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Hackers Abused Microsoft’s Verified Publisher OAuth Apps to Breach Corporate Email Accounts

1Feb

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Hackers Abused Microsoft’s Verified Publisher OAuth Apps to Breach Corporate Email Accounts

On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it had taken action to disable phony Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) accounts that were being used to build malicious OAuth applications as part of a criminal operation to infiltrate the cloud environments of enterprises and steal email. The IT company claimed that the fraudulent actors "built applications that were subsequently deployed in a consent phishing campaign, which duped users into authorizing access to the phony apps." "This phishing campaign primarily targeted clients in the United Kingdom and Ireland." Consent phishing is a type of social engineering assault in which users are persuaded to provide permission to malicious cloud applications read the complete article Hackers Abused Microsoft's Verified Publisher OAuth Apps to Breach Co...

NHS is Most Scammed UK Government Brand

According to the National Cyber Security Centre, the National Health Service (NHS) was the UK government entity most commonly impersonated in alleged email frauds last year (NCSC). The NCSC asserted that during the course of the year, 6.4 million reports from the general public were sent to its hugely popular Suspicious Email Reporting Service (SERS), which led to the removal of 67,300 phishing and scam URLs. It's maybe not surprising that the NHS ranked first among those named in reports that led to takedowns because it is one of the government's best-known "brands." TV Licensing, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), Gov.uk, the Driver and Vehicle License Agency (DVLA), and energy regulator Ofgem—which has been regularly in the headlines recently due to skyrocketing energy prices we...

6 Easy Steps to Secure Your Gmail Account

Are you worried about thinking that your G mail account is safe or not, then you need to panic, we have brought you 6 Easy Steps to Secure Your Gmail Account With the help of these tips, you will be able to secure your g mail account. Millions of users worldwide use Gmail, the most widely used free email service. Every day, Google's email system sends and receives billions of messages. These messages frequently include private or secret information. It's also true—unfortunately—that hostile cyberattacks, phishing scams, and password leaks are growing increasingly frequent. You must secure your Gmail account to keep your personal email from falling into the wrong hands. Let's look at the 6 easy steps to secure your Gmail account 1. Open Your Go...