Tech Radar reported:
Microsoft is sounding the alarm over a new phishing campaign targeting accounting firms, tax preparers, financial services providers, and similar organizations in the United States.
The phishing campaign, Microsoft says, can have different goals. Some threat actors might use these emails to distribute infostealing malware, as financial service providers often hold plenty of sensitive client data which can be used in extortion attacks.
The emails are nothing extraordinary - the attackers claim to be a client of the victim, sharing the documents needed to file a tax return. They share the documents via a link to a filesharing service provider, thus bypassing any email security tools the victims might have installed on their endpoints.
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Microsoft is sounding the alarm over a new phishing campaign targeting accounting firms, tax preparers, financial services providers, and similar organizations in the United States.
The phishing campaign, Microsoft says, can have different goals. Some threat actors might use these emails to distribute infostealing malware, as financial service providers often hold plenty of sensitive client data which can be used in extortion attacks.
The emails are nothing extraordinary - the attackers claim to be a client of the victim, sharing the documents needed to file a tax return. They share the documents via a link to a filesharing service provider, thus bypassing any email security tools the victims might have installed on their endpoints.
Find the original article and read more here.
Enroll in Training Sessions: Last Thursday of Every Month is Training on Frauds and New Scam Alerts and How to Combat