Cybersecurity experts are warning that enterprises must urgently address both technology gaps and human vulnerabilities after a wave of social engineering attacks targeted SaaS platforms.
Nearly 13,500 education, healthcare, manufacturing, and finance organizations around the world, particularly in North America, Europe, and Asia, have been subjected to a sweeping phishing campaign exploiting the widely used educational platform Google Classroom earlier this month, GBHackers News reports.
English-speaking cybercriminals skilled in social engineering are increasingly sought after in underground forums, signaling a troubling rise in targeted attacks, The Register reports.
HackRead reports that attacks involving the impersonation of CoinMarketCap journalists have been launched against cryptocurrency executives as part of a new spear-phishing campaign.
Malicious actors have been increasingly hijacking software-as-a-service accounts via virtual private server exploitation to facilitate phishing attacks that evade IP reputation checks and geolocation defenses, SiliconANGLE reports.
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