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Proofpoint Sues Facebook to Keep Using Lookalike Domains

Proofpoint and Facebook are in court fighting over how to handle the problem of domains that impersonate well-known brands, highlighting the difficulty in differentiating malicious activity and security awareness.

Phishing, Security Awareness

Email Attackers Target Victims Based on Demographics

Criminals pay attention to user demographics to target specific types of users when crafting email-based attacks, a joint study from Google and Stanford found.

Phishing

Interpol Arrests Three in BEC Scam

The Nigeria Police Force, in partnership with Interpol and Group-IB, has arrested three men suspected of being part of a cybercriminal gang that specialized in business-email-compromise scams.

Phishing

Attackers Verify O365 Credentials On Microsoft Entra ID

Attackers are cross-checking stolen Office 365 credentials on Microsoft Entra ID in real-time after victims type them into a malicious phishing page, researchers from Armorblox said.

Phishing, Office 365, Azure, Azure AD, Active Directory

The Short, Unhappy Lives of Five Zero Days

Google's Threat Analysis Group discovered one attacker exploiting five separate zero days in several applications last year, a highly unusual attack pattern.

Google, Phishing