Perception Point Blog Archive

Spear Phishing Attack Campaign Uses a Microsoft Verified App and Abuses OAuth Request Links

Attackers are using a Microsoft verified app, abusing OAuth request links in order to gain full control of the victims’ mailbox. The spear phishing attack is specifically targeting CISOs and other administrator-level users in the organization.

Perception Point Incident Response
Feb-22

How to Prevent Malware Attacks

Malware, or malicious software, is software designed to take charge or disrupt its victim’s computer or network infrastructure. In this blog, we’ll explain the challenges in detecting malware and how to prevent malware attacks with best practices and advanced technologies.

Perception Point Marketing
Jan-22

Technical Analysis of CVE-2022-22583: Bypassing macOS System Integrity Protection (SIP)

Perception Point researchers discovered a vulnerability in macOS which allows attackers to bypass Apple’s SIP (System Integrity Protection) mechanism, and thus take full control over the system, provided that they already managed to achieve code execution with high privileges.

Perception Point Research
Jan-22

How to Prevent Ransomware Attacks

Ransomware, an advanced form of cyberattack, is one of the biggest threats that security teams around the world are facing. All organizations have become a target, from small teams to large enterprises, state systems and government networks.

Perception Point Marketing
Jan-22

Beware of Trending Phishing Attacks Spoofing Financial Institutions that Combine URL Evasion and Geofencing Techniques

Perception Point recently detected multiple high-volume phishing campaigns in which the attackers are using URL evasion and geofencing techniques while spoofing a variety of worldwide banking institutions, notably Standard Bank, Banco Bradesco, and Citizens Financial Group Inc.

Perception Point Incident Response
Jan-22

Characteristics of Best Email Security Solutions

As a CISO or security leader, you are probably asking yourself, what are the characteristics of the top-notch email security solutions in the market? What should you look for, when evaluating an email security solution?

Perception Point Marketing
Jan-22

SEGs vs. ICES Solutions: The Complete Guide

Find out everything there is to know about Gartner’s two email security solution categories, SEGs (Secured Email Gateways) and ICES (Integrated Cloud Email Security), including their benefits, differences, and how each is deployed.

Keren Rogachevsky, Product Marketing Manager
Jan-22

FormBook Is Back: This Time the Malware Attack Leverages Microsoft Excel

In this blog post, our Incident Response Team analyzes the attack chain of a FormBook malware campaign that recently targeted one of our customers by email.

Perception Point Incident Response
Dec-21

5 takeaways from Gartner 2021 Market Guide for Email Security

5 Key Takeaways from the 2021 Gartner Market Guide for Email Security

In this blog post, we cover the main takeaways from the 2021 Market Guide for Email Security Report by Gartner, and how security leaders can make an impact on their organization's security posture by taking a deeper look at their email security provider.

Perception Point Marketing
Nov-21

A Spear Phishing Attack Campaign Spoofing Leading Email Clients Including Microsoft, Gmail, WebMail, and WorldClient

In this sophisticated spear phishing campaign, attackers, using social engineering techniques, attempted to lure unsuspecting victims to enter their login credentials to fake login portals impersonating Microsoft, Gmail, WebMail, and WorldClient and were conducted en masse to achieve their goals.

Perception Point Incident Response
Nov-21

A Technical Analysis of CVE-2021-30864: Bypassing App Sandbox Restrictions

Perception Point researchers have discovered a vulnerability in macOS which allows an attacker to bypass App Sandbox restrictions. This article provides an overview of what the App Sandbox is and the vulnerability details as disclosed to Apple.

Perception Point Research
Nov-21

The (Yet) Unsolved Problem of Email Security

The number of cyberattacks is dramatically on the rise, the majority originating via email. Unfortunately many security leaders have just accepted this reality as fact. This blog discusses how you can evaluate whether you have the right email security solution to get the job done.

Keren Rogachevsky, Product Marketing Manager
Oct-21

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