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.
In a new phishing tactic, faux chatbots establish a conversation with victims to guide them to malicious links, researchers say.
For the first time in a year, security incidents involving email compromises surpassed ransomware incidents, a new analysis shows.
Threat analysts have observed a new trend in the phishing space which is to incorporate interactive chatbots on sites that guide visitors through the process of losing their sensitive data. [...]
The Spanish police have announced the arrest of 13 people and the launch of investigations on another 7 for their participation in a phishing ring that defrauded at least 146 people. [...]
A previously unknown Chinese hacking group known as 'Space Pirates' targets enterprises in the Russian aerospace industry with phishing emails to install novel malware on their systems. [...]
Protect enterprises from the harm of unwanted voice-based phishing perpetrated by bad actors.
HTML files remain one of the most popular attachments used in phishing attacks for the first four months of 2022, showing that the technique remains effective against antispam engines and works well on the victims themselves. [...]