WEBEX VULNERABILITIES ARE BEING EXPLOITED BY HACKERS USING SIMPLE ATTACKS

The Phishing Defense Center (PDC) has revealed the detection of a new campaign designed to extract login credentials from Cisco WebEx users by abusing an application-included security tool.

To the surprise of the cybersecurity community, the Secure Email Gateway tool was unable to detect this malicious activity, launched at the very moment when millions of people are using remote communication tools in the face of the inability to move to their workplaces. Although Cisco WebEx has previously been the subject of cyberattacks, the increase in work from home due to the global pandemic has favored groups of threat actors seeking to compromise the confidential information of users of this platform. Even PDC anticipates that these reports will continue to increase over the coming months.

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