The “Purchase” themed email is a commonly used subject in phishing campaigns. Threat actors can easily scrape the internet, in other words, specific data is very easily...
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Loose SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and ARC Settings Sabotage Security
It’s safe to say that all of our Cyren Inbox Security customers use the native Office 365 security capabilities of Exchange Online Protection and Advanced Threat...
“Are you satisfied?” Cyren sees increasing use of forms in account takeover attacks
Every internet user participates in surveys every day: “Do you like our service?” “Are you satisfied with the order?” “Please, fill the form below to make us better for...
Phishing through the prism of graphic design
A little design in the phishing world What do bright and catchy presentations, laconic documents, and perfect CVs have in common? Everyone can easily create it by using...
Anatomy of an Attack: Password-Protected Files Attached to Emails
Almost 94% of all malware attacks are delivered via email. Lately we have observed a growing trend of distributing malware through password-protected email attachments....
Anatomy of an Attack: Evasive Zoom phishing campaign using multiple phishing techniques at once
Anatomy of an Attack: Evasive Zoom phishing campaign using multiple phishing techniques at once In the final days of November, Cyren Inbox Security detected a massive...
Phishing hosted on high Alexa domains: another dangerous trick in Web
Dark side of high Alexa domains How much do you trust such services as Google, Windows, Dropbox? And what about the open access libraries? One more important question...
Phishers abusing Google App Engine
Over the last few weeks Cyren has observed a massive spike in phishing sites hosted on the appspot.com domain that Google uses for its free Google App Engine. Taking...
Microsoft reports a “leap in attack sophistication”
Last month Microsoft released a sobering Digital Defense Report. From their perch powering 600,000 enterprises’ cloud inboxes (in the United States alone), they report:...