Phishing campaign targets UK migrant sponsor system

Growing concerns about phishing threat to UK immigration systems

Mimecast uncovers a phishing campaign targeting UK visa sponsor accounts, with attackers posing as the Home Office for data theft.

Phishing campaign targets UK migrant sponsor system

Mimecast identified a phishing campaign targeting UK organizations sponsoring migrant workers and students, exploiting Home Office branding within the Sponsorship Management System (SMS) to compromise credentials for financial exploitation and data theft. Cyber criminals are exploiting Home Office branding in a newly identified phishing campaign, targeting holders of UK immigrant sponsor licenses participating in the government’s Sponsorship Man…