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Hackers disguise phishing as promising business opportunities
Attackers are breaking into business email accounts with short messages asking whether a company can quote on an upcoming project, the kind of request sales and procurement staff answer every week. Cadence Riddle, a cybersecurity researcher at Fortra, tracked a 12-fold increase i
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Attackers are breaking into business email accounts with short messages asking whether a company can quote on an upcoming project, the kind of request sales and procurement staff answer every week. Cadence Riddle, a cybersecurity researcher at Fortra, tracked a 12-fold increase in malicious emails mentioning “RFQ” (request for quotation) between October 2025 and September 2026. In nearly 73% of cases, the lure led to a page built to steal login credentials. “RFQ communication is … More → The post Hackers disguise phishing as promising business opportunities appeared first on Help Net Security.