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Cloud Phishing: New Tricks and the Crown Jewel

Evolved Techniques Explained and Lessons Learned From Recent Dropbox & Uber Hack

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Cloud Computing gives phishers a new playground to harvest and grow their business. But not only that, but the impacts are much broader and more dangerous. No organization, small or big, is invulnerable to phishing attacks. Therefore, it’s critical to learn how you might be targeted and what you can do to prevent it.

SaaS-based phishing is already familiar. For example, over 90% of all data breaches are due to phishing, from stolen credentials to malicious URLs. Also, according to a report from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, researchers have seen a massive increase in this abuse, with the data collected by the firm showing an enormous expansion of 1,100% from June 2021 to June 2022.

With more advancements in technology, not only can defenders leverage more sophisticated tools and techniques to detect and block phishing emails, links, and messages, but attackers are also improving on their side of the cat-and-mouse game.

While most social engineering attacks are delivered by email, one-third of IT professionals reported increased social engineering delivered via other communication…