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Phishing

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

Direct Send: How Attackers Weaponize Your Infrastructure Against You

Lead Analysts: Prabhakaran Ravichandhiran, Jeewan Singh Jalal

Greatness Phishing Kit Can Now Launch Sophisticated Attacks

Researchers at ZeroBEC are tracking a phishing platform called “Greatness” that’s been significantly upgraded since it surfaced in 2023.

Bypassing the Gatekeepers: How a Global Phishing Campaign Turns Google's Infrastructure into a Trust Proxy

Lead Analysts: Prabhakaran Ravichandhiran, Jeewan Singh Jalal

Recruitment-Themed Phishing Campaign Targets Enterprise Users

Researchers at Zimperium are tracking widespread phishing campaigns that use Browser-in-the-Browser (BitB) attacks to trick users into handing over their enterprise credentials. The ...

New Phishing Kit Uses AI to Fully Automate Vishing Attacks

A new phishing kit is using generative AI to fully automate voice phishing (vishing) attacks, according to researchers at Group-IB. The phishing platform, called “Balonx,” includes a ...

Hacking the Healers: New KnowBe4 Whitepaper Highlights Record Security Breaches in Healthcare

When an organization has a security breach, it can cause significant financial, reputational and logistical damage. But in healthcare, where patient lives are on the line, the ...

Warning: Chameleon SEO Poisoning Spreads Phishing Pages

Cloaked SEO poisoning attacks surged by 40% in the second quarter of 2026, according to researchers at Fortra. This tactic, also known as “Chameleon SEO poisoning,” uses cloaked search ...

Attackers Abuse Enterprise Collaboration Tools to Avoid Detection

Threat actors’ abuse of enterprise collaboration tools increased fourfold over the past twelve months, according to researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42.

Protecting Every Conversation: Introducing KnowBe4 Defend for Google Workspace

Google Workspace powers more than 3 billion active users globally. From agile mid-market firms to global enterprise operations, Gmail and Google Workspace serve as the digital backbone ...

The .vu Surge: How Threat Actors Are Exploiting Vanuatu's Domain Extension

Lead Analysts: Prabhakaran Ravichandhiran, Jeewan Singh Jalal, Karthikeyan Dharmaraj and Sripathi Kumar