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Identity & Access

NovaCookies Phishing Kit Rents Microsoft 365 Session Theft for $320 a Month

A new subscription phishing service abuses genuine Docusign emails to slip past multi-factor authentication and steal live Microsoft 365 logins.

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Identity & Access

Mirage2FA Phishing Kit Slipped Past Microsoft 365 Logins at 4,500 Firms

A rented phishing service quietly harvested Microsoft 365 credentials and two-factor codes across US and European companies for nearly two years.

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Fake Job Interviews Are Stealing Google and Facebook Logins

A phishing operation called RecruitTrap uses realistic pop-up windows to grab passwords and even one-time codes from job seekers.

4 min read
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Greatness Phishing Kit Adds a New Trick to Steal Logins Without Passwords

The rented phishing toolkit now abuses Microsoft's own login flow to walk around multi-factor authentication.

4 min read
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Changing Your Password No Longer Kicks Hackers Out

A growing wave of attacks steals not passwords but the digital passes that keep you logged in, meaning a password reset leaves the intruder sitting comfortably inside your account.

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Insurance phishing gets faster: attackers now hijack accounts in real time

Researchers say fake insurance login pages are being run live, with criminals stepping in the moment a victim types their password.

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Threat Intelligence

German Police Shut Down Kratos Phishing Network, But Experts Say the Pause Will Be Brief

Authorities seized more than 200 servers and arrested a developer in Indonesia. Security researchers say the 1,800 customers who used the service are already shopping for a replacement.

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Police shut down Kratos, the phishing kit built to hijack Microsoft 365 logins

German and US investigators dismantled the kit's servers, and Indonesian police arrested its alleged creator, ending a service that helped criminals slip past two-factor login checks.

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Threat Intelligence

A Phishing Crew Forgot to Lock Its Own Front Door

A single sloppy command in a shell history file handed French researchers the full toolkit behind three live Microsoft 365 phishing operations.

3 min read
Identity & Access

Two Scattered Spider Members Plead Guilty as London Trial Opens

Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers admitted roles in the TfL intrusion and a sprawling SIM-swap and SMS-phishing operation that turned harvested SSO credentials into nine-figure ransom payouts.

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Identity & Access

Device Code Phishing Is Eating MFA. Behavioral Detection Is the Backstop.

Token theft and consent-grant abuse sidestep the second factor entirely. Defenders are leaning on anomaly detection because the login looks legitimate.

3 min read
Identity & Access

Kali365 Phishing Kit Hijacks Microsoft OAuth Tokens to Silently Bypass MFA

The FBI has flagged a device-code phishing campaign powered by Kali365, a toolkit that steals OAuth tokens tied to Microsoft 365 accounts without ever touching a user's password.

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FBI flags Kali365, the latest phishing kit pitched at draining Microsoft 365 tenants

The bureau says the subscription-priced service abuses OAuth device-code flows to lift session tokens and walk straight past MFA.

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