Phishing uses deceptive messages to steal credentials or deliver malware, while user verification, MFA, and email filtering reduce the risk.
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Phishing is deceptive communication—by email, text, phone, or a fake website—that impersonates a trusted person or service to make someone disclose credentials, approve a transaction, reveal sensitive information, or run harmful software. Attackers use it to bypass technical controls by persuading a legitimate user to perform an action, and may target employees, customers, administrators, or suppliers.
Its impact can include account takeover, unauthorized payments, exposure of personal or business data, and access to internal systems. The most effective control for stolen-password phishing is phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication, such as hardware-backed passkeys or security keys, which binds authentication to the legitimate site. Organizations should also filter and authenticate messaging where possible, use password managers, restrict risky actions, train users to verify unusual requests through a separate channel, and provide rapid reporting so suspected credentials or sessions can be revoked.
Microsoft Azure Monitor alerts are being abused to send callback phishing emails that impersonate warnings from the Microsoft Security Team about unauthorized charges on your account. [...]
Threat actors affiliated with Russian Intelligence Services are conducting phishing campaigns to compromise commercial messaging applications (CMAs) like WhatsApp and Signal to seize control of accounts belonging to individuals with high intelligence value, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Friday
The FBI has issued a public service announcement warning that Russian intelligence-linked threat actors are actively targeting users of encrypted messaging apps such as Signal and WhatsApp in phishing campaigns that have already compromised thousands of accounts. [...]
Phishing Campaign Used AsyncRAT to Maintain Long-Term Network AccessA suspected cyberespionage campaign targeted a Libyan oil refinery using commodity malware and politically themed phishing lures. The activity ran from November 2025 to mid-February, with evidence that attackers maintained long-term access to at least one oil company network.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing how individuals and organizations conduct many activities, including how cybercriminals carry out phishing attacks and iterate on malware. Now, cybercriminals are using AI to generate personalized phishing emails, deepfakes and malware that evade traditional detection by impersonating normal user activity and bypassing legacy security models. As a result,
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Researchers Detail Prompt Injection, API and Redirect FlawsOasis Security researchers found three bugs in Claude that attackers can chain to steal user chat data without malware or phishing. The "Claudy Day" attack links hidden prompt injection, Anthropic's Files API and an open redirect. Anthropic has fixed the core flaw.
The suspected India-linked threat group targets governments, telecom, and critical infrastructure using spear-phishing, old vulnerabilities, and rapidly rotating infrastructure to maintain persistent access.
In an unsuccessful phishing attack, threat actors leveraged trusted brands and domains to try to redirect a C-suite executive at Outpost24 to give up his credentials.
North Korean threat actors have been observed sending phishing to compromise targets and obtain access to a victim's KakaoTalk desktop application to distribute malicious payloads to certain contacts
Kwamaine Jerell Ford allegedly impersonated an adult film star and tricked his high-profile victims into sharing their iCloud credentials and MFA codes under false pretenses. The post Zero lessons learned: Convicted scammer allegedly ran another athlete-focused phishing scam from federal prison appeared first on CyberScoop.
Operations and hospital networks not affected, we're told Robotics-assisted surgical tech firm Intuitive said that unauthorized intruders gained access to some of its internal IT business applications after stealing an employee's credentials during a phishing attack.…
Some of these campaigns are linked to Darcula, a Chinese-language phishing-as-a-service platform
A social engineering campaign impersonating PayPal and Amazon uses customer support interactions to acquire sensitive info.