Embedded Threats: How Attackers Weaponize Legitimate Emails (opens in new tab)

Threat actors are increasingly weaponizing legitimate business emails by embedding malicious links, phone scams, and spoofed branding into customizable text fields on trusted platforms like Zoom. This Cofense Intelligence report explains how these attacks bypass traditional email security controls such as DMARC, DKIM, and SPF, and highlights why contextual threat intelligence and user awareness training are critical to detecting these highly convincing phishing campaigns.