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Phishing Email Alerts

Catch of the Day: Phishing Guide
Chef’s Special: Spear Phishing Attacks

Examples of clever phish that made it past my spam filters and into my inbox. Some are sent by clients or readers like you, and other reliable sources on the Internet.

You can send phishing samples to me at phish@wyzguys.com.

My intention is to provide a warning and show current examples of phishing scams, related articles, and education about how these scams and exploits work, and how to detect them in your inbox. If the pictures are too small or extend off the page, double clicking the image will display them in a photo viewer app.

A Guide to Phishing Attacks

[2023.01.27] This is a good list of modern phishing techniques.

Spear Phishing Attacks Increase 127% As Use of Impersonation Skyrockets

Impersonation of users, domains and brands is on the rise, as is the use of malicious links, in response to security vendors improving their ability to detect malicious attachments.

I talk often about the back-and-forth that exists between cybercriminal groups and security vendors. Security solutions improve their detection capabilities, and threat actors work tirelessly to find new ways to evade detection. New data found in GreatHorn’s 2023 State of Email Security report shows that this is exactly what’s been happening in the last 12 months.

Let me paint the picture for you – according to the report, in 2022:

• Microsoft and Google have improved their attachment scanning capabilities
• Spear phishing increases 127% to focus specific scam themes on specific targets
• Executive Impersonation jumps 344% making the attack seemingly come from a trusted source
• 43% of all potentially dangerous emails are now impersonation emails
• All of the top 20 malicious links used were from compromised domains with positive reputation scores to bypass native scanning controls, such as those used by various Google services

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