{"id":57082,"date":"2024-09-12T09:15:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T09:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/mind-your-header-theres-nothing-refreshing-about-phishers-latest-tactic\/"},"modified":"2024-09-12T09:15:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T09:15:11","slug":"mind-your-header-theres-nothing-refreshing-about-phishers-latest-tactic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/mind-your-header-theres-nothing-refreshing-about-phishers-latest-tactic\/","title":{"rendered":"Mind your header! There&#8217;s nothing refreshing about phishers&#8217; latest tactic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Palo Alto&#8217;s Unit 42 threat intel team wants to draw the security industry&#8217;s attention to an increasingly common tactic used by phishers to harvest victims&#8217; credentials.<\/p>\n<p>The infocseccers say they&#8217;d spotted miscreants abusing refresh entries in HTTP headers to the tune of circa 2,000 large-scale phishing campaigns between May and July this year, although the practice has been observed throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>Embedding malicious URLs in a web page&#8217;s response header, in this case, means visitors to the web pages are automatically redirected to malicious ones. Once this is accomplished, attackers will typically spoof the login pages of well-known vendors to steal the user&#8217;s passwords.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/research&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2ZuLDQ52k44SJUfdyObu1rQAAAgc&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/research&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2ZuLDQ52k44SJUfdyObu1rQAAAgc&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>The attack starts out like any other phishing-based incident. An email is sent to a target containing a link that typically mimics a legitimate or compromised domain, making the job of spotting one more difficult.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xmd=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-lg=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xxlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,leaderboard,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/research&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44ZuLDQ52k44SJUfdyObu1rQAAAgc&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/research&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44ZuLDQ52k44SJUfdyObu1rQAAAgc&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<div class=\"adun_eagle_desktop_story_wrapper\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xxlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/research&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33ZuLDQ52k44SJUfdyObu1rQAAAgc&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/research&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33ZuLDQ52k44SJUfdyObu1rQAAAgc&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Should a user click that link (failure number one), they&#8217;ll be directed to one page which the attacker has already instructed to redirect to another after a period of, say, a few seconds \u2013 although it could be done immediately too.<\/p>\n<p>Because the refresh field was populated with the code that redirects visitors to alternative URLs, this process is not only executed automatically against the user&#8217;s will, but also before the initial web page is even loaded, since the response header is handled before HTML content loads.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/research&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44ZuLDQ52k44SJUfdyObu1rQAAAgc&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/research&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44ZuLDQ52k44SJUfdyObu1rQAAAgc&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The original and landing URLs are often found under legitimate or compromised domains and hosts, a technique that&#8217;s often effective in concealing malicious URL strings,&#8221; said Unit 42&#8217;s Yu Zhang, Zeyu You, and Wei Wang in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Additionally, attackers frequently use legitimate domains that offer <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.theregister.com\/forum\/all\/2024\/07\/19\/google_to_kill_off_url_shortener\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">URL shortening<\/a>, tracking, or campaign marketing services.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>By adding deep linking into the fray, the criminals allow the malicious form to partially pre-load with the user&#8217;s details, and taken together, these tactics tee up an attack for greater success, the researchers believe.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" id=\"story_eagle_xsm_sm_md_xmd_lg_xlg\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xsm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xmd=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-lg=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/research&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33ZuLDQ52k44SJUfdyObu1rQAAAgc&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/research&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33ZuLDQ52k44SJUfdyObu1rQAAAgc&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>Of course, this needs to be packaged up into a convincing initial email, which \u2013 if one examines some of the examples Unit 42 used in their writeups \u2013 aren&#8217;t too common here. You&#8217;d expect an organization&#8217;s email provider to push emails with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/unit42_phishing-timelythreatintel-unit42threatintel-activity-7218635942796926978-ztlB\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">three successive exclamation marks<\/a> straight into the spam folder, for example. Yet apparently that&#8217;s not always the case!!!<\/p>\n<p>(Some of the other examples Unit 42 used in its <a href=\"https:\/\/unit42.paloaltonetworks.com\/rare-phishing-page-delivery-header-refresh\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">report<\/a> appeared to be more professionally composed.)<\/p>\n<p>Organizations in the business and economy sector are most likely to be targeted, with 36.2 percent of all attempts focusing on this corner of industry, according to the report.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unit 42&#8217;s catch-all &#8220;Other Industries&#8221; category came in second with 32.9 percent of these attempts and financial services was next with a 12.9 percent share of the attacks. Government, healthcare, and tech came in behind them, each with small shares.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In our research, we found no legitimate websites exhibiting this behavior,&#8221; the report says. &#8220;Although the refresh header can be useful in specific situations like dynamically updating websites, we more commonly see other methods such as JavaScript-based techniques or server-side push technologies like WebSockets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ultimately, organizations should be more aware of the potential for malicious use of HTTP refresh headers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the FBI&#8217;s Internet Crime Complaint Center&#8217;s (IC3) most recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ic3.gov\/Media\/PDF\/AnnualReport\/2023_IC3Report.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">annual report<\/a> [PDF], phishing remains the most common form of cybercrime by a huge distance, despite some slight, consistent decline since 2021 with roughly 300,000 cases reported last year. That&#8217;s just in the US and only the ones people spotted and bothered to report.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2024\/06\/14\/phishing_scam_conviction\/\">Phishing<\/a> is often used in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2024\/08\/07\/police_take_just_two_days\/\">business email compromise<\/a> (BEC) schemes, which according to that same FBI report led to annual losses exceeding $2.9 billion in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>With money like that on the line and the clear potential for success criminals have with phishing, it&#8217;s no wonder they&#8217;ll adopt increasingly sophisticated tricks to keep deceiving end users. \u00ae<\/p>\n<p> READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/go.theregister.com\/feed\/www.theregister.com\/2024\/09\/12\/http_headers\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It could lead to a costly BEC situation Palo Alto&#8217;s Unit 42 threat intel team wants to draw the security industry&#8217;s attention to an increasingly common tactic used by phishers to harvest victims&#8217; credentials.\u2026 READ MORE HERE&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-register"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mind your header! 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