Enlarge (credit: Emerson Alecrim / Flickr) Microsoft has neutered a large-scale fraud campaign that used knock-off domains and malicious apps to scam customers in 62 countries around the world. The software maker and cloud-service provider last week obtained a court order that allowed it to seize six domains, five of which contained the word “office.” The company said attackers used them in a sophisticated campaign designed to trick CEOs and other high-ranking business leaders into wiring large sums of money to attackers, rather than trusted parties.
Microsoft Neuters Office 365 Account Attacks That Used Clever Ruse
Dan Goodin, Ars Technica
Wed, 07/08/2020 - 2:59pm
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