IT Sec News updates – Phishing Attacks

April 19, 2024
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LastPass users targeted in phishing attacks good enough to trick even the savvy

Password-manager LastPass users were recently targeted by a convincing phishing campaign that used a combination of email, SMS, and voice calls to …

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LabHost: Police take down $249-a-month global phishing service used by 2000 hackers

Law enforcement officials in 19 countries have shut down an online platform that earned at least $1 million by selling phishing kits to …

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The Fall of LabHost: Law Enforcement Shuts Down Phishing Service Provider – Trend Micro

On April 18, 2024, the UK's Metropolitan Police Service and others conducted an operation that succeeded in taking down the Phishing-as-a-Service …

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Did you get a text about unpaid road tolls? It could be a 'smishing' scam, FBI says – USA Today

The term comes from a combination of the words “SMS” and “phishing.” What to do if you receive a toll road 'smishing' text. If you receive one of …

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FBI alert: SMS phishing scam targeting highway toll customers – what to know – Fox 29

phishing. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images). The FBI is warning Americans nationwide about an increasingly-reported scam involving fake text …

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International investigation disrupts phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost | Europol

Commoditising phishing attacks. Cybercrime-as-a-service has become a rapidly growing business model in the criminal landscape whereby threat actors …

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LabHost phishing platform knocked offline by cyber-cops • The Register – TheRegister.

Prolific phishing-made-easy emporium LabHost knocked offline in cyber-cop op … phishing campaigns. The phishmonger was called LabHost and had been a …

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Phishing Emails Drive 90% Of Data Breaches: Here's How Your Business Can Avoid Falling Victim

'This is the number one thing you can do to protect your business against phishing attacks,' Oliver emphasizes. 'Phishers are looking to trick users …

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Google Firebase and Clearbit abused in Phishing campaigns – Broadcom Inc.

Phishing actors employ a plethora of tactics to make their phishing attempts more persuasive, ranging from hosting services to social engineering.

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LabHost phishing service with 40,000 domains disrupted, 37 arrested – Bleeping Computer

The LabHost phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform has been disrupted in a year-long global law enforcement operation that compromised the …

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