A hired security tester socially engineered a hospital nurse to unlock a restricted medical records room, despite having a non-working fake badge. He used a believable story, referenced a real doctor’s name, and built rapport by complaining about that doctor to convince the gatekeeper to let him…
A Russian-linked group allegedly stole sensitive contact data from the Netherlands National Police after getting access to an employee’s email account. The podcast describes a realistic spearphishing lure: an email invitation to a “European Defence Summit” that includes a link or a QR code in a PDF…
Law enforcement dismantled the infrastructure behind Kratos, a widely used phishing kit that helped criminals steal Microsoft 365 credentials and, in some cases, capture session cookies to bypass MFA. The article describes a real, observed campaign using tax-themed W-2 QR-code emails that led…
Proofpoint observed real phishing campaigns using government-themed lures to trick people into downloading ZIP files that install malware. The campaigns used a “crypter” service called Cruciferra to help common remote-access and data-stealing malware evade detection. Financial services, healthcare,…
German and international law enforcement disrupted the infrastructure behind “Kratos,” a phishing-as-a-service kit used at scale to steal Microsoft account logins. The kit provided convincing Microsoft-themed fake login pages designed to steal passwords and session cookies, which could help…
UK authorities said two Scattered Spider members accessed Transport for London (TfL) by buying partial employee credentials and then tricking TfL’s helpdesk into resetting an employee password and 2FA. The attackers kept access for several days, escalated privileges, and ultimately exposed customer…
The “Pink” data extortion group is running a real-world voice phishing campaign targeting employees in Microsoft 365 / Entra ID environments. Callers impersonate the internal IT helpdesk and direct staff to realistic lookalike login sites timed to Microsoft’s passkey-enrollment prompts, enabling…
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