Proofpoint phishing plagues millions with 'perfectly spoofed' emails from IBM, Nike, Disney,

stapp · Jul 30, 2024

A huge phishing campaign exploited a security blind-spot in Proofpoint's email filtering systems to send an average of three million "perfectly spoofed" messages a day purporting to be from Disney, IBM, Nike, Best Buy, and Coca-Cola – all of which are Proofpoint customers.
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As far as victims were concerned, they were getting real emails from big corporations, with properly authenticated Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) signatures – indicating to users and their email apps that the missives were legit and trustworthy.
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https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/30/scammers_spoofed_emails/

Rasheed187 · Aug 10, 2024

What the hell, how can companies like Proofpoint who only have one single job make such blunders?

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Proofpoint phishing plagues millions with 'perfectly spoofed' emails from IBM, Nike, Disney,

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