Mark likes to return customer emails from his local coffee shop, Jennifer considers a plane her second office, and Tim – well, sometimes Tim has to respond to that urgent request in the wee hours of the morning, no matter where he is. The days where everything was contained within your secure network perimeter are gone. Business today happens on the go. There are more … [Read more...]
Spear-Phishing, a Real-Life Example
While reading some online security articles, one in particular stood out. The reason it stood out was how the story was told; it wasn’t just a bunch of technical mumbo jumbo that is tough to decipher. Sure, there were some technical points but the way the author detailed his experience made the story far more relatable to what users face in the real world. Even being somewhat … [Read more...]
New Phishing Attacks Stealing MFA Tokens Too
In the Firebox Feed, our threat intelligence feed powered by WatchGuard Firebox customers around the world, we recently came across a trending phishing campaign that uses a malicious PDF as part of its attack. Targeting mostly German users, the PDF comes attached to an email with a subject line that translates from German to "Invoice for your sales tax." Included in the email … [Read more...]
Phishing Passwords With Maersk, Microsoft and Adobe
We recently discovered a sharp increase in a particular phishing scam while reviewing threat intelligence from the Firebox feed, our threat data from Firebox appliances around the world. Its primary targets were in Germany and Italy, but we also found some instances of the campaign in the Asian Pacific regions. Addressed with popular shipping companies like DHL and Maersk in … [Read more...]
Board Meeting Phish – Security Byte
A security company called GreatHorn recently detected a relatively prevalent spear phishing email targeting C-level executives, warning them about a change in their board meeting. The malicious email appears to come from the targeted company’s CEO and informs them that they have to reschedule a board meeting. However, if you interact with the email you may end up giving away … [Read more...]
