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Water Nue Phishing Campaign Targets C-Suite’s Office 365 Accounts

  • Posted on:August 6, 2020 at 5:02 am
  • Posted in:Cloud, Targeted Attacks
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    Trend Micro
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A series of ongoing business email compromise (BEC) campaigns that uses spear-phishing schemes on Office 365 accounts has been seen targeting business executives of over 1,000 companies across the world since March 2020. The recent campaigns target senior positions in the United States and Canada.

The fraudsters, whom we named “Water Nue,” primarily target accounts of financial executives to obtain credentials for further financial fraud. The phishing emails redirect users to fake Office 365 login pages. Once the credentials are obtained and accounts are successfully compromised, emails containing invoice documents with tampered banking information are sent to subordinates in an attempt to siphon money through fund transfer requests.

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Tags: business email compromisecredential phishingemail fraudoffice 365phishing

Company CFOs Targeted The Most By BEC Schemes

  • Posted on:June 9, 2016 at 5:00 am
  • Posted in:Social, Targeted Attacks
  • Author:
    Ryan Flores (Threat Research Manager)
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It should not come as a surprise that company executives (particularly the CEO and President) and other revered high-level employees get to be impersonated often for criminal reasons. How can you say no when it’s the CEO asking? How can you not comply when it’s already the President specifically requesting? Gone are the days of the telltale signs of an email scam: glaring grammatical errors and outlandish stories about lottery winnings or royalty riches. Today, Business Email Compromise (BEC) scammers use this regard of authority to target internal employees who may deal with and handle the finance of the company: the Chief Financial Officers (CFOs).

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Tags: BECbusiness email compromiseCEO fraudemail fraud

Predator Pain and Limitless: Behind the Fraud

  • Posted on:November 11, 2014 at 5:20 am
  • Posted in:Malware, Targeted Attacks
  • Author:
    Ryan Flores (Threat Research Manager)
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ZeuS/ZBOT has been one of the most talked about malware families for several years, and with good reason. It has continued to evolve, is very successful in hijacking online banking credentials, and added a variety of features designed to counter  various solutions that are supposed to mitigate it. It is estimated that ZBOT has enabled cybercriminals to steal more…

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Tags: cybercrimeemail fraudkeyloggerslimitlesspredator painTargeted Attack

Security Predictions for 2020

  • Cybersecurity in 2020 will be viewed through many lenses — from differing attacker motivations and cybercriminal arsenal to technological developments and global threat intelligence — only so defenders can keep up with the broad range of threats.
    Read our security predictions for 2020.

Business Process Compromise

  • Attackers are starting to invest in long-term operations that target specific processes enterprises rely on. They scout for vulnerable practices, susceptible systems and operational loopholes that they can leverage or abuse. To learn more, read our Security 101: Business Process Compromise.

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