March 31, 2022 1:34PM
Area 1 Security Announces the Most Spoofed Brand of 2021: WHO is Back Again?
Email Security
Phishing
Cloudlare Area 1
Spoofing
From Jan. 2021 to Jan. 2022, more than 8.5 million (of 56 million in total) brand phishing emails blocked by Area 1 impersonated the World Health Organization...
March 26, 2022 3:44PM
2022 March Hackness: The Return of the Phishing Bracket - What 56 Million Emails Reveal about the Most Impersonated Brands
Email Security
Cloudflare Area 1
Phishing
Spoofing
Learn who made the list of the top brands that attackers use in phishing lures. This bracket is based on an analysis of more than 56 million phishing emails blocked by Area 1’s solution in the preceding 12 months since Feb 2022....
March 18, 2021 3:35PM
Sophisticated Microsoft Spoof Targets Financial Departments
Email Security
Cloudflare Area 1
A sophisticated Microsoft Office 365 credential harvesting campaign targets financial departments at companies across multiple industries, as well as newly-appointed CEOs and executive assistants....
January 27, 2021 11:37AM
Count yourself in for a vaccine phish: new phishing campaign exploits concern over COVID-19 vaccine availability
Email Security
Cloudflare Area 1
Phishing
Area 1 has uncovered a coronavirus vaccine-themed campaign spoofing the CDC. The attack, which originally bypassed Office 365’s email security, uses a number of techniques to bypass normal anti-spoofing and email authentication methods....
December 11, 2020 12:03PM
Phishpoint back in full swing: an infamous Microsoft SharePoint spoof resumes with new tactics
Email Security
Cloudflare Area 1
Microsoft 365
Phishing
Our researchers detected an updated wave of Microsoft SharePoint phish that are leveraging new COVID-19 restrictions to steal victims’ login information....
November 09, 2020 3:09PM
Phishing campaign threatens job security, drops Bazar and Buer Malware
Email Security
Cloudflare Area 1
Microsoft 365
Phishing
A phishing campaign is threatening targets with false claims of employment termination. The goal of the attacker is to intimidate employees into clicking on a link that will ultimately lead to Bazar or Buer malware infections by way of Trickbot....
October 20, 2020 10:45AM
With 14 days to go, we haven’t nailed the basics: election security risks from expired domains
Email Security
Cloudflare Area 1
Public Sector
Phishing
Failure for any organization to properly register their domains poses several key risks. For example, anyone who might register an election-sensitive domain would be able to assume the identity of elections officials and send phishing emails....
October 13, 2020 3:33PM
Spike in Amazon phishing for Prime Day: a new day of deals means new phishing campaigns
Email Security
Cloudflare Area 1
Phishing
Cyber criminals target Amazon Prime members. 2020 Prime Day phishing attacks attempt to steal credit card details, PII data....
October 06, 2020 11:48AM
PAC spoof drops Emotet: phishing campaign leverages stolen PAC content to drop Emotet
Email Security
Cloudflare Area 1
Phishing
President Donald Trump, election fundraising, Microsoft Office 365 used to send Emotet malware in fake Political Action Committee phishing email....
September 23, 2020 11:57AM
Are you GDPR-compliant? New phishing message harvests credentials with GDPR lure
Email Security
Cloudflare Area 1
Phishing
Credential harvesting phishing emails leverage GDPR compliance and exploits cloud-based services, Virtual Private Servers, to target sales executives....
September 09, 2020 12:17PM
Latest SBA phishing attempt: stealthy social engineering phish using newly registered domains attempts to gain bank details
Email Security
Cloudflare Area 1
Phishing
Area 1 blocks social engineering, COVID-19 phishing emails impersonating Small Business Administration, using Newly Registered Domains, PDF attachments....
August 27, 2020 1:02PM
“Face mask manufacturer” supplies Agent Tesla Malware: campaign employs Covid-19 lures and sophisticated evasion techniques
Email Security
Cloudflare Area 1
Phishing
Covid-19 phishing attack exploits need for face masks, thermometers to launch Agent Tesla malware (advanced Remote Access Trojan); bypasses gateways, DMARC....
August 17, 2020 1:43PM
July bonus Microsoft spear phishing
Email Security
Cloudflare Area 1
The creators of two Microsoft phishing campaigns, that Area 1 has dubbed “Summer Bonus”, are attempting to lure unsuspecting employees into divulging their Microsoft credentials....
July 26, 2020 1:52PM
New Area 1 security study shows that U.S. State & local election administrators remain vulnerable to phish
Email Security
Cloudflare Area 1
Elections
Phishing
With only 100 days until Election Day, Area 1 Security’s new “Phishing Election Administrators” report assesses the depth of current email security controls used by 10,000 U.S. state and local election administrators....
July 20, 2020 1:55PM
Don’t trust that tweet…or that email from "Bill Gates"
Email Security
Cloudflare Area 1
Phishing
On July 16th, 2020, an email appearing to be from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was sent to numerous recipients, seeking donations for the Foundation in Bitcoin....