Microsoft Planner service impersonation
Hox rating: ★★✩✩
Threat type: Advanced campaign
Payload: Malicious link
Region: Global
Analyst: Reetta Sainio
Date: 24.07.2023
This advanced phishing campaign impersonates Microsoft Planner. It claims the recipient has been assigned to new tasks by their company, thus invoking curiosity and urging the recipient to click the link.
The email contains the address of the recipient's company headquarters.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Impersonation
Hox rating: ★★✩✩
Threat type: Advanced campaign
Payload: Malicious phone number
Region: Global
Analyst: Reetta Sainio
Date: 25.07.2023
This phishing email claims to be a communication from Kristalina Georgieva, the International Monetary Fund's Managing Director. It deceitfully convinces recipients they've been chosen for an IMF empowerment grant, urging them to reach out for further details.
Upon contact via email or the provided WhatsApp number, recipients will be solicited for personal banking information.
Wise impersonation
Hox rating: ★★✩✩
Threat type: Advanced campaign
Payload: Malicious link
Region: Global
Analyst: Minna Herlevi
Date: 28.07.2023
This phishing email is impersonating Wise. It includes a call to action, claiming that there is a mandatory security update for all Wise users.
Content-wise and grammatically the email looks legitimate, but the sloppily-made buttons break the illusion.
Fake voicemail notification
Hox rating: ★✩✩✩
Threat type: Bulk phishing
Payload: Malicious attachment
Region: Global
Analyst: Minna Herlevi
Date: 28.07.2023
This phishing email is notifying the victim of a new voicemail.
The email claims to have included the voicemail as an attachment, but in reality the attachment is a HTML file with a credential harvester.
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