The expulsion report shows that hackers are focused on business email and app deals

July 08, 2022, 12:58 PM EDT

More than 50 percent are not malware. I’m not trying to deploy a back door on your computer. He says, ‘I just want to know who you are, so I use the ID to do something.’

The cyber security provider Expel trades its monthly vector reports on quarterly reports to provide better current risk rates for customers. The report also provides ways to prevent cyber-attacks.

In the first quarter of Expel, the threat report, by Herndon, V. Beginner hackers are targeting Microsoft Office 365.

“When these attackers try to log into these organizations, they do not exploit vulnerabilities in these applications. In these products, you are using features in these products to enable an employee to open a document and execute malicious code and embed an embedded macro or feature, ”said John Hensinsky, Expel’s risk identification and response director.

In Microsoft Office 365, the report found that more than half of the reported incidents focused on the Business Email Agreement (BEC).

More than 50 percent of the cases are malware. It does not mean, ‘I am trying to set up a back door on your computer.’ He said, ‘I just want to use my identity to do something.’

Nearly a quarter of expulsion customers have faced the BEC test at least once, and 8 percent of customers have been targeted more than three times in addition to Microsoft Office 365.

“Organizations can be very effective targets because of the large amount of payments they make on a daily basis,” Hensinsky said.

Security awareness training may help, but Hensinsky says it is not enough.

“If an attacker is able to provide an employee with their username and password, add a third field and say, ‘Hey, what is your multi-factor authentication code?’

Hensinski continued, “Let’s make these apps safer by default so that attackers don’t use these features for bad things.

Expel’s quarterly report provides guidance to help clients, and keeps customers up to date.

“What worries me is that we are changing, and we are seeing the consequences of moving to more distant manpower. Everyone is still switching from prime to cloud, and we are all in these mixed areas. You have new attack vectors open when you move into those hybrid areas, ”said Ryan Benson, director of security operations at Staskel, a Texas-based IT service management company.