We discovered a new technical support scam (TSS) campaign that makes use of iframe in combination with basic pop-up authentication to freeze a user’s browser. Since this technique is new and unfamiliar, it can potentially evade detection.
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While doing a search for phishing pages with unique log-in characteristics, we came upon a phishing attack that involves using a legitimate tool called SingleFile as the obfuscation method to avoid detection.
Read More We discovered a phishing campaign targeting South Korean websites and users’ credentials using the watering hole technique. Labeling the campaign Soula, cybercriminals injected a malicious JS code in at least four websites for a fake login pop-up to appear at intervals before they can continue using the pages.
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Tech support scams have diversified into new territory. They now use pop-up alerts and social engineering tactics to spread fake toll-free numbers and links of their fake tech support websites on popular social media platforms.
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Social media influencers build and expand their business or brand through credibility and authenticity to their audience. For hackers, however, they could be seen as trophies. That’s what happened to a photographer with more than 15,000 followers on Instagram, when she had her account stolen.
A closer look into the incident revealed that the hacker got into her account through phishing. While it seemed straightforward enough, we also found that targeting popular Instagram profiles has become a modus for a certain group of Turkish-speaking hackers. And by abusing Instagram’s account recovery process, they were able to keep the stolen account even if the victim squarely followed the process. We’ve seen cases where owners of Instagram profiles with followers between 15,000 and 70,000 were hacked and were never retrieved. The victims ranged from famous actors and singers to owners of startup businesses like photoshoot equipment rentals.
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