New Phishing Scheme Seemingly Looks Legitimate

According to researchers, a new pair of phishing scheme is out to steal Microsoft user’s Outlook credentials. The problem with it is that the phishing campaigns are seemingly innocent and legitimate. At first glance, one would think that the campaigns are indeed the real deal, but they actually aren’t. They are designed to fool people with their well-constructed landing pages that use SSL certificates as well as a windows.net domain. This makes it harder for the normal person or business to sniff them out without the help of an IT consultant.

With the fact that not everyone checks the URL of the page that their navigating is one major loophole that these phishing schemes take advantage. With the use of basic social engineering, users are led to the e-mail that carries the phishing URL. While most people who are tech savvy won’t really go beyond this, some who are not so into tech would think they are still on a legit site.

The body of the e-mail is designed to push users into “re-validating” their Microsoft Outlook account through the link provided. What’s alarming is that the website they are directed to is an exact copy of Microsoft’s legit site. This is the reason why all businesses should have an IT consultant Greenville so to make users aware of these scams online.

The second scheme is quite similar to the first one, although much less convincing. It leads users to revalidate their Facebook Workplace service account but the link redirects to a copy of Microsoft’s landing page instead. It is unclear if this was just a mistake on the side of the hackers or it is deliberate. Regardless, information security within a company should be on high priority. Businesses should always have some sort of protection for the data of its employees as well as for the entire business. IT service providers can make a huge different in terms of protecting your entire business online.

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