Just as security professionals will tell you that layered defensive strategies are the best when it comes to staving off successful attacks, so attackers will often look to precisely the same when executing their cyber attacks.
Two-step phishing attacks have, in the words of security researchers from Perception Point, “become a cornerstone of modern cybercrime,” leveraging trusted platforms “to deliver malicious content in layers to evade detection.” Everything changes, but everything stays the same.
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Source: Forbes News
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