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 msonlineservicesteam@microsoftonline.com, 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, msonlineservicesteam@microsoftonline.com, is not an obvious throwaway sender. TechCrunch reports Microsoft uses it for important account notifi...
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