Worse still, spear phishing is the name of the game these days, in which case, the recipient of the malicious email or link is always a well-researched individual. It’s partly why such attacks are very difficult to stop. Threat actors have targeted Office 365 users in these types of cybercrime multiple times before, and they continue to do so to date. Unsurprisingly, some of the latest victims/targets are employees participating in a fake SurveyMonkey survey.
SurveyMonkey phishing attack
The folks at Abnormal Security recently uncovered attempts to steal O365 user credentials on the pretext of conducting surveys among employees. In the campaign, the victim receives an email from a genuine SurveyMonkey site. But the message contains a hidden link, which upon clicking, redirects the victim to a Microsoft form submission page. The user has to submit their O365 email and password to proceed. This way, the malicious actors steal the unsuspecting user’s Microsoft account security credentials. It appears that these spear phishing attacks have a high probability of success due to various factors, including the use of a trusted domain. Likewise, concealing the redirect link makes it a little difficult for the target to suspect anything. Abnormal Security points out that up to 50,000 mailboxes may have received the SurveyMonkey phishing link. What’s your take on the state of cybersecurity against the backdrop of rising cases of Office 365-related phishing attacks? Feel free to let us know via the comments section below.
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