Avanan Blog Attack Briefs (24)


Come On In: LinkedIn Used for Spoofing

Quick quiz: which social media platform are hackers impersonating most effectively? If you guessed LinkedIn, good for you. Yes, LinkedIn has quietly become a haven f...

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Slack Continues to Be Top of Mind for Hackers' Malicious Links Attacks

A few months ago, we wrote about a Slack-based attack making waves. In the attack, hackers utilized a Slack redirect to bypass Microsoft SafeLinks. It looks like thi...

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ATP Miss of the Week: 12/09/2020

This week, we uncovered an "eFax" email across multiple organizations. The email comes across as an eFax with a link to view documents.

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Global Financial Institution's Microsoft Teams Account Compromised by Malware

Summary A compromised Microsoft Teams account at a partner organization fooled users at a global financial institution into sharing insider information. After exfilt...

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SPAM-EGY Takes on EDU

Highlights: Avanan researchers have identified an aggressive attack against higher-education targets that uses a number of obfuscation techniques developed by the SP...

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Hackers Targeting G-Suite via DocuSign

Remote work has been a boon for a number of companies and DocuSign is no different. The e-signature company has seen 61% year-over-year growth. As companies to work-...

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Not-So-Sweet Home: Mortgage Wire Fraud Scams Explode

You're about to close on a house. Congrats! But it's not all dream-come-true. You have to be on the lookout for mortgage wire fraud.

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MFA Is Not The Cure-All

According to official Microsoft guidance, multi-factor authentication can solve everything. Seriously. Read on:

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Passing Notes: Phishing Attack Leverages OneNote

One of the most appealing parts of the Microsoft suite is all that you can do with it. Spreadsheets in Excel. Presentations in PowerPoint. Note taking in OneNote. Bu...

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Ransomware: What an Attack Looks Like

You've seen a ton in the news about ransomware. Massive ransomware increases at hospitals. Local governments falling prey to ransomware. Schools being held for ranso...

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