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13462486067?profile=RESIZE_400xRussian state-backed actors are increasingly targeting secure messaging applications like Signal to intercept sensitive communications, reveals a recent report by Google’s Threat Intelligence Group.  These groups, often aligned with Russian intelligence services, are focusing on compromising accounts used by individuals of interest, including military personnel, politicians, journalists, and activists. While the initial focus appears to be related to the conflict in Ukraine, researchers believe

13408736697?profile=RESIZE_400xSpoofed email addresses in malspam campaigns continue to work for attackers who use them to bypass security mechanisms and trick victims into triggering the malware. Despite safeguards like DKIM, DMARC, and SPF designed to prevent attackers from spoofing well-known domains, attackers are getting around these by abusing neglected domains that lack DNS records, making them harder to detect.

Researchers have identified how these spam campaigns use disused domains to distribute phishing emails cont

12150460501?profile=RESIZE_400xThe QR code system was invented in 1994 under a team led by Masahiro Hara from the Japanese company Denso Wave.  A QR code (quick-response code) was developed as a type of two-dimensional matrix barcode for labelling automobile parts.  Now, using a new twist to bypass detection from security solutions, cyber-attacks are now employing QR codes that your users will not recognize as anything suspicious.

Threat actors need some means of getting a user to engage with malicious content – whether an at