Dennis Fisher reports: In an effort to cut off an avenue used in some phishing attacks, Google is planning to block authentication attempts from some apps that use embedded browser frameworks in the near future. The change is part of a broader initiative by the company to get a better handle on when and how…
Category: Phishing
Phishing threats results in safety measures from Ohio University
Abby Miller reports: Ohio University has implemented multiple safety measures in order to decrease the amount of phishing email attacks against OU faculty and students. The first security updates were implemented on March 9, which were a part of OU’s bigger plan to increase its security measures, according to its website. The changes were put…
Spear Phishing Campaign Targets Ukraine Government and Military; Infrastructure Reveals Potential Link to So-Called Luhansk People’s Republic
John Hultquist, Ben Read, Oleg Bondarenko, and Chi-en Shen of FireEye explain: In early 2019, FireEye Threat Intelligence identified a spear phishing email targeting government entities in Ukraine. The spear phishing email included a malicious LNK file with PowerShell script to download the second-stage payload from the command and control (C&C) server. The email was…
WA: RS Medical notifies patients because an attacker potentially had access to their information
On April 7, RS Medical disclosed an incident that had the potential to compromise patient information. A copy of the notification from the Vancouver, Washington entity, obtained by DataBreaches.net, indicates that the attacker may not have been particularly interested in patient information, though: The primary purpose of the breach, as determined by internal investigation, was…
25% of Phishing Emails Sneak into Office 365: Report
Kelly Sheridan reports: One in every 99 emails is a phishing attack, and a new study shows 25% of those phishing attacks bypass default security measures built into Office 365, researchers reported today. The data comes from Avanan’s Global Phish Report, which analyzed 55.5 million emails sent to Microsoft Office 365 and Google G Suite…
Two newly revealed phishing attacks in 2018 potentially compromised 41,000 patients’ ePHI
Every time I think I’m ready to total out the March data on health data attacks or incidents, another incident pops up belatedly on HHS’s site. This time, there were two reports that I had to add yesterday. One was a report from Palmetto Health in South Carolina (now part of Prisma). Palmetto reported that…