From Avanan – PhishPal: How PayPal Became a Hackers’ Haven
In July of last year, we wrote about a new campaign where hackers are sending phishing emails and malicious invoices directly from PayPal.
This is different from the plenty of attacks we’ve seen that spoof PayPal. This is a malicious invoice that comes directly from PayPal.
And since it comes directly from PayPal, it becomes incredibly difficult not only for email security services to stop but also for end-users to respond to it accordingly.
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Hugh Taylor
Hugh Taylor is a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM). In addition to editing Journal of Cyber Policy, he writes about cybersecurity, compliance and enterprise technology for such clients as Microsoft, IBM, SAP, HPE, Oracle, Google and Advanced Micro Devices. Prior to launching his freelance writing career, he served in executive roles at Microsoft, IBM and several venture-backed technology startups.