Top 4 Digital Brand Threats

Top 4 Digital Brand Threats

Threat actors routinely impersonate brands as part of their attacks. Brand abuse can occur anywhere online, and impersonating a reputable company automatically gives credibility to a threat that might otherwise be instantly identified as suspicious. Because brand impersonation is so broadly used across the threat landscape, security teams need to ... Read More
What is Digital Brand Protection?

What is Digital Brand Protection?

  Digital brand protection is defined as comprehensive intelligence sourcing and mitigation of external threats targeting your brand. Digital brand abuse can occur anywhere online. Therefore, it is necessary to have proactive and comprehensive detection capabilities across digital channels to prevent revenue loss and reputation damage.  ... Read More
Alien Mobile Malware Evades Detection, Increases Targets

Alien Mobile Malware Evades Detection, Increases Targets

PhishLabs is monitoring the increasing number of mobile applications targeted by the relatively new Alien Mobile Banking Trojan. Alien, a fork of Cerberus, continues to evade Google’s malware detection and is targeting a broad spectrum of both financial and non-financial apps. So far, Alien has been connected with 87 new ... Read More
ZLoader Dominates Email Payloads in Q1

ZLoader Dominates Email Payloads in Q1

| | Malware, Ransomware
Malicious payloads delivered via email phishing continue to drive access to sensitive infrastructures and result in data compromise for enterprises. In Q1 of 2021, attack methods including malware campaigns have contributed to a 564% increase in individuals affected by a data leak, as well as a 12% increase in publicly-reported ... Read More
Breaking Down the Latest O365 Phishing Techniques

Breaking Down the Latest O365 Phishing Techniques

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Microsoft Office 365 phish are some of the most common threats that reach end users inboxes. Over the course of a two-year period, PhishLabs has observed that O365 phish have accounted for more than half of all reported phish by enterprises - by a significant margin.  ... Read More
Surge in ZLoader Attacks Observed

Surge in ZLoader Attacks Observed

| | banking trojan, Ransomware
PhishLabs has observed a spike in malicious emails distributing ZLoader malware. The spike is notably one of the greatest upticks for a single payload observed in a 24-hour period over the past year, and is the first significant sign that another botnet may be stepping up in the aftermath of ... Read More
Emotet Dismantled, Trickbot, ZLoader, and BazarLoader Step In

Emotet Dismantled, Trickbot, ZLoader, and BazarLoader Step In

| | Malware, Ransomware
Recently, we published a piece highlighting early stage loaders often used in ransomware attacks. One of the most prolific was Emotet, which has since been taken down via a coordinated, multi-national effort. How will this impact the threat landscape? In this post, we take a look at loader activity in ... Read More
Threat Actor using Social Media to Scam Credit Union Members

Threat Actor using Social Media to Scam Credit Union Members

| | Social Media Threats
Recently, PhishLabs mitigated an attack using a fake social media page to steal the credentials of a credit union (CU) customer. The below demonstrates how the attack was executed ... Read More
Sharp Increase in Emotet, Ransomware Droppers

Sharp Increase in Emotet, Ransomware Droppers

| | Ransomware
Ransomware continues to be one of the most  impactful threats to enterprises. Aside from external vulnerabilities, its primary delivery method remains email phishing, with links or attachments containing early stage loaders. These loaders initiate attacks by compromising systems and installing additional malware. PhishLabs has analyzed these early stage loaders and ... Read More