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Active Phishing Campaign: Yousign HR Lure

By Meriam Senouci on Thu, 05/23/2024
A new, sophisticated active phishing campaigns focuses on malicious emails that leverage Yousign e-signature services to carry out phishing attacks. Learn more about this tactic through examples, high-level details, and associated threat indicators.
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Identify and Disrupt Threats Before Attackers Strike

Join us as Fortra experts detail expanded capabilities, insight, and anti-threat measures to better address blind spots, proactively disrupt threat actors, prevent fraud, and enrich security. Attendees will learn about the newly expanded capabilities, including: Compromised Credentials Monitoring enables users to proactively defend against fraud...
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See how Fortra's Threat Intelligence services empower enterprises to take proactive measures against threats by delivering critical insight to disrupt threat actors, prevent fraud, and enrich security controls.
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Disrupt Counterfeit Threats

A Digital Risk Protection Playbook Counterfeit threats, such as fraudulent ads and look-alike domains, are on the rise especially with the expansion of e-commerce and online consumer-to-business interaction. However, the collection and mitigation of counterfeit activity can be complicated. Prioritizing relationships with platforms and providers along with collecting data showing evidence of...
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Emerging Threats: Disrupt Counterfeit Activity Targeting Retail Brands

Eric George, Director of Solution Engineering at PhishLabs As retail brands expand their online presence to selling goods and engaging with consumers, threat actors are leveraging the credibility of reputable organizations to profit off of cannibalized sales. Counterfeit storefronts mimic legitimate brands using look-alike domains, copyrighted...
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The Email Security Gaps in Your Cloud
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The Email Security Gaps in Your Cloud

Thu, 12/14/2023
It’s not news that most enterprises operate in the cloud. Migration to the cloud leads to better collaboration, data storage, and lower costs compared to on-premises resources. Odds are your organization is currently enjoying the conveniences of the cloud. The cloud has reshaped the way organizations operate, but with the migration comes new obstacles in email security, and the cloud has its own...
LastPass Fortra's PhishLabs Partnership: A Focus on Proactive Customer Protection Pays Off in 2023
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LastPass Fortra's PhishLabs Partnership: A Focus on Proactive Customer Protection Pays Off in 2023

Tue, 12/05/2023
As we approach the end of the year, LastPass Labs has reviewed the last 12 months to take account of the threat environment and how it has changed, as well as our accomplishments. Throughout 2023, the Threat Intelligence, Mitigation, and Escalations (TIME) team focused on rapidly expanding our capabilities to protect our customers from phishing sites and/or infostealers. A major part of this...
New Cyber Security Intelligence Article Covers Fortra’s Insights, Actions Against QR Phishing
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New Cyber Security Intelligence Article Covers Fortra’s Insights, Actions Against QR Phishing

By Jessica Ryan on Thu, 10/19/2023
QR phishing is currently considered a high priority risk capable of bypassing existing security controls, according to the latest article from Cyber Security Intelligence. QR Phishing, otherwise known as Quishing, is an extension of phishing attacks that is gaining popularity among threat actors who understand many email systems have difficulty reading the contents of the code. Similar to...
Threat Actor Profile: Strox Phishing-as-a-Service
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Threat Actor Profile: Strox Phishing-as-a-Service

Thu, 10/12/2023
Threat Background & History Beginning in the first half of 2022, Fortra has monitored a significant ongoing upward trend in fraud activity originating from various Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) operations. Some of these services have thrived, while the popularity of others has diminished. One PhaaS operation that has notably been present throughout the past two years is known as Strox (aka Strox...
Cyber Defense Magazine: New PhishLabs Research Details .ZIP Abuse
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Cyber Defense Magazine: New PhishLabs Research Details .ZIP Abuse

By Jessica Ryan on Thu, 09/21/2023
Fortra’s PhishLabs has identified two separate incidents of new Google top-level domain (TLD) .zip used in phishing attacks. The attacks, detailed in the September issue of Cyber Defense Magazine, use .zip to impersonate a social media conglomerate and global technology company. Look-alike domains using common file extensions are increasingly used to enhance the perceived legitimacy of cyber...
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Social Media Intelligence: Real World Threats, Real World Impact

