Phishing Emails Found in Environments Protected by Secure Email Gateways (SEGs)
Every week we update this page with a selection of the latest threats our analysts discover in environments protected by Proofpoint and other SEGs. These threat feeds can inform your security teams and help protect your business from malware-bearing phish.
One hundred percent of the phish seen by the Cofense Phishing Defense Center (PDC) have been found in environments under SEG (secure email gateway) protection, were reported by users, and were analyzed and dispositioned by Cofense Triage.
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Are phishing emails evading your Proofpoint or other secure email gateway? The following are examples of phishing emails recently seen by the PDC in technology-protected environments.
Malicious emails continue to reach user inboxes, increasing the risk of account compromise, data breach, ransomware attack and more. The same patterns and techniques are used and observed week after week. Get real-world ransomware attack email examples here and learn how to protect yourself.
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Tactic
Theme
ENVIRONMENTS: Proofpoint
TYPE: Raccoon Stealer
POSTED ON: 07/27/2021
TACTIC: Link
THEME: Finance
PHISHING EXAMPLE DESCRIPTION: Finance-themed emails found in environments protected by Proofpoint and Microsoft STP deliver Raccoon Stealer via an embedded link. The link would then download a password protected .rar archive.
ENVIRONMENTS: Proofpoint
TYPE: Loki Bot
POSTED ON: 07/26/2021
TACTIC: Link
THEME: Quotation
PHISHING EXAMPLE DESCRIPTION: Quotation-themed emails found in environments protected by Proofpoint and TrendMicro deliver Loki Bot via an embedded link.
ENVIRONMENTS: Proofpoint
TYPE: Credential Phishing
POSTED ON: 07/22/2021
TACTIC: ICS Attachment
THEME: Supreme Court
PHISHING EXAMPLE DESCRIPTION: Supreme Court-themed emails found in environments protected by Proofpoint, Cisco Ironport, and Mimecast deliver credential phishing via a link embedded in an attached calendar file.
ENVIRONMENTS: Proofpoint
TYPE: Agent Tesla Keylogger
POSTED ON: 07/19/2021
TACTIC: Link
THEME: Notification
PHISHING EXAMPLE DESCRIPTION: Notification-themed emails found in environment protected by Proofpoint deliver Agent Tesla keylogger via an embedded link.
ENVIRONMENTS: Proofpoint
TYPE: Credential Phishing
POSTED ON: 07/19/2021
TACTIC: Link
THEME: Notification
PHISHING EXAMPLE DESCRIPTION: Notification-themed emails found in environments protected by Proofpoint deliver credential phishing via an embedded link.
ENVIRONMENTS: Proofpoint
TYPE: Agent Tesla Keylogger
POSTED ON: 07/16/2021
TACTIC: Link
THEME: Quotation
PHISHING EXAMPLE DESCRIPTION: Quotation-themed emails found in environments protected by Proofpoint delivers an LZH archive via an embedded link. The archive contains both an Agent Tesla keylogger and FormGrabber executable.
Malicious emails continue to reach user inboxes, increasing the risk of account compromise, data breach, ransomware attack and more. The same patterns and techniques are used and observed week after week.
Recommendations
Cofense recommends that organizations train personnel to identify and report suspicious emails and use advanced email protection tools. Cofense PhishMe customers should use SEG Miss templates to raise awareness of these attacks. Organizations should also fortify their cyber response playbook with Cofense Triage and Cofense Vision to quickly analyze and auto quarantine the phishing attacks that bypass technical controls.
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