You will not see this attack until it’s too late.
Here we go again. There’s a fast growing threat in your inbox that’s hard to detect — even for security software on your PC. This has “, which says “threat actors are increasingly leveraging Scalable Vector Graphics files as a delivery vector for JavaScript-based redirect attacks.” Plenty of these images, “commonly treated as harmless” contain “embedded script elements” that lead to browser redirects. And that’s a huge risk., they could also be links to external images pulled into the email.
Kowski says these emails will also likely be “pushy about viewing the image right away,” and while “your email provider’s built-in security features, such as spam filtering and safe attachments, can help, they’re not perfect against these newer tricks.” Ontinue says “the observed targets of this campaign fall into B2B Service Providers, including the ones handling valuable Corporate Data regularly, including Financial and Employee data, Utilities, Software-as-a-Service providers that are great social engineering targets as they expect to receive a high volume of emails.”
The emails containing the attachments or links will be simple, “using a minimal format to avoid detection and provoke curiosity or interaction.” Hijacking poorly protected domains or spoofing others with special characters enhances the lure.
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