Office 365 Phishing Attack Verifies Stolen Credentials
The Centristic threat analysis and research team investigated a breach that exposed a new tactic that threat actors are using to rapidly and effectively gain access to Office 365 accounts.
The Centristic threat analysis and research team investigated a breach that exposed a new tactic that threat actors are using to rapidly and effectively gain access to Office 365 accounts.
Phishing is a popular form of cybercrime because of how effective it is. Cybercriminals have been successful using emails, text messages, or direct messages on social media to get people to respond with their personal information. The best defense is awareness and knowing what to look for.
The uncertain, the unexpected, and the unknown all allow for hackers to gain our trust, and eventually access, into our personal and professional records without knowledge or permission.
We knew that any type of newsworthy topic was going to give cybercriminals so much opportunity – and COVID-19 gave them so much bang for the buck. Just because this was something affecting the world in a detrimental way would never be reason enough for hackers to take a break.
For the thousands of school districts forced to begin the 2020/2021 school year with online learning, due to COVID-19, the frustration has been whipped into a frenzy due to slow websites and complete outages. Most of these problems are due to inadequate provisioning of capacity, but many events are the result of cyber-attacks.