How AI was used in an advanced phishing campaign targeting Gmail users

In May, 2024, the FBI warned about the increasing threat of cybercriminals using Artificial Intelligence AI in their scams. At the time, FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert Tripp said: “Attackers are leveraging AI to craft highly convincing voice or video messages and emails to enable fraud scheme...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Bank Account Deposit Notification Email Messages on March 28, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34391 First Published: 2014 May 28 16:15 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to Portuguese-language spam email messages that claim to contain a bank account deposit notification for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts ...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Email Messages with Malicious Attachments on May 27, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34358 First Published: 2014 May 27 13:28 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain an attachment for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Fax Message Delivery Notice Email Messages on May 20, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34303 First Published: 2014 May 20 16:05 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a fax message notice for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to open t...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Bank Account Transaction Notification Email Messages on May 17, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34265 First Published: 2014 May 19 13:26 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a bank account credit confirmation notice for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince th...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Email Messages with Malicious Attachment on May 14, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34230 First Published: 2014 May 14 16:40 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that contain an attachment for the recipient. The email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the attachment for details...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Shipment Tracking Information Email Messages on May 14, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34223 First Published: 2014 May 14 14:17 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain shipment tracking information for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient ...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Bank Statement Notification Email Messages on May 7, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34149 First Published: 2014 May 7 14:21 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a bank account statement for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to ope...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Email Messages with Malicious Links on April 29, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33985 First Published: 2014 April 29 21:02 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that contain a link for the recipient. The email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the link for details. However, the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Payment Transfer Notification Email Messages on April 28, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33982 First Published: 2014 April 29 18:38 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain payment transfer details for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Malicious Attachment Email Messages on April 28, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33978 First Published: 2014 April 29 18:28 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages with a blank message body and an attachment for the recipient. However, the .rar attachment contains a malicious .scr file that, when...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Stock Purchase Information Email Messages on April 24, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33927 First Published: 2014 April 24 14:27 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain stock purchase information for the recipient. The text in the email message instructs the recipient to open a .z...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Personal Photo Sharing Email Messages on April 16, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33836 First Published: 2014 April 17 18:59 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a photo for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the attachme...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Product Order Information Email Messages on April 16, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33822 First Published: 2014 April 16 21:28 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain product order information for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Delivery Confirmation Email Messages on April 11, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33759 First Published: 2014 April 11 17:40 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a delivery confirmation for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Bank Account Deposit Notification Email Messages on April 9, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33715 First Published: 2014 April 9 16:05 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a bank account transaction for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Product Purchase Order Request Email Messages on April 8, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33696 First Published: 2014 April 8 13:16 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a purchase order for the recipient. However, the .7z attachment contains a malicious file that, when executed,...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Malicious Attachment Notification Email Messages on April 7, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33693 First Published: 2014 April 8 13:16 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a malicious attachment for the recipient. The email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Malicious Attachment Notification Email Messages on April 4, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33664 First Published: 2014 April 7 14:36 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claims to contain a malicious attachment for the recipient. The email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Account Deposit Notification Email Messages on March 30, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33571 First Published: 2014 March 31 12:57 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a payment transfer notification for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the...