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14,766 Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates Issued to PayPal Phishing Sites

During the past year, Let's Encrypt has issued a total of 15,270 SSL certificates that contained the word "PayPal" in the domain name or the certificate identity. Of these, approximately 14,766 (96.7%) were issued for domains that hosted phishing sites.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- March 24, 2017
- 07:31 PM
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A Corporate Inbox Receives 4.3 Times More Malware Than a Regular Inbox

Corporate email addresses are 4.3 more likely to receive malware compared to personal accounts, 6.2 times more likely to receive phishing lures, and 0.4 times less likely to receive spam.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 17, 2017
- 04:05 PM
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Mysterious Girl at the Heart of Cyber-Espionage Campaign

During the past year, social media profiles belonging to a girl named Safeena Malik have been at the heart of a series of phishing attacks that have targeted journalists and activists investigating Qatari migrant worker labor issues.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 14, 2017
- 01:35 PM
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High-End Phishing Kit Automates Attacks on PayPal Accounts

Security researchers from Proofpoint have come across a sophisticated phishing kit that automates the process of building and deploying high-end phishing pages, and which is extremely efficient at collecting login credentials and user details from PayPal users.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 07, 2017
- 04:30 PM
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Clever Phishing Trick You Need to Be Aware Of

One trick, first seen in June 2016, was observed again this past month. This clever phishing attack relies on telling users they received an important or secure file, and they need to visit a web page to view it. The real trick takes place on the crook's page, which shows a blurred out document on the background.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 09, 2017
- 06:11 AM
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Browser Autofill Profiles Can Be Abused for Phishing Attacks

Browser autofill profiles are a reliable phishing vector that allow attackers to collect information from users via hidden fields, which the browser automatically fills with preset personal information and which the user unknowingly sends to the attacker when he submits a form.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 06, 2017
- 03:22 PM
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As Bitcoin Price Surges, Phishing Attacks on Cryptocurrency Wallets Intensify

Bitcoin price surge reverberates through cybercriminal landscape, as cyber-criminals ramp up phishing attacks against Bitcoin users.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 23, 2016
- 06:10 AM
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Wannabe Crooks Fooled by Backdoored Phishing Kits Advertised on YouTube

There's a growing trend in the cybercrime landscape, and the trend is for malware authors to distribute backdoored malware using promotional videos and hacking tutorials on YouTube.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 25, 2016
- 01:00 PM
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Fake Prisma Apps Threaten 1.5M Android Users with Ads, Data Theft

Fake versions of the Prisma application for Android threaten as many as 1.5 million users with unwanted advertisements and data theft.
- David Bisson
- August 05, 2016
- 09:00 AM
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