PHaaS

Infostealers are becoming the go-to phishing payload

Infostealers are becoming the go-to phishing payload

| | infostealers, PHaaS, Phishing, Scams, Threat Intel
Cybercriminals prefer infostealers to traditional phishing techniques because they reduce friction, scale well, and are widely available ...
Malwarebytes
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The Phishing-as-a-Service Pipeline: How a Scalable Fraud Ecosystem Is Driving Global Attacks

| | Fraud, PHaaS, Phishing
Flashpoint analysts, working with partner financial institutions, have observed a growing number of PhaaS operations operating with a level of coordination and specialization more commonly associated with legitimate software platforms. These ecosystems ...
Threat Intelligence Blog | Flashpoint
Evolution of Spear Phishing Tactics

Five Ways Spear Phishing Tactics are Evolving in 2025

| | deepfake, Lazarus attackers, linkedin, Microsoft Teams, Operation Dream Job, PHaaS, Phishing, Phishing as a Service, QR code, smishing, SMS, spear-phishing, WhatsAoo
What type of phishing became very effective around 2010 and still worries security teams today? Spear phishing. Spear phishing remains  highly effective and is getting more dangerous by the day. What is ...
SlashNext
Evolution of Spear Phishing Tactics

Five Ways Spear Phishing Tactics are Evolving in 2025

| | deepfake, Lazarus attackers, linkedin, Microsoft Teams, Operation Dream Job, PHaaS, Phishing, Phishing as a Service, QR code, smishing, SMS, spear-phishing, WhatsAoo
What type of phishing became very effective around 2010 and still worries security teams today? Spear phishing. Spear phishing remains  highly effective and is getting more dangerous by the day. What is ...
SlashNext
How phishing scammers manipulate your amygdala and oxytocin | Christopher Hadnagy | TEDxFultonStreet

The Rise of Phishing Attacks: P.S. ILoveYou

| | Amanda Marchuck, Cybersecurity, End-point Security, ILoveYou, ILoveYou Virus, Newsletter, PHaaS, Phishing, Privacy, security, services, social engineering
In This Issue: "The Rise of Phishing Attacks: P.S. I Love You". IILOVEYOU. Did you ever receive an email with that subject line? Millions did in May 2000. It was a game ...
Security Through Education

6 Evasive Phishing Tactics Most Cybersecurity Solutions Miss

| | evasive phishing tactics, Malicious Sites, PHaaS, Phishing, Phishing as a Service, phishing kits, phishing URLs, real time phishing threat intelligence
It seems today that threat actors can access almost any tool they need to […] ...
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The Verizon DBIR — The C-Suite is Under Attack

The Verizon DBIR — The C-Suite is Under Attack

| | bec, business email compromise, c-level executives, cybercriminals, PHaaS, Phishing, Phishing as a Service, SE, SERA, social engineer, stolen credentials, Strengthen Your Enterprise's Defenses, The 2019 Verizon DBIR — The C-Suite is Under Attack, The C-Suite is Under Attack, The Social Engineering Risk Assessment, vishing
According to The Verizon 2019 DBIR, the C-Suite is the primary target of criminals. Find out why, and what you can do to strengthen your enterprise's defenses, in our June blog, "The ...
Social-Engineer.Com – Professional Social Engineering Training and Services
New Phishing Attacks are Increasingly Clever

New Phishing Attacks are Increasingly Clever

| | bec, bec scam, business email compromise, business email compromise scam, Defense, Information Security, Infosec, malicious email, network, network attacks, network defense, networking, PHaaS, Phishing, Phishing as a Service, Phishing Attacks, Scams, social engineer, social engineering, Uncategorized
Cunning phish are on the rise, according to industry experts at Microsoft. Additionally, phishing dry attacks continued to be the top attack vector through 2018. While ransomware attacks have decreased 60% since ...
Social-Engineer.Com – Professional Social Engineering Training and Services
How To Avoid a RAT Infestation

How To Avoid a RAT Infestation

| | Advanced persistent threat (APT), Cybersecurity Training, education, intrusion detection, Malware, PHaaS, Phishing, prevention, Protect Yourself, rat, remote-access Trojan, risk management, Security Awareness, Security leadership, Security Training, social engineering, User Education
This is not a discussion on how to prevent or get rid of those large rodents that cause grown adults to scream like little children when they come scurrying across the floor ...
Social-Engineer.Com – Professional Social Engineering Training and Services
Not All Phishing Programs Are Created Equal

Not All Phishing Programs Are Created Equal

| | Awareness, awareness programs, PHaaS, Phishing, Phishing as a Service, phishing test, security, security programs, Security Training, social engineering, training
In today’s corporate world, security awareness training should be a common puzzle piece in general user onboarding and on-going staff education. With that training, regular testing should also be part of that ...
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