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Phishing

Learn about current phishing techniques, notable campaigns and attacks, what to watch out for 'in the wild', and more.

Phishing Exposes Employee Data at 86% of Fortune 100 Companies

A new report from SpyCloud has found that phishing attacks have exposed employee data at 86% of Fortune 100 companies over the past 12 months, with the technology, airline and automotive ...

Report: Device Code Phishing is Surging

Multiple sophisticated phishing kits are now focusing on harvesting device codes to breach accounts without a password, according to researchers at LevelBlue.

Turn Account Takeover Into Real-Time Security Coaching

Account takeover is one of the most common ways organizations get breached and one of the hardest to train users on. Not because users don't care, but because usually training happens in ...

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. ...

APWG Report: Social Media Phishing is Surging

Phishing scams surged across social media platforms during the first quarter of 2026, according to a new report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG).

The Role of Agentic AI in Phishing Security Training

Phishing attacks are evolving faster than traditional training programs can keep up. Advances in AI — including generative tools — are making attacks more dynamic, personalized, and ...

Attackers Use Spoofed ChatGPT Site to Deliver Malware

Researchers at Malwarebytes warn that a fake ChatGPT download site is delivering malware. The attackers use sponsored results and SEO manipulation to target users who search for “ChatGPT ...

I Love Device-Bound Session Credentials, But They Are Still Phishable and Hackable

Google recently released Device-Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) for Google Chrome and Google Workspace. It is a long-awaited new security enhancement to fight back against local cookie ...

A Look at Spam vs. Phishing: 4 Key Differences

Spam and phishing are often used interchangeably in email security, but they serve distinct purposes and carry varying levels of risk. Understanding the difference between spam vs. ...

FBI: Kali365 Phishing Kit is Targeting Microsoft 365 Accounts

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned that a new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called “Kali365” is targeting OAuth tokens to gain direct access to users’ ...