Each day, 3.5 billion people use some form of social media. This is close to half of the global population. Because of the wide spread use and adoption of these various platforms, threat actors are increasing the abuse of both the brands and their accounts faster than any other digital medium. Moreover, most platforms lack the necessary security controls to protect their users. This creates a...
The Science Behind the Scenes: How Machine Learning Combats Phishing Attacks and BEC
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The Science Behind the Scenes: How Machine Learning Combats Phishing Attacks and BEC

Thu, 07/20/2023
Because email remains the most ubiquitous form of business communication, it continues to be a favorite attack vector for cybercriminals. Email has always been vulnerable because it was not originally designed with security or privacy in mind. As a result, email security vendors emerged to protect this critical communication channel. In the early days, many vendors used signature or reputation...
The Royal BlackCat Ransomware: What you Need to Know
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The Royal BlackCat Ransomware: What you Need to Know

Thu, 07/06/2023
The US healthcare sector continues to be aggressively targeted by ransomware operators. Royal and BlackCat are two of the more recent – and highly sophisticated – ransomware threats. These two new flavors of ransomware pose serious potential impacts on the healthcare sector, but there are appropriate mitigation and defense strategies that organizations can take to protect against them. What is...
Dark Web Focus on Credit Unions Increases in Q1
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Dark Web Focus on Credit Unions Increases in Q1

By Jessica Ryan on Thu, 06/15/2023
In Q1, Credit Unions nearly surpassed Banking Institutions as the top targeted industry on the dark web. Just under 36% of stolen card data on dark web platforms was linked to Credit Unions, marking the fourth consecutive quarter the industry has seen an increase in malicious activity. Every quarter, Fortra’s PhishLabs analyzes hundreds of thousands of attacks targeting enterprises and our...
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Top Fraudulent Activity Targeting Retail on the Dark Web - Part Two
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Top Fraudulent Activity Targeting Retail on the Dark Web - Part Two

By Nick Oram on Thu, 05/18/2023
The dark web is a haven of stolen goods and data, and limited visibility into activity targeting your brand leaves organizations at risk. Malicious behavior takes many forms, and a lack of understanding of what or how an asset is exposed on underground channels can lead to brand damage and financial loss. Detecting stolen data on the dark web is demanding, as navigating volatile marketplaces can...
Top Fraudulent Activity Targeting Retail on the Dark Web
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Top Fraudulent Activity Targeting Retail on the Dark Web

By Nick Oram on Thu, 05/11/2023
Bad actors use the dark web to exchange compromised data and goods anonymously, often unnoticed by the victim organization. Malicious activity can manifest in many ways on underground channels and, because of the technical obstacles associated with accessing the dark web, visibility can be limited, making it difficult to know which assets might be at risk. If sensitive information is left...
What is the Relationship Between Ransomware and Phishing?
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What is the Relationship Between Ransomware and Phishing?

Thu, 03/30/2023
Ransomware and phishing are usually put in two separate categories when cyberattack methodologies are discussed. However, ransomware operators are increasingly leveraging phishing tactics to deploy their malicious payloads, and the potential for compromise is exponentiating as a result. Ransomware and Phishing - a match made in heaven Phishing is the number one delivery vehicle for ransomware,...
Stolen Credit Union Data on Dark Web Hits High in Q4
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Stolen Credit Union Data on Dark Web Hits High in Q4

By Jessica Ryan on Thu, 03/09/2023
In Q4, Dark Web activity targeting Credit Unions reached its highest count in five consecutive quarters, according to Fortra’s PhishLabs. Attacks on Credit Unions jumped significantly during the second half of 2022, with threat actors advertising stolen card data from these institutions almost as frequently as National/Regional Banks. Data tied to financial institutions is considered especially...
More than Half of All Phishing Sites Impersonate Financials in Q4
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More than Half of All Phishing Sites Impersonate Financials in Q4

By Jessica Ryan on Thu, 02/16/2023
Phishing sites impersonating reputable organizations continue to represent the top online threat to businesses and their brands. In Q4, Financial Institutions were targeted most by credential theft phish, experiencing the largest share of malicious sites recorded since 2021, according to Fortra’s PhishLabs. Within the group, criminals capitalized on the broad customer bases and recognizable names...