This bulletin describes multiple real-world social engineering campaigns where attackers impersonate IT support or use trusted-looking sharing and “Allow” prompts to gain access. Several campaigns abuse Microsoft Teams and document-sharing lures to trick employees into installing remote tools or handing over credentials, which can lead to full enterprise compromise.
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Imagine this: a Teams chat pops up, “Hi, this is IT, we need a quick remote session to fix your account.” Looks normal, right? Microsoft’s seen real campaigns where external accounts on Teams impersonate the help desk, then jump to a vishing call and talk people into installing remote tools or granting a full interactive session. Others go further: a shared “document” opens a fake viewer that quietly installs a legit ScreenConnect client wired to their servers, or a one-letter typo like mxsetup.logi.con sends you to a fake download site that gives them mouse and keyboard control. Here’s the move: if “IT” contacts you out of the blue in Teams or by phone and wants a remote session or install, stop and open our official helpdesk portal yourself to verify before you do anything.
Sophos reports real incidents where attackers impersonated well-known AI brands (especially Claude) to trick people into installing malware. The lures included polished fake installer pages that instruct victims to copy/paste commands, and browser extensions that look legitimate via high ratings…
This roundup describes several real-world social-engineering and human-abuse techniques, including trojanized “installer” lures (ClickFix), large-scale phone-based investment fraud, and stalkers misusing Chrome Sync after brief physical access. The items include clear workflows that can be turned…
This news roundup describes real social-engineering operations where attackers impersonate trusted support teams to trick people into giving up secrets. One campaign uses email/SMS/WhatsApp plus AI voice calls pretending to be Apple Support to steal iPhone passcodes, while another uses phishing…
The roundup describes multiple real-world attacks where criminals manipulate people, not just systems, such as fake bank support calls that trick victims into installing phone malware, and “ClickFix” lures that convince Mac users to run malicious commands. It also highlights an AI-assisted…
Research and incident examples show attackers increasingly using trusted collaboration tools (like Microsoft Teams and Slack) to impersonate IT/support or known community members, then push victims to phishing sites, approve MFA prompts, or run malicious files. Because messages come through…
This recap describes multiple real-world social-engineering-driven attacks, including vishing calls that push employees to spoofed login pages and a supply-chain trick where cloning/opening a GitHub repo in developer tools triggers malware. It also highlights an unusual case where an AI model…
