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Booking.com Phishers May Leave You With Reservations

Krebs on Security

This story examines a recent spear-phishing campaign that ensued when a California hotel had its booking.com credentials stolen. KrebsOnSecurity last week heard from a reader whose close friend received a targeted phishing message within the Booking mobile app just minutes after making a reservation at a California.

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FBI: Spike in Hacked Police Emails, Fake Subpoenas

Krebs on Security

.” Echoing the FBI’s warning, Donahue said far too many police departments in the United States and other countries have poor account security hygiene, and often do not enforce basic account security precautions — such as requiring phishing-resistant multifactor authentication.

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Gmail blocked 18 Million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures in a week

Security Affairs

Google says that the Gmail malware scanners have blocked around 18 million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures in just one week. Google announced that its anti-malware solutions implemented to defend its Gmail users have blocked around 18 million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures within the last seven days.

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PayPal scam abuses Docusign API to spread phishy emails

Malwarebytes

PayPal scammers are using an old Docusign trick to enhance the trustworthiness of their phishing emails. The Docusign Application Programming Interface (API) allows customers to send emails that come from genuine Docusign accounts, and they can use templates to impersonate reputable companies.

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MailChimp breached, intruders conducted phishing attacks against crypto customers

Security Affairs

Threat actors gained access to internal tools of the email marketing giant MailChimp to conduct phishing attacks against crypto customers. Trezor WARNING: Elaborate Phishing attack. Trazor also took the phishing domain used by threat actors offline and launched an investigation to determine how many users have been impacted.

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Video: How Hackers Steal Your Cookies & How to Stop Them

eSecurity Planet

Attackers can steal your cookies through phishing, malware, and MITM attacks, leading to data theft, financial loss, and identity theft. Initial Attack Vector Attackers might send phishing emails or create fake websites. Though cookies themselves don’t steal passwords, they can be hijacked to access sensitive data.

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Understanding MFA Fatigue: Why Cybercriminals Are Exploiting Human Behaviour

IT Security Guru

Initial Compromise: Malefactors first gain access to the victims credentials through phishing, brute force attacks, or dark web marketplaces. Cyber crooks often bank on organisations thinking of MFA as a silver bullet for account security, but it isnt.