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This worm phishing campaign is a game-changer in password theft, account takeovers

September 30, 2020

Via: ZDnet
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A phishing attack taking place against an organization has revealed a crafty method to bounce between victims in a way deemed “ingenious” by a researcher.

On September 29, cybersecurity architect and bug bounty hunter Craig Hays outlined a recent phishing attempt which went far beyond the usual spray-and-pray tactics and basic attempts to compromise a network, to become “the greatest password theft he had ever seen.”

In a Medium blog post, Hays detailed how a response team received an alert from their organization at 10 am, when a user fell prey to a phishing attack.

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