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.
An active campaign from a threat actor potentially linked to Russia is targeting Microsoft 365 accounts of individuals at organizations of interest using device code phishing. [...]
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Astaroth Kit Offered for $2,000 on Telegram, Intercepts Authentication in Real TimeA new phishing kit called Astaroth bypasses two-factor authentication through session hijacking and real-time credential interception from services like Gmail, Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft 365. Acting as a man-in-the-middle, it captures login credentials, tokens and session cookies in real time.
A widespread phishing campaign has been observed leveraging bogus PDF documents hosted on the Webflow content delivery network (CDN) with an aim to steal credit card information and commit financial fraud
Astaroth is an advanced phishing kit using real-time credential and session cookie capture to compromise Gmail, Yahoo and Office 365 accounts
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