Hackers Exploit Holiday Shopper Shipping Using Refund Button as Click Bait for Credential Harvesting

Avanan, A Check Point Company, has released a new report on how and why hackers send phishing campaigns centered around holiday shopping. 

The research analyzes hackers sending fake email order confirmation notices in the hopes of getting the user to attempt to get a refund. 

In fact, they will instead be led to credential harvesting pages. End-users are targeted in this phishing campaign by hackers using social engineering and impersonation techniques. 

You can read the full report here.

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