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LastPass Warns of Active Phishing Push Using Fake Maintenance Backup Emails

The company urges users to report the messages, stressing it will never ask for a master password.

Overview

  • LastPass says a phishing campaign that began January 19 is impersonating maintenance notices to steal master passwords.
  • Emails pressure recipients to create a local vault backup within 24 hours to create a false sense of urgency.
  • Links in the lure open an AWS S3 page that redirects to a spoofed site at mail-lastpass[.]com.
  • Reported sender addresses include support@sr22vegas[.]com and support@lastpass[.]server8, with similar variants and themed subject lines.
  • LastPass published indicators of compromise, asked users to report to abuse@lastpass.com, and is coordinating takedowns, with some outlets observing the fake site offline.