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phishing
Clipping Scripted Sparrow’s wings: Tracking a global phishing ring

Between June 2024 and December 2025, Fortra analysts tracked a persistent business email compromise (BEC) operation that we have now classified as Scripted Sparrow. The group …

Microsoft 365 phishing
Microsoft 365 users targeted in device code phishing attacks

Attackers are targeting Microsoft 365 users with device code authorization phishing, a technique that fools users into approving access tokens, Proofpoint warns. The method …

ai-powered phishing resilience
AI might be the answer for better phishing resilience

Phishing is still a go-to tactic for attackers, which is why even small gains in user training are worth noticing. A recent research project from the University of Bari looked …

brain
New “HashJack” attack can hijack AI browsers and assistants

Security researchers at Cato Networks have uncovered a new indirect prompt injection technique that can force popular AI browsers and assistants to deliver phishing links or …

LLM
Small language models step into the fight against phishing sites

Phishing sites keep rising, and security teams are searching for ways to sort suspicious pages at speed. A recent study explores whether small language models (SLMs) can scan …

Microsoft
Microsoft cracks down on malicious meeting invites

Phishing is shifting into places people rarely check. Meeting invites that plant themselves on calendars can survive long after the malicious email is gone. That leaves a …

phishing awareness
Fake spam filter alerts are hitting inboxes

A new phishing campaign is attempting to trick users into believing they’ve missed important emails, security researchers are warning. The emails The bogus email alerts look …

phishing awareness
What keeps phishing training from fading over time

When employees stop falling for phishing emails, it is rarely luck. A new study shows that steady, mandatory phishing training can cut risky behavior over time. After one year …

YouTube
Researchers expose large-scale YouTube malware distribution network

Check Point researchers have uncovered, mapped and helped set back a stealthy, large-scale malware distribution operation on YouTube they dubbed the “YouTube Ghost …

ClickFix
Researchers uncover ClickFix-themed phishing kit

Palo Alto Networks researchers have discovered and analyzed “IUAM ClickFix Generator”, a phishing kit that allows less skilled attackers to infect unsuspecting …

AI
Microsoft spots LLM-obfuscated phishing attack

Cybercriminals are increasingly using AI-powered tools and (malicious) large language models to create convincing, error-free emails, deepfakes, online personas, …

Microsoft 365 phishing
Microsoft disrupts the RaccoonO365 Phishing-as-a-Service operation, names alleged leader

Microsoft and Cloudflare have disrupted a Phishing-as-a-Service operation selling the RaccoonO365 kit for stealing Microsoft 365 account credentials. “Using a court …

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