Check Point Email Security Blog Attack Briefs


FBI Alert: Email Extortion Campaign Falsely Claims BianLian Ransomware Affiliation

Overview: The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has recently released an urgent advisory pertaining to a sophisticated email-based extortion campaign. The c...

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Threat Alert: Sophisticated Botnet Targeting Microsoft 365 with Advanced Authentication Bypass Techniques

Overview: A sophisticated botnet comprised of over 130,000 compromised devices is orchestrating large-scale password spraying attacks against Microsoft 365 accounts ...

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Cyber Criminals Using URL Tricks to Deceive Users

Overview: In a newly observed scam, Check Point researchers found 200,000 phishing emails that abused URL information to obfuscate phishing links. The scam was first...

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Security Alert: Device Code Authentication Phishing Attack

Check Point researchers have discovered an extremely sophisticated attack, perpetrated by nation state threat actors, that targeted the CEO and a high-ranking employ...

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“Remember Me” Cookies Under Exploit in Account Takeover Attempts

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a new warning around the cyber criminal theft of “remember me” cookies. What’s Happening Cyber criminals are dire...

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Zero-Click Attacks

Latest Zero-Click Attack in Outlook Delivers Instant Malware

Earlier this year, we reported on Zero-Click Attacks in Microsoft Outlook that could compromise a user without them taking any action. Cyber Security News recently r...

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BEC 4.0: Business Communication Compromise 

Microsoft Teams is a popular communication channel for many organizations.

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The Evolution of QR Code Phishing: ASCII-Based QR Codes 

Quishing—QR code phishing—is a rapidly evolving threat. Starting around August, when we saw the first rapid increase, we’ve also seen a change in the type of QR code...

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