by EdgeWave | May 10, 2019 | Email Security, Phishing
Big name brands are big phishing targets. Why? Because they are well recognized by many consumers. When an email claims to be from Bank of America, even non-Bank of America consumers recognize the name. And familiarity breeds confidence so users are more likely to...
by EdgeWave | Apr 12, 2019 | Email Security, Phishing
As we head in to spring, leaving behind an eventful winter, the EdgeWave Threat Detection Center continues to see interesting approaches to bypassing traditional email security gateways. While it’s difficult to place them in the “campaign” category, it’s good to...
by EdgeWave | Feb 25, 2019 | Email Security, Phishing
Cybercriminals using Microsoft Azure (and other public cloud infrastructures) is not new. The twist here is how Azure is being used as part of a Facebook workplace phishing campaign aimed at collecting user credentials. Considering Workplace has very low adoption to...
by EdgeWave | Jan 23, 2019 | Email Security, Phishing
A new year, and a new phishing technique. While it’s hard to qualify anything as truly “new”, it is always interesting to see the latest approach. This week the EdgeWave Threat Detection Center saw a dramatic increase in phishing email using EML attachments. That’s...
by John Randall | Dec 21, 2018 | Email Security, Phishing
Looks like the criminal community needed a last-minute infusion of cash. Earlier today the EdgeWave Threat Detection Center saw the first samples of a Christmas themed attack using an obfuscated VB macro within a Microsoft Word attachment. As usual, the email comes...
by EdgeWave | Dec 18, 2018 | Email Security, Phishing
Another day closer to Christmas, the shopping urgency (anxiety?) increases, and cybercriminals are looking to take advantage of unsuspecting users. This week the EdgeWave Threat Detection Center caught a very impressive phishing campaign spoofing Amazon. While this...
