September 27, 2021 12:59 PM
Today we’re announcing a new tool to tackle email spoofing and phishing. We’ll warn users about insecure configurations and provide an easy-to-use wizard to create required DNS records....
January 27, 2021 11:37 AM
Area 1 has uncovered a coronavirus vaccine-themed campaign spoofing the CDC. The attack, which originally bypassed Office 365’s email security, uses a number of techniques to bypass normal anti-spoofing and email authentication methods....
December 11, 2020 12:03 PM
Our researchers detected an updated wave of Microsoft SharePoint phish that are leveraging new COVID-19 restrictions to steal victims’ login information....
November 09, 2020 3:09 PM
A phishing campaign is threatening targets with false claims of employment termination. The goal of the attacker is to intimidate employees into clicking on a link that will ultimately lead to Bazar or Buer malware infections by way of Trickbot....
October 20, 2020 9:45 AM
Failure for any organization to properly register their domains poses several key risks. For example, anyone who might register an election-sensitive domain would be able to assume the identity of elections officials and send phishing emails....
October 06, 2020 10:48 AM
President Donald Trump, election fundraising, Microsoft Office 365 used to send Emotet malware in fake Political Action Committee phishing email....
September 23, 2020 10:57 AM
Credential harvesting phishing emails leverage GDPR compliance and exploits cloud-based services, Virtual Private Servers, to target sales executives....
September 09, 2020 11:17 AM
Area 1 blocks social engineering, COVID-19 phishing emails impersonating Small Business Administration, using Newly Registered Domains, PDF attachments....
August 27, 2020 12:02 PM
Covid-19 phishing attack exploits need for face masks, thermometers to launch Agent Tesla malware (advanced Remote Access Trojan); bypasses gateways, DMARC....
July 26, 2020 12:52 PM
With only 100 days until Election Day, Area 1 Security’s new “Phishing Election Administrators” report assesses the depth of current email security controls used by 10,000 U.S. state and local election administrators....
July 20, 2020 12:55 PM
On July 16th, 2020, an email appearing to be from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was sent to numerous recipients, seeking donations for the Foundation in Bitcoin....
February 16, 2018 10:30 PM
To everyone in Cloudflare, account security is one of our most important tasks. We recognize that to every customer on our platform, we are critical infrastructure. We also know that the simplest attacks often lead to the most devastating of outcomes. ...
December 12, 2017 2:00 PM
Phishing is the absolute worst. Unfortunately, sometimes phishing campaigns use Cloudflare for the very convenient, free DNS. ...
July 01, 2012 7:28 PM
As the internet has grown, phishing attacks have continued to be a problem. While better awareness and focus on security has helped reduce their number, the RSA and other services tracking phishing still show that somewhere between 20-30,000 phishing attacks generally occur every...
