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Brazilian Government IDs Used as Spear Phish Bait

Brazilians are target of new and devilishly convincing e-mail-based scams that purport to be official customer communication from a large Brazilian bank. Phishing attacks use e-mails and Web pages that mimic those of legitimate firms to trick users into divulging sensitive information such as account log-ins, financial account or credit card information, or personal data. Kaspersky Lab researchers have intercepted phishing messages that include the name of a large. Brazilian bank, user s name and CPF number.

Source: https://threatpost.com/brazilian-government-ids-used-spear-phish-bait-110310/74637/

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