AI is Accelerating Targeted Social Engineering Attacks
AI tools are drastically improving the speed of the reconnaissance stage of targeted social engineering attacks, according to researchers at
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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.
ASCII smuggling crosses over from AI prompt injection to phishing evasion
In this article Microsoft researchers observed a high-volume phishing campaign using invisible Unicode tag characters, a technique popularized in AI
FBI raises alarm over deceptive phishing campaign targeting prominent people
Attackers are targeting prominent, high-profile people, their family members and acquaintances on a commercial messaging application to gain long-term access
Attackers Abuse Enterprise Collaboration Tools to Avoid Detection
Threat actors’ abuse of enterprise collaboration tools increased fourfold over the past twelve months, according to researchers at Palo Alto
Industrial threat report for Q2 2026
All threats In Q2 2026, the percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked continued to decrease, falling
Americans Lose an Estimated $148 Billion to Scams Each Year
Americans are now losing an estimated $148 billion each year to online scams, a 22% increase compared to 2024, according
Compromised Hotel Routers Send Users to Phishing Sites
Attackers are using compromised hotel Wi-Fi routers to redirect users to Microsoft 365 phishing sites, according to researchers at ReliaQuest.
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Phishers are hijacking legitimate cloud infrastructure
Threat actors are increasingly exploiting legitimate cloud services to evade detection and streamline the deployment of their scam infrastructure. Cloud