Researchers at Akamai have identified a new phishing campaign targeting users in Brazil who are worried about their finances during the COVID-19 epidemic. Over two weeks, we identified that the three-question quiz campaign successfully targeted more than 850,000 victims, scamming them out of personal information, and in some cases, convincing them to install Adware on their computer.
Adversaries are leveraging widely exposed clear text credentials to gain access to sensitive information.
At times the term “harvesting credentials” is used when red teamers emulate these attacks - which is something that appears to be more opportunistic and I would propose that security teams start to actively hunt for credential exposure that can put their organization at risk – in case you are not yet doing that.
Actively hunting for credential exposure The idea of credential hunting is targeted and focused, leveraging intelligence about systems and combing it with powerful search techniques to identify exposure.