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There’s a New PhaaS Platform in Town: Caffeine
An overview of the latest Phishing-as-a-Service platform and how it differs from others.
Earlier in the month, security professionals across the globe began seeing references to Caffeine, and, although we would’ve liked to see it be nothing but a new Starbucks order trend, that wasn’t the case. Caffeine is the name of the latest Phishing-as-a-Service, or PhaaS, platform that can be used to create, configure, and deploy phishing campaigns.
It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that, today, anything can be “as-a-Service”, and that concept actually has a name: XaaS. With the rise in cloud computing over the last decade, there is seemingly an as-a-Service model for anything you can think of. And for good reason.
Cloud computing has made it possible for companies to decrease costs and overhead and bring new capabilities to their client base more quickly. This statement holds true even when we’re talking about a different kind of business: the dark web.
This article will explore the Phishing-as-a-Service model and how Caffeine is changing the game in a way that has cybersecurity professionals worried.
