ministry has been observed dropping a new stealthy backdoor dubbed Saitama. …
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Credential Spear-Phishing Uses Spoofed Zix Encrypted Email
Armorblox researchers have spotted an ongoing credential-phishing attack that spoofs an encrypted Zix email – one coming, weirdly enough, …
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WordPress Sites Abused in Aggah Spear-Phishing Campaign
Threat actors are using compromised WordPress websites to target manufacturers across Asia with a new spear-phishing campaign that delivers …
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This spear-phishing LinkedIn scam is targeting job hunters
People hunting for jobs on LinkedIn are being hunted themselves, by cybercriminals. A new report from cybersecurity company eSentire claims …
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