Avanan Blog Attack Briefs (13)


Roblox Exploited with Trojans from Scripting Engine

Roblox is one of the most popular game systems in the world. In 2021, this gaming platform grew from 32.6 million daily active users to nearly 50 million, across 180...

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The Gmail SMTP Relay Service Exploit

The “From” field in an email–or even in snail mail–is just an address line that the sender types in. Just like anyone can go to a post office and send a card that co...

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Leveraging Microsoft Legitimacy to Get into the Inbox

What looks like a new, missed voice message is actually a way to send phishing pages through to the inbox.

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Financial Scams Can Be Tricky to Spot. Here's Some Tips

Financial scams come in all shapes and sizes. They can spoof major companies. They can spoof minor companies. They can be threatening. They can be confusing.

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COVID Scams Remain in Inboxes

As COVID stubbornly remains in our lives, so too do COVID-related scams.

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Spoofing Credit Unions for Profit

In February, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) put out a statement noting that, due to the geopolitical climate, credit unions should “adopt a heighten...

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It's Tax Day: Lookout for Scams

It's everyone's favorite day--Tax Day!

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Using Quoted-Printable Encoding to Bypass Scanners

Phishers have a toy chest of tricks when it comes to building email campaigns. Oftentimes, what you read in the email body is represented by deceptive coding techniq...

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Can You BE-C It?

Here's how you know an email is a BEC.

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The Nigerian Prince Scam, with a Russian Twist

The Nigerian Price Scam is a staple of the cybersecurity world. Essentially, someone claims to be in a position of influence or notoriety and needs to get a large su...

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