A large-scale SMS phishing campaign linked to the Smishing Triad is using a sophisticated phishing kit dubbed JWR to harvest payment-card data, one-time passwords, online-banking credentials, identity information, and digital-wallet logins. Group-IB attributed the activity to an operator sub-cluster tracked as Outsider, which appears to operate as a customer within the wider phishing-as-a-service ecosystem rather […]

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Phishing operators are increasingly shifting away from malware-laden attachments and toward trusted delivery services, authenticated domains, and multi-stage URL cloaking designed to defeat conventional email inspection. The continuously running VBSpam comparative test evaluated ten public full email-security products and one open-source solution against wanted, unwanted, and malicious mail streams. The assessment was conducted under the […]

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The UK government has started implementing passkey authentication for GOV. UK One Login,UK One Login, providing over 23 million users with a faster and more secure way to access public services. This initiative aims to reduce reliance on passwords and SMS-based verification codes, which are common targets for fraud and credential theft. UK Enables Passkey […]

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A phishing campaign that moves the credential-harvesting page out of attacker-controlled web infrastructure and into the victim’s browser. Unlike ordinary phishing kits, which host cloned login portals on domains that can eventually be detected and disrupted, this campaign delivers malicious content assembled only after a user follows the attack chain. A blob URL is a […]

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A large-scale phishing operation is abusing trusted Google services as a multi-stage redirect network to bypass email security controls, deliver highly personalized credential-harvesting pages, and, in some cases, install ScreenConnect remote-access software. The campaign’s central advantage is that it presents trusted Google-owned domains at nearly every point a gateway, proxy, or analyst is likely to […]

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Microsoft is developing a new security feature for Teams messaging that will obscure QR codes sent by external users. This measure aims to help organizations reduce phishing and fraud risks associated with malicious QR code campaigns. Listed under Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 570439, this feature is currently in development and is scheduled for rollout in […]

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QR code phishing, widely known as “quishing,” has reached record levels as threat actors increasingly conceal malicious URLs within scannable images rather than placing clickable links directly in emails. The shift is helping attackers bypass traditional secure email gateways and move victims from managed corporate devices to less-protected smartphones. The company recorded an average of […]

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QR-code phishing, commonly known as quishing, is evolving beyond image-based payloads. Threat actors are now rendering scannable QR codes directly from HTML tables or text within email bodies, leaving no image attachment, embedded bitmap, or <img> element for traditional email scanners to inspect. The technique targets a structural blind spot in Secure Email Gateways (SEGs). […]

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