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Warning: Attackers Are Tricking Employees Into Sharing Malicious Calendar Invites

Researchers at Fortra are tracking a new variant of calendar phishing in which threat actors trick employees into sharing meeting links internally.

The attackers pose as prospective customers and contact non-sales employees, asking to be directed to a sales representative in order to discuss a business opportunity. The attacker then sends the employee a meeting link to forward to a sales contact.

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Warning: Tech Support Scams Are Abusing Google Ads

Researchers at Netskope are tracking a phishing kit that hijacks users’ browser windows to display fake security alerts. The malicious websites are distributed via Google Ads, and pose as normal online stores. Once a user clicks a link on the page, however, the site will present them with an urgent-looking security warning.

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Remove the Language Barrier from Your Training Program’s Global Rollout

At any given moment, there’s an employee somewhere in the world tuning out of a phishing training module that was translated from another language. Every word is rendered correctly, yet the learner still stops paying attention.

In these situations, the translation often gets the blame for not engaging the learner, but the real culprit is design. When training isn’t made for international consumption in the first place, the module is set up for failure regardless of what happens when it reaches the translator.

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