account hijacking

Here is a frightening twist on your typical domain name spoofing.  Attackers have found ways to reuse legitimate sub-domains of well know business entities such as Microsoft and other companies to seed phishing email links with authentic sub-domains.

What is a sub-domain?

Anyone person or business that has a registered domain name can create any sub-domain they would like on the main domain that they ...

Cyber-criminals, state-sponsored cyber warriors, cyber-terrorists, and law enforcement cyber divisions all face the same choice when launching a campaign against a person, company, or governmental agency – do I start with a hard target or a soft target?  Modern networks, even for small businesses and individuals, are usually tough to breach from the Internet side.  Networks are hardened with layers of defensive hardware and software that make a direct attack difficult, ...