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Phishing

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

[Beware] Microsoft Teams 'Chat with Anyone' invites aren't always safe

Researchers at CyberProof warn that threat actors are launching phishing attacks via Microsoft Teams' “Chat with Anyone” feature, which lets external users send direct messages via email ...

Report: Phishing Has Surged 400% Year-Over-Year

Researchers at SpyCloud have observed a 400% year-over-year increase in successful phishing attacks, with a disproportionate number of attacks targeting corporate accounts.

Warning: Phishing Campaign Leveraging Evilginx Targets U.S. Universities

Threat actors are using the open-source phishing framework Evilginx to target universities across the United States, according to researchers at Infoblox. The attackers have targeted at ...

Malicious AI Tools Assist in Phishing and Ransomware Attacks

Researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 are tracking two new malicious AI tools, WormGPT 4 and KawaiiGPT, that allow threat actors to craft phishing lures and generate ransomware code.

Scammers Are Exploiting the Holiday Shopping Season

Users should be particularly wary of holiday-themed scams over the next few weeks, according to researchers at Malwarebytes. “Mobile-first shopping has become second nature, and during ...

Phishing Campaign Uses Fake Party Invites to Deliver Remote Access Tools

A large phishing campaign is using phony seasonal party invites to trick users into installing remote management and monitoring (RMM) tools, according to researchers at Symantec.

Be Prepared: Mobile Phishing Expected to Surge Fourfold During the Holiday Season

Users and organizations should be prepared for a surge in phishing attacks over the next several weeks, as attackers take advantage of the holiday shopping season, according to a new ...

Warning: New Phishing Kit Targets Italian Entities

A new phishing kit is impersonating the Italian IT and web services provider Aruba, according to researchers at Group-IB. The kit is designed to trick users into entering their Aruba ...

Warning: ClickFix Attacks are Growing More Sophisticated

Researchers at Push Security warn of an extremely convincing ClickFix attack posing as a Cloudflare verification check. ClickFix is a social engineering technique that tricks the victim ...

Quantum Route Redirect: Anonymous Tool Streamlining Global Phishing Attack

Lead Analysts: Jeewan Singh Jalal, Prabhakaran Ravichandhiran and Anand Bodke KnowBe4 Threat Labs has uncovered an emerging advanced phishing campaign targeting Microsoft 365 users ...

Africa is Being Targeted by a Surge in AI-Fueled Phishing Attacks

AI-fueled cyberattacks are increasingly targeting entities across Africa, according to Robert Lemos at Dark Reading. Lemos cites two recent reports from Microsoft and Group-IB that warned ...

Phishing Emails Use Invisible Hyphens to Avoid Detection

A phishing campaign is using invisible characters to evade security filters, according to Jan Kopriva at the SANS Internet Storm Center.

Microsoft Help Desk Phishing Attempt

I received this email the other day to my personal email account. It is a “Security Alert” from “Microsoft Helpdesk.” Oh, my!

LastPass Phishing Campaign Informs Users of Phony Death Notifications

A phishing campaign is targeting LastPass users with phony notifications informing users that someone has notified the company of the user’s death and is trying to gain access to their ...

Phishing Campaign Impersonates Google Careers Recruiters

A phishing campaign is impersonating Google Careers to target job seekers, according to researchers at Sublime Security.

Phishing Campaign Impersonates Password Managers

A phishing campaign is impersonating LastPass and Bitwarden with phony breach notifications, BleepingComputer reports.

Attackers Abuse Grok to Spread Phishing Links

Threat actors are abusing X’s generative AI bot Grok to spread phishing links, according to researchers at ESET. The attackers achieve this by tricking Grok into thinking it’s answering a ...

Alert: Watch Out For Phishing Attacks in the Wake of the AWS Outage

Cybernews warns that threat actors will likely take advantage of the recent AWS outage to launch phishing attacks against affected users.

Phishing Remains the Top Initial Access Vector in Cyberattacks Across Europe

Phishing was the initial access vector for 60% of cyberattacks across Europe between July 2024 and June 2025, according to the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA).

Multitasking Employees Are Particularly Vulnerable to Phishing Attacks

Employees who multitask are significantly more vulnerable to phishing attacks, according to a study from the University at Albany published in the European Journal of Information Systems.


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