Avanan Blog Attack Briefs (21)


File-Sharing Services Continue to Be Ripe for Impersonation

Scammers continually utilize and spoof file-sharing services to launch attacks. We've seen this recently with the We Shouldn't Transfer Attack, the Flipping Out Atta...

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Winner Pays: Lotto Scam Reaches End-Users

We all dream of the day that the lotto card finally breaks our way and we can make our way to financial glory.

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Flex On 'Em: Leveraging Legitimate Sites to Launch Attacks

Many email security vendors are now heavily relying on sender domain reputation as an indicator of phishing. Avanan's research has found that 43.35% of all phishing ...

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Decode This: Another Obfuscated File Getting Past Scanners

A email comes that says it has remittance advice.

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Please Confirm: Payment Notice Gone Awry

Payment confirmations are essential in business. You need to know a payment has been processed.

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Reverse Jinx: Scammers Ask Why They Paid Victim in Credential Harvesting Scheme

An interestingly-worded campaign has bypassed ATP scanners and made it into inboxes.

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(Don't) Take it to the Bank: Direct Deposit Scam Hitting Inboxes

Direct deposit is a great convenience for businesses and individuals.

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CAPTCHA This: Bypassing SEGs via reCAPTCHA

Traditional SEGs scan emails through filters that check URLs in emails against various static lists to determine how to treat each URL. Based on the decisions made b...

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PDF-Based Attack Gets Past Email Scanners

PDFs are not always what they seem. They are good vectors to launch attacks, because PDFs are usually important, meaning end-users are likely to click. One estimate ...

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Spoofing Excel to Get Credentials

A static HTML file isn't always what it seems.

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