Scammers Abuse Real Microsoft Address to Push Phishing

Scammers used a real Microsoft alert address to send phishing links for months, turning trusted security emails into a risk.

Key takeaways

• Scammers have been sending spam and scam links from [e-mail], a real Microsoft account-alert address used for legitimate securi...
• The activity has been running for “several months,” according to The Spamhaus Project, and Microsoft says it is now investigating phishing reports tied to the ...
• Microsoft users are seeing scam links from a real account-alert address
• The abused address, [e-mail], is not an obvious throwaway sender. TechCrunch reports Microsoft uses it for important account notifi...

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