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Latest SBA phishing attempt: stealthy social engineering phish using newly registered domains attempts to gain bank details

Sep 9, 2020Elaine Dzuba
Latest SBA phishing attempt: stealthy social engineering phish using newly registered domains attempts to gain bank details
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This post details a specific phishing campaign impersonating the SBA, highlighting the use of newly registered domains (NRDs) and spoofed sender addresses as evasion techniques. It explains how attackers leverage these tactics to bypass traditional email security gateways and trick recipients into divulging sensitive financial information. The post also outlines Area 1 Security's advanced detection methods, including analysis of NRDs, domain obfuscation, look-alike domains, and lexical analysis of message content, to identify and thwart such sophisticated threats.

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