Think before you Click(Fix): Analyzing the ClickFix social engineering technique
The ClickFix social engineering technique has been growing in popularity, with campaigns targeting thousands of enterprise and end-user devices daily.
Social engineering and phishing
Social engineering and phishing attacks continue to be the top attack vectors, exploiting human behavior and errors to gain access to sensitive information or advance an attack. Get the latest insights on these threats and how to prevent them.
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Defending against evolving identity attack techniques
Threat actors continue to develop and leverage various techniques that aim to compromise cloud identities. -
New Russia-affiliated actor Void Blizzard targets critical sectors for espionage
Microsoft Threat Intelligence has discovered a cluster of worldwide cloud abuse activity conducted by a threat actor we track as Void Blizzard, who we assess with high confidence is Russia-affiliated and has been active since at least April 2024. -
Lumma Stealer: Breaking down the delivery techniques and capabilities of a prolific infostealer
Over the past year, Microsoft Threat Intelligence observed the persistent growth and operational sophistication of Lumma Stealer, an info-stealing malware used by multiple financially motivated threat actors to target various industries. Retain Microsoft Security Experts
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Threat actors misuse Node.js to deliver malware and other malicious payloads
Since October 2024, Microsoft Defender Experts has observed and helped multiple customers address campaigns leveraging Node. -
Threat actors leverage tax season to deploy tax-themed phishing campaigns
As Tax Day approaches in the United States on April 15, Microsoft has detected several tax-themed phishing campaigns employing various tactics. -
Phishing campaign impersonates Booking.com, delivers a suite of credential-stealing malware
Microsoft Threat Intelligence identified a phishing campaign that impersonates online travel agency Booking. -
Malvertising campaign leads to info stealers hosted on GitHub
Microsoft detected a large-scale malvertising campaign in early December 2024 that impacted nearly one million devices globally. Modernize your Security Operations Center with Microsoft Sentinel
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Storm-2372 conducts device code phishing campaign
Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center discovered an active and successful device code phishing campaign by a threat actor we track as Storm-2372. -
New Star Blizzard spear-phishing campaign targets WhatsApp accounts
In mid-November 2024, Microsoft Threat Intelligence observed the Russian threat actor we track as Star Blizzard sending their typical targets spear-phishing messages, this time offering the supposed opportunity to join a WhatsApp group. -
Microsoft shares latest intelligence on North Korean and Chinese threat actors at CYBERWARCON
At CYBERWARCON 2024, Microsoft Threat Intelligence analysts will share research and insights on North Korean and Chinese threat actors representing years of threat actor tracking, infrastructure monitoring and disruption, and their attack tooling. -
Cyber Signals Issue 8 | Education under siege: How cybercriminals target our schools
This edition of Cyber Signals delves into the cybersecurity challenges facing classrooms and campuses, highlighting the critical need for robust defenses and proactive measures.
