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Legal OneDrive and Dropbox links for attacks
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

Legitimate services like OneDrive and Dropbox are abused for fraudulent emails. Hackers use free spaces and send harmless sharing links with dangerous targets. Avanan security researchers warn of a disturbing new attack vector that exploits legitimate services and poses a significant threat to email security. The new method should be seen against the background of the alarming fact that in 2022 email-based threats accounted for 86 percent of all attacks. Legal Accounts Also Used in BCE Attacks Hackers have come up with a nifty approach to exploiting genuine programs, like Dropbox and OneDrive, for…

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Voicemail: Microsoft Dynamic 365 abused for phishing
Voicemail: Microsoft Dynamic 365 abused for phishing

Cyber ​​criminals use legitimate Microsoft Dynamic 365 Customer Voice software to send phishing links to steal customer data. Security researchers from Avanan and CheckPoint show how insidious the whole thing is. Dynamics 365 Customer Voice is a Microsoft product primarily intended to receive feedback from customers. It can be used for customer satisfaction surveys to track feedback and aggregate data into actionable insights. Additionally, it can also be used to interact with over the phone, collecting the data for further customer input. Instead of this function...

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Cyber ​​attacks against foreign government
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

Researchers from Avanan report on attacks on the Caribbean island nation of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis and explain how hackers threaten the government there on a daily basis. The islands, with a population of 100.000, experienced 34.000 phishing attacks a year. Check Point reports attacks against the government of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Researchers at Check Point subsidiary Avanan, a leading provider of email security solutions, have examined the attacks on the Caribbean island nation and placed them in the context of the increasing number of cyber attacks against authorities worldwide. Over 1.500 attacks on governments – per week! Noisy…

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