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A recently uncovered phishing campaign is spoofing messages from the New York State Department of Labor, claiming to offer $600 as part of a COVID-19 relief program, according to researchers at Abnormal Security. The goal is to harvest personally identifiable information.

Phishing Email Campaign Uses Updated COVID-19 Theme

Scammers and phishers are trying to steal your money and your personal information with fake schemes promising to get you the COVID-19 vaccines, warn the FBI and two other federal agencies.

FBI issues Covid vaccine scam warning — what you need to know

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Scammers were able to spoof the New York Department of Labor, sending out emails to thousands of residents from the domain “noreply@labor.ny .gov,” claiming to be sending Covid-19 relief money. The emails bear the NY state logo and capitalize on struggling Americans seeking to claim Covid-19 stimulus checks.

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The FBI is warning that fraudsters are exploiting the recent news surrounding the availability of COVID-19 vaccines to launch schemes to steal personal information and money. The warning issued this week included input from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

FBI Warns of COVID-19 Vaccine Fraud Schemes

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Today, Abnormal Security published research on an email attack campaign designed to prey on shoppers eagerly awaiting ecommerce deliveries leading up to the holidays. In this attack, malicious actors impersonate a USPS package tracking page to steal credit card credentials from unsuspecting customers.

Abnormal Security: USPS Phishing Attack Preys on Holiday Shoppers

Today, Abnormal Security published research on an email attack campaign designed to prey on shoppers eagerly awaiting ecommerce deliveries leading up to…

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Recent history shows holiday weekends and vacations provide an attack surface bonanza for threat actors.

Ahead of summer holiday weekends, IT security leaders brace for deliberate cyber mischief

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Even though nearly three-quarters of business email compromise attacks during the past year have emerged from Nigeria, Israel has been gaining traction as a base for sophisticated BEC campaigns.

Israel-based BEC attacks on the rise

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Abnormal Security is tracking cybercriminals from an unusual location for business email compromises who are using sophisticated spoofing to spur payments for fake acquisitions.

Israel-based threat actors show growing sophistication of email attacks

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A BEC group has been spotted in Israel. It’s crafting fake messages in multiple languages and impersonating real company bosses to hoodwink target companies out of more than ten times the average amount for payment fraud attacks.

Israel BEC group is so good at robbing big firms it only needs to work part time

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The group, identified by Abnormal Security, targets multinational firms using email display name spoofing and multiple fake personas.

Israeli threat group uses fake company acquisitions in CEO fraud schemes

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A BEC campaign has been tracked to a threat group in Israel, an unlikely genesis for a cyberattack of any kind, Abnormal Security said in a new report.

Widespread Email Ruse Launched from Israel, an Unlikely Source in Moneygrab

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Researchers at Abnormal Security discovered an Israel-based threat group carrying out a BEC campaign primarily targeting large and multinational enterprises with an average annual revenue of over $10 billion.

BEC Campaign via Israel Spotted Targeting Large Multinational Companies

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The report reveals how an emerging threat group employs a multi-phased BEC attack with an M&A theme to steal  from multinational enterprises

New Research from Abnormal Security Shows the Rise of Business Email Compromise Attacks Sent from Israel

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Abnormal Security has announced the results of a new ESG survey, revealing that more than two-thirds of IT and security leaders are concerned that attackers are leveraging communication and collaboration channels beyond email to evade security controls.

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