Microsoft Observed 7.6 Billion Phishing Emails in Q2 2026

Researchers at Microsoft warn that phishing emails are still the top initial access vector, with more than 2 billion phishing threats detected each month during the second quarter of 2026.

Threat Actor Uses Phishing to Breach Orgs for Ransomware Gangs

An initial access broker associated with the Payouts King ransomware group is using Microsoft Teams phishing to deploy a malicious Microsoft Edge web browser extension, according to ...

Attackers aren’t loyal to any collaboration channel

Cloud email security has become pretty good. Not perfect, obviously, because the attack landscape is forever changing. But good enough that the old tactics do not land with the same ...

Social Engineering Attacks Abuse Workplace Collaboration Tools

Threat actors are increasingly abusing workplace collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams to launch social engineering attacks, according to researchers at Palo Alto Networks’s Unit 42. ...