Hackers using pixel tracking to build data for better phishing practices
April 17, 2017
A technique used by marketers and advertisers to track web users and email recipients has been repurposed by cybercriminals and online spies as a way of discovering potential hacking targets, according to new security research. “We’ve seen a lot more use of this tactic recently as a probing or information-gathering tool,” by phishers and other cybercriminals, Donald Meyer of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., told CyberScoop.
