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From cookie theft to BEC: Attackers use AiTM phishing sites as entry point to further financial fraud

July 12, 2022 TH Author Business Email Compromise (BEC), Cybersecurity, Microsoft security intelligence, Phishing

A large-scale phishing campaign that attempted to target over 10,000 organizations since September 2021 used adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing sites to steal passwords, hijack a user’s sign-in session, and skip the authentication process, even if the user had enabled multifactor authentication (MFA).
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Behind the scenes of business email compromise: Using cross-domain threat data to disrupt a large BEC campaign

June 14, 2021 TH Author Business Email Compromise (BEC), Cybersecurity, Microsoft 365 Defender, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft security intelligence

Microsoft 365 Defender researchers recently uncovered and disrupted a large-scale business email compromise (BEC) infrastructure hosted in multiple web services. Attackers used this cloud-based infrastructure to compromise mailboxes via phishing and add forwarding rules, enabling these attackers to get access to emails about financial transactions.
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TrendMicro

A Look Back at the 2018 Security Landscape

March 4, 2019 TH Author Business Email Compromise (BEC), Phishing, ransomware, Security, Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), WannaCry

Do you ever question the value of the mounds of data we all collect? We make a point to stop, analyze and share, especially because we know you might not have the time. So, I bring you our annual look back at the more interesting security events and trends seen last year. The report, Caught…
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TrendMicro

2019 Security Predictions Report Released

December 11, 2018 TH Author 2019 Security Predictions, Business Email Compromise (BEC), SCADA, Security

What Makes For Really Good Security Predictions Each year Trend Micro releases its annual Security Predictions Report. Good security predictions are very difficult to develop, and companies and consumers need to be selective about the security advice they take. What makes a good security prediction? Four key aspects: 1. It is the prime directive that…
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