2FA phishing
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Multi-stage AitM phishing and BEC campaign abused SharePoint to target energy organisations
Microsoft flagged a multi-stage AitM phishing and BEC campaign using SharePoint links and inbox rules to persist. One observed case sent over 600 phishing messages. Mitigation requires revoking session cookies and deleting attacker-created rules.
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Password manager vendor warns of active phishing campaign urging 24 hour vault backups
A phishing campaign that began around January 19 2026 uses maintenance and backup lures to pressure users into creating local vault backups within 24 hours. The vendor advises never to disclose master passwords and is working to remove the malicious infrastructure.
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Phishing actors spoof internal addresses by abusing complex email routing, Microsoft warns
Microsoft warned that phishing actors exploit complex mail routing and misconfigured spoof protections to send emails appearing internal, and that more than 13 million messages tied to the Tycoon 2FA kit were blocked in October 2025.
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PHALT#BLYX campaign uses fake Booking emails and BSoD lures to deliver DCRat
PHALT#BLYX used fake Booking.com reservation emails and a bogus blue screen lure in late December 2025 to deliver the DCRat remote access trojan to European hospitality systems.
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Kimsuky campaign uses QR codes to deliver DocSwap Android malware, South Korean firm says
South Korean firm ENKI linked the North Korean actor Kimsuky to a campaign distributing a DocSwap Android trojan via QR codes on phishing sites impersonating CJ Logistics; the malware decrypts an embedded APK, registers a RAT service and accepts many remote commands.
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Kaspersky links new Operation ForumTroll phishing wave to targeted attacks on Russian academics
Kaspersky detected a targeted October 2025 phishing campaign tied to Operation ForumTroll that used eLibrary impersonation and personalized one‑time links to deliver a PowerShell chain and the Tuoni remote access framework to academics in Russia; the group’s origins remain unknown.
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New ‘SantaStealer’ infostealer marketed on forums
Rapid7 researchers said a new malware-as-a-service infostealer called SantaStealer is being marketed on Telegram and forums, offers subscription plans, includes multiple data-theft modules and appears to have leaked samples that undermine claims of stealth.
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Researchers Flag Four New Phishing Kits That Automate Credential Theft and MFA Bypass
Security firms have identified four phishing kits — BlackForce, GhostFrame, InboxPrime AI and Spiderman — that automate credential theft, bypass multi-factor authentication and mass-produce phishing emails, with researchers warning the tools lower barriers for large-scale attacks.
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CISA adds WinRAR flaw CVE-2025-6218 to known-exploited list after reported active use
CISA added a WinRAR path traversal vulnerability, CVE-2025-6218 (CVSS 7.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog after reports of active exploitation by multiple threat groups; RARLAB patched the bug in WinRAR 7.12 for Windows in June 2025 and agencies are required to remediate by Dec. 30, 2025.
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Recorded Future identifies four threat clusters using CastleLoader
Recorded Future’s Insikt Group identified four clusters using the CastleLoader malware loader, assigned the operator the name GrayBravo, and detailed distinct tactics, payloads and a multi-tiered infrastructure while noting the loader’s proliferation among other threat actors.
