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Attackers Use Passkey-Themed Phishing to Breach Cloud Environments

Researchers at Microsoft are tracking a social engineering campaign that uses passkey-themed lures to trick users into granting persistent access to their accounts and online work ...

Social Engineering Campaign Uses Phony NDAs to Avoid Detection

Researchers at Gen Digital are tracking a sophisticated social engineering campaign that’s using phony NDA documents to trick employees into moving the conversation to WhatsApp and ...

Warning: “Slop Squatting” Directs AI Users to Phishing Pages

Threat actors are increasingly leveraging AI hallucinations to plant phishing links and other malicious content in AI output, IEEE Spectrum reports. Large language models (LLMs) sometimes ...

FBI Alert: OAuth Consent Phishing is Targeting Users of Messaging Apps

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an advisory warning of a wave of OAuth consent phishing attacks targeting “prominent victims, their family members, and personal ...

Survey: Companies Cite Phishing as their Top AI-Enabled Fraud Concern

A recent survey from Experian found that 60% of companies report fraud losses that are “somewhat or significantly higher” than in previous years, with a majority of respondents citing ...

Phishing Campaign Targets Employees with Malicious SVG Files

Researchers at INKY observed a major phishing campaign that used SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) image files to deliver malicious JavaScript. While abuse of SVG files isn’t new, INKY says ...

The Workforce Has a Blind Spot, and It’s Ringing

With inboxes increasingly well guarded, cybercriminals are turning to a more vulnerable front in their attacks against your digital workforce.

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