Office 365 Users Targeted in Phishing Campaign

Office 365 Users Targeted in Phishing Campaign 

Users of Microsoft’s popular Office 365 software might be the victims of the latest phishing campaign making its rounds online. 

Some users are receiving notifications purporting to be from “Office 365 Team” notifying recipients of an “unusual volume of file deletion” on their accounts. 

When recipients click on the “View alert details” link, a fake Microsoft login page appears that captures users’ login credentials. The attackers are using Azure, a popular hosting site that makes it more difficult to distinguish questionable URLs in a phishing attack. 

For Microsoft users, login screens only derive from microsoft.com, live.com, microsoftonline.com, or outlook.com. The growing sophistication of these attacks makes it even more difficult for users to differentiate a phishing attack from a real message. However, comprehensive training from providers like us can stop phishing scams in their tracks by empowering customer and employees with cybersecurity training and awareness.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/phishing-emails-pretend-to-be-office-365-file-deletion-alerts/

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Stolen NSA Tool May Be Responsible for Rash of Ransomware Attacks

Stolen NSA Tool May Be Responsible for Rash of Ransomware Attacks 

Ransomware attacks on local governments have become alarmingly prevalent, and they may have an unlikely source – a cyber weapon developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). In 2017, the NSA lost control of one of its most impactful weapons, code-named EternalBlue, and it now lies in the hands of independent bad actors and state sponsored hackers. 

The impact on local governments has been immense. While some cities refuse to pay the ransom, many are left with little choice but to pay up to restore access to their digital infrastructure. At the same time, the additional security costs have made it difficult for cash-strapped governments to combat the threat. 

With so much on the line, a comprehensive ransomware response plan has never been more important. Since most ransomware originates as phishing scams sent to employee email accounts, this also means that proper training can be worth its weight in gold, or at least in Bitcoin. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/25/us/nsa-hacking-tool-baltimore.html

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Canada Sees Spike in Malicious Email Campaigns

Canada Sees Spike in Malicious Email Campaigns 

Canadians were the target of more than 100 campaigns in the first four months of 2019. The malicious email campaigns were especially geo-targeted to French-speaking regions of the country, which include important organizations for the shipping, logistics, banking, and governments services. 

While a few specific campaigns accounted for much of the traffic, phishing emails and imposter attacks are on the rise globally, making many companies’ own employees the primary culprit in enabling more extensive data breaches to occur. 

Consequently, organizations have a responsibility to train their employees about the emerging trends, growing risks, and best practices to ensure that their networks remain secure. You might even want to partner with an MSP that can facilitate these initiatives, ensuring that your most prescient vulnerabilities become a trained level of defense against cybercrime.

https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/malware/great-white-north-bombarded-with-malicious-email-campaigns-report/

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