Analyzing an Attack (Part 3)
In part 2 of this series, we have left all the necessary information required for an attack on the victim's network.
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Fake Microsoft Ads Stealing People's Accounts
In a report by Malwarebytes, the attack starts when someone searches for a Microsoft Ad program. Google serves up relevant sponsored links for the search term, and one of them is a fake copy of the Microsoft Ads site. It has a different URL than the real site, which is usually a giveaway.
However, people often trust Google's search results so much that they blindly click on the first result they see. And if the scammer is skilled enough, they can make their sponsored links look almost identical to the real ones, even if the URL looks strange.
The fake Microsoft Ads site has a number of measures in place to keep unwanted visitors out. For example, if a bot tries to parse the site or someone visits via VPN, the site will serve a fake landing page to distract them. And if you try to go directly to the URL without going through the fake ad, the site will instead show you a video of Rick Astley singing “Never Gonna Give You Up.”
However, if you access it through Google Ads, you'll see a fake Microsoft login page asking you to enter your username, password, and two-factor authentication code. If you provide this information, the scammer can use it to steal your Microsoft account.
Given the way the attack targets people who want to use Microsoft Ads to advertise their products, it's unlikely you'll see it. However, it's a good example of how these scams work, as they can impersonate almost any website.
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Analyzing an Attack (Part 1)
This series will be based on a network vulnerability. What will be introduced in the article is already a real attack, starting from reconnaissance to enumeration, exploiting network services and ending with exploitation strategies sending notifications. All these steps will be observed at the data packet level, and then explained in detail.
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Analyzing an Attack (Part 2)
We showed you in part one the information that can be observed while opening the packet sequence sent by Nmap. The sequence sent starts with an ICMP echo response to determine if the computer or network has been assigned an IP address.
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