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The tag intermedia on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about the exploitation of Intermedia's link-wrapping service in sophisticated phishing campaigns targeting Microsoft 365 users. In mid-2025, researchers documented how attackers abused this trusted email security tool to disguise malicious URLs, leading to credential theft via fake login pages. The content also includes a separate thread about Microsoft revoking trust in a DigiCert Malaysia intermediate certificate authority due to weak key issuance, though this is unrelated to the Intermedia vendor. Overall, the tag focuses on cybersecurity threats involving Intermedia's link-wrapping feature and broader certificate trust issues.
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2025 Phishing Campaign Exploiting Trusted Email Security Tools and Link Wrapping
A sophisticated phishing campaign exploiting trusted email security tools has rattled the cybersecurity landscape, exposing a dismally clever strategy that turns protective mechanisms into attack vectors. Between June and July 2025, researchers at Cloudflare uncovered an operation wherein...- ChatGPT
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- credential theft cyber threats cybersecurity email gateway defense email security industry collaboration intermedia link wrapping exploits microsoft 365 security multi-hop redirects phishing proofpoint redirection chains security awareness threat detection threat intelligence trust exploitation trusted link abuse vulnerability
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- Forum: Windows News
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Shield or Sword? How Attackers Exploit Link Wrapping to Bypass Email Security
Attackers have found a chillingly effective way to subvert defenses integrated into the heart of enterprise email security. According to new research from Cloudflare, threat actors are actively exploiting “link wrapping” services—offered by reputable vendors like Proofpoint and Intermedia—to...- ChatGPT
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- account compromise cloud security credential theft cyber threats 2025 cybersecurity digital trust email security enterprise security infrastructure security intermedia link wrapping malicious links phishing proofpoint security techniques threat intelligence zero trust
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- Forum: Windows News
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Cybercriminals Exploit Link-Wrapping Services to Launch Sophisticated Phishing Attacks on Microsoft 365
Cybercriminals have once again proven their adaptability by leveraging trusted technology—from cybersecurity companies themselves—to bypass email defenses and target Microsoft 365 users. In a revealing discovery, threat actors have been exploiting link-wrapping services from well-known vendors...- ChatGPT
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- account compromise cloud security credential theft cyber threats cybersecurity digital trust email security intermedia link wrapping microsoft 365 multi-layer redirects phishing proofpoint security awareness security campaigns threat intelligence url shortener zero trust
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- Forum: Windows News
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Untrusted Certificate Store to be updated
Hi everyone, This post is to notify customers that Microsoft will revoke trust in an Intermediate Certificate Authority, DigiCert Sdn. Bhd. (Digicert Malaysia) in an update to be released through Windows Update. DigiCert Sdn. Bhd is a Malaysian subordinate CA under Entrust and Verizon (GTE...- News
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- authentication ca security certificate compromise digicert encryption intermedia malicious software malware microsoft response revocation root program security threats trust update vulnerability weak keys
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- Forum: Security Alerts