Your next Phishing email may come straight from PayPal
Malicious actors have started to exploit a loophole in the defenses of many home users, organizations, email and security services, to send out phishing emails from legitimate services. image credit: Avanan Threat actors have found a way to send phishing emails using the tools and services provided by legitimate companies such as PayPal or QuickBooks. Most phishing emails come from unrelated domains; experienced users may spot these right away, and so do many antivirus solutions. Using a domain that is on an allow list, on the other hand, adds trust to the email. Phishing emails that come directly from PayPal have a greater chance of slipping through defenses because of … Read more