CrowdStrike’s threat hunting report says attackers are increasingly using phone-based impersonation and trusted login flows to break into cloud email and SaaS quickly. The report highlights vishing callers posing as IT support, pushing employees to sign in via attacker-controlled phishing pages, enabling rapid takeover and data theft in minutes.
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Imagine this: you pick up the phone and hear, “This is IT personnel calling to help you authenticate.” CrowdStrike saw vishing like this double in 2026. Groups like CORDIAL SPIDER and SNARKY SPIDER pose as IT, then walk you to a “secure” Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace login page. Here’s the trick: they use adversary-in-the-middle phishing pages and OAuth device code prompts that look legit. You type your password, approve the sign-in, and in under five minutes they’re inside your email and files. Aha moment: real IT will never make you log in while you’re on the call. If anyone does, hang up and contact IT using our official helpdesk or ticketing system instead.
CrowdStrike reports attackers increasingly bypass security tools by using trusted login paths, phone-based IT impersonation, and abuse of legitimate cloud and AI services. The report highlights real intrusions where vishing led to single sign-on takeovers and rapid data theft, and where attackers…
This roundup describes real-world social engineering, including phishing emails that impersonate ChatGPT billing to steal payment card data and a convicted attacker who posed as Snapchat support to trick people into handing over login codes. The common theme is impersonation of trusted brands to…
Attackers abused Microsoft’s OAuth “device code” sign-in so victims completed a real Microsoft login and MFA, but the resulting session tokens were issued to the attacker. In a documented Microsoft 365 takeover, the attacker used a believable partner-law-firm email thread and a Google Sites lure…
Google reports UNC6671 is still actively compromising organizations by calling employees and pretending to be IT helpdesk staff running an urgent security migration. Victims are pushed to visit lookalike login pages that steal passwords and MFA codes, which then enables data theft and extortion…
Research from Cisco Talos and CrowdStrike says criminals are building AI into everyday operations, from writing malicious code to scaling fraud infrastructure. The reports describe real prompt logs where attackers use simple “authorized testing” claims to trick AI tools into helping them, plus…
Kali365 is a phishing kit that abuses Microsoft’s real “device code” sign-in flow to trick employees into approving attacker-controlled login codes. Once a victim completes authentication on Microsoft’s legitimate page, attackers can receive access and refresh tokens that may grant ongoing access…
