{"id":1514,"date":"2022-10-28T07:26:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T07:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/?p=1514"},"modified":"2025-10-03T11:37:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T11:37:20","slug":"new-steps-to-protect-customers-from-hacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/new-steps-to-protect-customers-from-hacking\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW STEPS TO PROTECT CUSTOMERS FROM HACKING"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Microsoft\u2019s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) and the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) have been tracking Phosphorus since 2013. Its activity is usually designed to gain access to the computer systems of businesses and government agencies and steal sensitive information. Its targets also include activists and journalists \u2013 especially those involved in advocacy and reporting on issues related to the Middle East.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

\u00a0<\/div>
\u00a0<\/div>
\u2026Microsoft takes further steps to protect its customer from Hacking.<\/blockquote><\/div>
\u00a0<\/div>
\u00a0<\/div>

Phosphorus typically attempts to compromise the personal accounts of individuals through a technique known as spear-phishing, using social engineering to entice someone to click on a link, sometimes sent through fake social media accounts that appear to belong to friendly contacts. The link contains malicious software that enables Phosphorus to access computer systems.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Phosphorus also uses a technique whereby it sends people an email that makes it seem as if there\u2019s a security risk to their accounts, prompting them to enter their credentials into a web form that enables the group to capture their passwords and gain access to their systems.<\/p>

Both attack methods employ the use of websites that incorporate the names of well-known brands, like Microsoft, to appear authentic. Websites registered and used by Phosphorus include, for example, outlook-verify.net, yahoo-verify.net, verification-live.com, and myaccount-services.net.<\/p>

While we\u2019ve used daily security analytics tracking to stop individual Phosphorus attacks and notify impacted customers, the action we executed last week enabled us to take control of websites that are core to its operations. Our work to track Phosphorus over multiple years and observe its activity enabled us to build a decisive legal case and execute last week\u2019s action with confidence we could have significant impact on the group\u2019s infrastructure.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Microsoft\u2019s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) and the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) have been tracking Phosphorus since 2013. Its activity is usually designed to gain access to the computer systems of businesses and government agencies and steal sensitive information. Its targets also include activists and journalists \u2013 especially those involved in advocacy and reporting on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-updates"],"yoast_head":"\nNew Steps to Protect Customers from Hacking<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover new steps to protect customers from hacking. Evincible Solutions provides advanced security strategies to ensure safety and trust.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/new-steps-to-protect-customers-from-hacking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Steps to Protect Customers from Hacking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover new steps to protect customers from hacking. Evincible Solutions provides advanced security strategies to ensure safety and trust.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/new-steps-to-protect-customers-from-hacking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Evincible Solutions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-28T07:26:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-03T11:37:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"21uss\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"21uss\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/evinciblesolutions.com\\\/us\\\/new-steps-to-protect-customers-from-hacking\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/evinciblesolutions.com\\\/us\\\/new-steps-to-protect-customers-from-hacking\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"21uss\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/evinciblesolutions.com\\\/us\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/afbcfd15ffcd1d0ac869815ed63e0a2e\"},\"headline\":\"NEW STEPS TO PROTECT CUSTOMERS FROM HACKING\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-28T07:26:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-03T11:37:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/evinciblesolutions.com\\\/us\\\/new-steps-to-protect-customers-from-hacking\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":291,\"articleSection\":[\"Recent Updates\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/evinciblesolutions.com\\\/us\\\/new-steps-to-protect-customers-from-hacking\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/evinciblesolutions.com\\\/us\\\/new-steps-to-protect-customers-from-hacking\\\/\",\"name\":\"New Steps to Protect Customers from Hacking\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/evinciblesolutions.com\\\/us\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-28T07:26:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-03T11:37:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/evinciblesolutions.com\\\/us\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/afbcfd15ffcd1d0ac869815ed63e0a2e\"},\"description\":\"Discover new steps to protect customers from hacking. Evincible Solutions provides advanced security strategies to ensure safety and trust.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/evinciblesolutions.com\\\/us\\\/new-steps-to-protect-customers-from-hacking\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/evinciblesolutions.com\\\/us\\\/new-steps-to-protect-customers-from-hacking\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/evinciblesolutions.com\\\/us\\\/new-steps-to-protect-customers-from-hacking\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/evinciblesolutions.com\\\/us\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NEW STEPS TO PROTECT CUSTOMERS FROM HACKING\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/evinciblesolutions.com\\\/us\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/evinciblesolutions.com\\\/us\\\/\",\"name\":\"Evincible Solutions\",\"description\":\"Commitment Delivered In USA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/evinciblesolutions.com\\\/us\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/evinciblesolutions.com\\\/us\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/afbcfd15ffcd1d0ac869815ed63e0a2e\",\"name\":\"21uss\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/evinciblesolutions.com\\\/us\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/d411c6f675742dd69d4505513bfa95e0.jpg?ver=1776188478\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/evinciblesolutions.com\\\/us\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/d411c6f675742dd69d4505513bfa95e0.jpg?ver=1776188478\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/evinciblesolutions.com\\\/us\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/d411c6f675742dd69d4505513bfa95e0.jpg?ver=1776188478\",\"caption\":\"21uss\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/evinciblesolutions.com\\\/us\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/evinciblesolutions.com\\\/us\\\/author\\\/21uss\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New Steps to Protect Customers from Hacking","description":"Discover new steps to protect customers from hacking. Evincible Solutions provides advanced security strategies to ensure safety and trust.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/new-steps-to-protect-customers-from-hacking\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New Steps to Protect Customers from Hacking","og_description":"Discover new steps to protect customers from hacking. Evincible Solutions provides advanced security strategies to ensure safety and trust.","og_url":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/new-steps-to-protect-customers-from-hacking\/","og_site_name":"Evincible Solutions","article_published_time":"2022-10-28T07:26:33+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-10-03T11:37:20+00:00","author":"21uss","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"21uss","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/new-steps-to-protect-customers-from-hacking\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/new-steps-to-protect-customers-from-hacking\/"},"author":{"name":"21uss","@id":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/afbcfd15ffcd1d0ac869815ed63e0a2e"},"headline":"NEW STEPS TO PROTECT CUSTOMERS FROM HACKING","datePublished":"2022-10-28T07:26:33+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-03T11:37:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/new-steps-to-protect-customers-from-hacking\/"},"wordCount":291,"articleSection":["Recent Updates"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/new-steps-to-protect-customers-from-hacking\/","url":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/new-steps-to-protect-customers-from-hacking\/","name":"New Steps to Protect Customers from Hacking","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-10-28T07:26:33+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-03T11:37:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/afbcfd15ffcd1d0ac869815ed63e0a2e"},"description":"Discover new steps to protect customers from hacking. Evincible Solutions provides advanced security strategies to ensure safety and trust.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/new-steps-to-protect-customers-from-hacking\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/new-steps-to-protect-customers-from-hacking\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/new-steps-to-protect-customers-from-hacking\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NEW STEPS TO PROTECT CUSTOMERS FROM HACKING"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/#website","url":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/","name":"Evincible Solutions","description":"Commitment Delivered In USA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/afbcfd15ffcd1d0ac869815ed63e0a2e","name":"21uss","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/d411c6f675742dd69d4505513bfa95e0.jpg?ver=1776188478","url":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/d411c6f675742dd69d4505513bfa95e0.jpg?ver=1776188478","contentUrl":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/d411c6f675742dd69d4505513bfa95e0.jpg?ver=1776188478","caption":"21uss"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us"],"url":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/author\/21uss\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1514"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30942,"href":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions\/30942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evinciblesolutions.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}