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“Legitimate” phishing: how attackers weaponize Amazon SES to bypass email security

Roman Dedenok · 2 days ago · Read original ↗

ATT&CK techniques detected

7 predictions
T1566.002Spearphishing Link
99%
"utilize spf, dkim, and dmarc authentication protocols, passing all standard provider checks, and almost always contain. amazonses. com in the message - id headers. consequently, from a technical standpoint, every email sent via amazon ses – even a phishing one – looks completely …"
T1566.002Spearphishing Link
89%
"##lead the victim, convincing them that what they ’ re doing is safe. the resulting form is, of course, a phishing page, and any data entered into it goes directly to the attackers. amazon ses and bec however, amazon ses is used for more than just standard phishing ; it ’ s also …"
T1566.002Spearphishing Link
85%
"“ legitimate ” phishing : how attackers weaponize amazon ses to bypass email security introduction the primary goal for attackers in a phishing campaign is to bypass email security and trick the potential victim into revealing their data. to achieve this, scammers employ a wide r…"
T1566.002Spearphishing Link
85%
"management ) access keys. developers frequently leave these keys exposed in public github repositories, env files, docker images, configuration backups, or even in publicly accessible s3 buckets. to hunt for these iam keys, phishers use various tools, such as automated bots based…"
T1566Phishing
43%
"“ legitimate ” phishing : how attackers weaponize amazon ses to bypass email security introduction the primary goal for attackers in a phishing campaign is to bypass email security and trick the potential victim into revealing their data. to achieve this, scammers employ a wide r…"
T1525Implant Internal Image
40%
"s guard and trick them into transferring funds to the scammers ’ account. takeaways phishing via amazon ses is shifting from isolated incidents into a steady trend. by weaponizing this service, attackers avoid the effort of building dubious domains and mail infrastructure from sc…"
T1586.002Email Accounts
34%
"“ legitimate ” phishing : how attackers weaponize amazon ses to bypass email security introduction the primary goal for attackers in a phishing campaign is to bypass email security and trick the potential victim into revealing their data. to achieve this, scammers employ a wide r…"

Summary

Kaspersky expert breaks down a new phishing scheme that uses the Amazon SES cloud email service. Let's look at some examples to see how you can tell a phishing email from a real one.