Phishing uses deceptive messages to steal credentials or deliver malware, while user verification, MFA, and email filtering reduce the risk.
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Phishing is deceptive communication—by email, text, phone, or a fake website—that impersonates a trusted person or service to make someone disclose credentials, approve a transaction, reveal sensitive information, or run harmful software. Attackers use it to bypass technical controls by persuading a legitimate user to perform an action, and may target employees, customers, administrators, or suppliers.
Its impact can include account takeover, unauthorized payments, exposure of personal or business data, and access to internal systems. The most effective control for stolen-password phishing is phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication, such as hardware-backed passkeys or security keys, which binds authentication to the legitimate site. Organizations should also filter and authenticate messaging where possible, use password managers, restrict risky actions, train users to verify unusual requests through a separate channel, and provide rapid reporting so suspected credentials or sessions can be revoked.
An ongoing phishing campaign is pretending to be Trezor data breach notifications attempting to steal a target's cryptocurrency wallet and its assets. [...]
Hybrid phishing attacks continue to pose a clear and present danger to all organizations. How can these threats be mitigated to reduce their impact? [...]
A threat actor has posted data the alleged data stolen from American game publisher Activision in December 2022 on a hacking forum, highlighting the data's value for phishing operations. [...]