Recent Manufacturing Cyber Attacks

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Mirage Kitten Uses Fake Hiring Lures to Drop Malware

Mirage Kitten Uses Fake Hiring Lures to Drop Malware

Researchers report Mirage Kitten (an espionage-focused threat group) targeted organizations in the Middle East and Africa using highly tailored spear‑phishing. The lures included recruitment-themed messages impersonating trusted brands/hiring sites and fake videoconferencing pages that redirected…

July 28, 2026
Fake ShinyHunters Sextortion Demands $2,000

Fake ShinyHunters Sextortion Demands $2,000

A sextortion email campaign is using real leaked email addresses from ShinyHunters-related data dumps to make threats sound credible. The scammers impersonate the “ShinyHunters hacking group,” claim they recorded victims via webcam, and demand $2,000 in Bitcoin within 48 hours. Reporting indicates…

July 27, 2026
Tax and SSA Phish Push Cruciferra Malware Loader

Tax and SSA Phish Push Cruciferra Malware Loader

Researchers report multiple real-world email phishing campaigns that used tax and government-benefit themes to trick people into downloading malware. The campaigns used a “crypter” service called Cruciferra to hide malicious files and help malware run while avoiding detection. Targets included…

July 27, 2026
Kratos PhaaS Fueled MFA-Bypass Phishing

Kratos PhaaS Fueled MFA-Bypass Phishing

Authorities dismantled “Kratos,” a phishing-as-a-service platform used at scale to steal Microsoft account credentials and even bypass MFA by stealing session cookies. The article also describes a real campaign using tax-season lures and personalized QR codes to trick users into visiting fake…

July 24, 2026
Zimbra Email View Triggers Russian Data Theft

Zimbra Email View Triggers Russian Data Theft

Government agencies say a Russian-linked group sent specially crafted HTML emails that exploit a Zimbra webmail flaw, so simply viewing the message can trigger data theft, no click required. The campaign has targeted multiple Western sectors since July 2025 and focuses on stealing email content and…

July 23, 2026
Kratos Kit Used W-2 QR Phish to Hijack M365

Kratos Kit Used W-2 QR Phish to Hijack M365

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…

July 22, 2026
Kratos PhaaS Takedown: Fake Microsoft Logins

Kratos PhaaS Takedown: Fake Microsoft Logins

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…

July 21, 2026
Pink Vishing Tricks Staff Into Entra Passkeys

Pink Vishing Tricks Staff Into Entra Passkeys

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…

July 16, 2026
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