Attackers abuse legitimate platforms to deliver phishing emails that pass authentication checks

A Dell order confirmation lands in your inbox and it looks pretty legitimate: it comes from Dell’s order domain, passes DKIM and DMARC checks, uses Dell’s real template, and confirms a $736.09 purchase of Microsoft Project Standard 2024 that you never made. Under “Ship To,” where an address should be, sits the word “Helpline” and a phone number – the hook for a callback scam. The email looks genuine because it is. The attacker supplied … More → The post Attackers abuse legitimate platforms to deliver phishing emails that pass authentication checks appeared first on Help Net Security .