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Microsoft, Dutch security agencies lift veil on Laundry Bear cyber espionage group

The Dutch intelligence and security services have identified a new Russia-affiliated threat group that has been breaching government organizations and commercial entities in …

Phishing
CTM360 maps out real-time phishing infrastructure targeting corporate banking worldwide

A phishing operation that targets corporate banking accounts across the globe has been analyzed in a new report by CTM360. The campaign uses fake Google ads, advanced …

Phishing
Polymorphic phishing attacks flood inboxes

AI is transforming the phishing threat landscape at a pace many security teams are struggling to match, according to Cofense. In 2024, researchers tracked one malicious email …

ClickFix
The many variants of the ClickFix social engineering tactic

As new malware delivery campaigns using the ClickFix social engineering tactic are spotted nearly every month, it’s interesting to see how the various attackers are …

email
Low-tech phishing attacks are gaining ground

Cybercriminals are increasingly favoring low-tech, human-centric attacks to bypass email scanning technologies, according to VIPRE Security. The report is based on an analysis …

scam alert
Property renters targeted in simple BEC scam

Emails purportedly sent by rental property management firms are being used to steal money from people in France and Canada, Proofpoint researchers have warned. A BEC scam …

Microsoft 365 phishing
Attackers phish OAuth codes, take over Microsoft 365 accounts

Suspected Russian threat actors are using OAuth-based phishing attacks to get targets to grant them access to their Microsoft 365 (M365) accounts. “The primary tactics …

NTLM
Windows NTLM vulnerability exploited in multiple attack campaigns (CVE-2025-24054)

CVE-2025-24054, a Windows NTLM hash disclosure vulnerability that Microsoft has issued patches for last month, has been leveraged by threat actors in campaigns targeting …

Biohazard
Cozy Bear targets EU diplomats with wine-tasting invites (again)

APT29 (aka Cozy Bear, aka Midnight Blizzard) is, once again, targeting European diplomats with fake invitations to wine-tasting events, Check Point researchers have shared. …

financial sector
Phishing, fraud, and the financial sector’s crisis of trust

The financial sector is under growing pressure from advanced phishing attacks and fraud, causing major financial losses and eroding customer trust. Escalation of phishing …

Phishing
Phishers are increasingly impersonating electronic toll collection companies

Steam was the most imitated brands by phishers in the first quarter of 2025, followed by Microsoft and Facebook/Meta, Guardio researchers have revealed. “Historically, …

email
Only 1% of malicious emails that reach inboxes deliver malware

99% of email threats reaching corporate user inboxes in 2024 were response-based social engineering attacks or contained phishing links, according to Fortra. Only 1% of …

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