Threat Intelligence Hub

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Cloud File Shares

Aug. 02, 2024

Learn about new obfuscation techniques requiring user interaction to access malicious content.
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Online AI Tools

Aug. 02, 2024

Learn about the impersonation of HR teams through the abuse of HTML attachments.
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Workspaces Abuse

Aug. 02, 2024

Learn how to protect your organization and inform your users about the abuse of cloud file services.
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Phishing campaigns using re-written links

Jul. 31, 2024

Protect yourself against the abuse of rewritten links in phishing campaigns
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Trustpilot URL Redirect Abuse

Jul. 26, 2024

Learn about the abuse of Trustpilot links through SendGrid and associated IOCs.
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CrowdStrike Phishing Campaign

Jul. 23, 2024

Access the list of URLs utilized across the targeted CrowdStrike campaigns.
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Telephone based threats

Jul. 8, 2024

Read about the rise of telephone-based scams.
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QR Code Phishing

Jun. 17, 2024

Read about ongoing phishing campaign using QR codes.
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LinkedIn Redirect Abuse

Jun. 10, 2024

Read about the continued abuse of legitimate cloud services for credential harvesting.
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H1 Global Threat Intelligence Report Snapshot

Attacker methodology shifted in Q4 2023 to focus more on links, yet continues to utilize tried and tested methods of spam and older vulnerabilities.

Top targeted industry

Overall, malicious URLs were the most prevalent attack vector accounting for roughly 10 times more attacks

AI bot call center scam

A phishing scam using a variety of fake invoices, including a phone number to an AI-powered call center

CVE-2022-42889

"Text4Shell" is a critical Apache Commons Text vulnerability allowing remote code execution

Threats per User by Business Size

While spam and impersonation attacks dominated the threat landscape, malicious links remained the favored way for attackers to attempt to infect end users’ systems.

Threats per User by Attack Type

The average Mimecast user account encountered a third fewer links in 2024 Q2 compared to Q1

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Top 5 Industries by Threats per User

Users in the scientific and technical, legal professional services, and IT consulting industries were targeted with the most spam, with Mimecast blocking on average 20 attacks per user

Top 10 File-Sharing Services used in Attacks

Attackers continued to increase their use of links to deliver payloads to their victims, with the predominant file sharing domains varying greatly across regions

Top 10 Vulnerabilities Used in Attacks

In H1 2024, most attacks leveraged a small number of vulnerabilities with some exceeding 14 years in age.

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