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SANS Stormcast Friday, June 20th, 2025: New Employee Phishing; Malicious Tech Support Links; Social Engineering App Sepecific Passwords
June 19, 2025
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How Long Until the Phishing Starts? About Two Weeks
After setting up a Google Workspace and adding a new user, it took only two weeks for the new employee to receive somewhat targeted phishing emails.
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/How%20Long%20Until%20the%20Phishing%20Starts%3F%20About%20Two%20Weeks/32052
Scammers hijack websites of Bank of America, Netflix, Microsoft, and more to insert fake phone numbers
Scammers are placing Google ads that point to legitimate companies sites, but are injecting malicious text into the page advertising fake tech support numbers
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/06/scammers-hijack-websites-of-bank-of-america-netflix-microsoft-and-more-to-insert-fake-phone-number
What s in an ASP? Creative Phishing Attack on Prominent Academics and Critics of Russia
Targeted attacks are tricking victims into creating app-specific passwords to Google resources.
https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/creative-phishing-academics-critics-of-russia