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Thread Hijacking: Phishes That Prey on Your Curiosity

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STIX ID: report--aacecbba-0802-53b7-8fc9-11adc5c5eab4

Feed Name: Krebs on Security

Threat Score
45/100

Date Published: 2024-03-28

Date Updated: 2026-04-19

Author: BrianKrebs

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A LancasterOnline journalist received two emails that were part of a thread‑hijacking phishing campaign: a compromised Outlook account sent messages with attachments and a fake Office 365 login page that harvested credentials. The article details how such attacks exploit recipients' trust in existing conversations, notes industry tracking of the technique, and urges manual navigation to services rather than clicking unsolicited links or attachments.

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