Check Point Email Security Blog Attack Briefs (16)


Missed Delivery Messages as a Pretext for Phishing

The feeling is familiar: waiting for an important email, only to find that the message has been held up, either by a security solution or another reason.

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Insecure Transfer: Hosting Phishing Links on WeTransfer

Check Point researchers have discovered a burgeoning attack taking advantage of public file sharing sites like WeTransfer to host phishing content.

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Sharing Malicious Files Within Adobe Cloud

Adobe Creative Cloud is a popular suite of apps for file-sharing, creating, and more. Popular apps include Photoshop and Acrobat.

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Update: SLINKIFY Attack Still in Effect

In December, Avanan researchers discovered a new phishing attack that involves sending a plain text email with malformed URLs to bypass the URL protection and rewrit...

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Google Docs Comment Exploit Allows for Distribution of Phishing and Malware

Google Docs, as well as the larger Google Workspace, is ideal for productivity and collaboration. Employees across the globe can work, in real-time, together.

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Construction Industry Hit with Crypto-Based Extortion Attack

A new report has found that the construction industry is most at risk for ransomware attacks.

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Hackers Begin to Take Advantage of Omicron Variant

The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is spreading rapidly around the world. While we wait for more information on how it will change the pandemic, hackers have decided to...

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How Outlook Unwittingly Helps Hackers

Microsoft Outlook is built for productivity. That means they offer helpful tools designed to supercharge and streamline daily work.

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The Email to Eml Attack Rises Again

One of the most pernicious computer viruses in history was called Nimda. Though it propagated in many ways, it specialized in spreading via an email attachment.

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New Credential Harvesting Scam Spoofs Microsoft

The majority of all phishing attacks are of the credential harvesting variety.

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