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Phishers Continue to Spoof WebEx

10. Mai 2020

cofense logoLast month, the Cofense Phishing Defense Center (PDC) observed a new phishing trend wherein threat actors spoofed WebEx pages to harvest Office365 (O365) credentials. Since the posting of the original blog, the PDC has seen an increase in the number of similarly themed WebEx phishing attacks, yet another example of attackers leveraging the rapid shift to remote work in light of COVID-19 concerns. As many organizations and their workforce are increasingly dependent on remote working tools and solutions, reducing the attack surface (the number of different approaches a threat actor can use to enter or extract data) of such online platforms and services is becoming even more critical.

 

Attackers know this and are constantly looking at ways to circumvent detection by secure email gateways and position themselves between users and legitimate services. The WebEx phishing campaign is a prime example, slipping past email protection to dupe users into providing their credentials out of fear they will be unable to use the service and perform their job otherwise.  It’s therefore not a surprise the PDC has seen an increase in phishing attacks that spoof legitimate, business critical services. ...read more!