Phishing Frenzy: How Trusted Document Platforms Became Cybercriminals’ Best Friends
Phishing campaigns are getting creative, using trusted online document platforms to sneak past secure email gateways and snatch credentials. Cofense Intelligence warns that services like Adobe, DocuSign, and Dropbox are being misused, making credential theft attempts both common and crafty. Remember, when it comes to phishing, trust but verify!
Hot Take:
Well, it seems like phishing has officially graduated from the School of Hard NOCs (Network Operations Centers) and moved to the Ivy League of Document Platforms. If phishing was a sport, these cybercriminals would be the MVPs of document dodging, outmaneuvering security like it’s an Olympic event. Who knew PDFs could be this dangerous? It’s like being attacked by a paper cut that steals your identity.
Key Points:
- Trusted document platforms like Adobe, DocuSign, and Dropbox are being exploited to bypass email security systems.
- These platforms accounted for 8.8% of credential phishing campaigns in 2024.
- 79% of such campaigns focused on credential theft.
- Attackers exploit automatic notifications from trusted domains to seem legitimate.
- Top abused services include Dropbox, Adobe, SharePoint, DocuSign, Google Docs, Canva, and Zoho.