“that data breach alert might be a trap receiving a data breach notice may have once been a rare event. with data breaches hitting record numbers, however, these notifications are no longer as surprising as they once were. in the us alone, there were 3, 322 such breaches reported …”
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T1566.002Spearphishing Link
95%
“in the name ( a sign of typosquatting ) and hover your cursor over it in case the display name is hiding a random ( and unconnected ) sender domain. - poor spelling and grammar : as mentioned, this is less likely the more threat actors embrace generative ai ( genai ) to enhance t…”
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T1566.002Spearphishing Link
90%
“do fake breach notification scams look like? there are two basic tactics at play here. either : - the scammers wait for a real breach, and piggyback on the news to send out a fake notification. in this scenario, the victims are more likely to believe the scam as they ’ ll be expe…”
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T1556.006Multi-Factor Authentication
65%
“rushed into making a hasty decision on what to do next. take a deep breath, and slow down. if you receive a notice, always check directly with the apparent source – but not by replying to the sender or using any contact details in the notice itself. log into your real account and…”
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T1566Phishing
58%
“fake notifications can be emailed out rapidly at scale after an incident. the end goal may be to trick you into clicking on a malicious link or opening a malicious attachment, which might trigger installation of infostealing malware, for example. or it could be a pretext to get h…”
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T1566.002Spearphishing Link
54%
“fake notifications can be emailed out rapidly at scale after an incident. the end goal may be to trick you into clicking on a malicious link or opening a malicious attachment, which might trigger installation of infostealing malware, for example. or it could be a pretext to get h…”
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T1598.003Spearphishing Link
39%
“fake notifications can be emailed out rapidly at scale after an incident. the end goal may be to trick you into clicking on a malicious link or opening a malicious attachment, which might trigger installation of infostealing malware, for example. or it could be a pretext to get h…”
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Summary
Ignoring a real breach notification invites risk, but falling for a bogus one could be even worse. Stop reacting on autopilot.