Locked and Loaded: Phishing through Fake Bids and Protected Documents

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By Don Santos, Cofense Phishing Defence Centre In the sales process, few emails carry as much weight as an invitation to bid. It opens the conversation that can eventually lead to revenue, and professionals are conditioned to treat it with urgency and care. Threat actors understand this, and they have learned to pair that urgency with a simple tactic: the password-protected document.