Conversation-Hijacking Attacks Make It Almost Impossible to Avoid Becoming a Victim

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Conversation-Hijacking Attacks Make It Almost Impossible to Avoid Becoming a Victim
January 23, 2020
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So, you’re on a group email thread that’s been going back and forth with each recipient participating with commentary. At some point, one of the recipients naturally and contextually offers up a link or an attachment that will assist with the conversation’s topic. Would you click it?
Cybercriminals using this new technique are betting you will.

According to new research from security vendor Barracuda, attackers are taking a page from domain impersonation and deepfake voice attacks, and are now realizing the value of leveraging a compromised credential by simply looking through their email, finding a current email thread with several people on it, and inserting malware with a contextually-accurate reason.
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Barracuda: Threat Spotlight: Conversation Hijacking

Conversation hijacking is typically, but not always, part of an account-takeover attack.
Ultimately, the goal of these attacks is to trick victims into wiring money, making a payment of some kind, or change payment details.

From the attacker's perspective, however, the cost is worth it because these personalized attacks are often more successful at tricking victims than other less sophisticated phishing attacks.
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