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Threat Intelligence

Ukrainian police shut down 94 scam call centres, seize $2 million in cash

A joint operation with German investigators dismantled fake investment platforms and bank-impersonation scams targeting victims across the EU.

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Threat Intelligence

Hedge Fund Vishing Attacks Traced to UNC6671, the Group Behind the BlackFile Brand

Google's threat researchers say one core crew is running help-desk phone scams that have hit Point72, Citadel, Two Sigma and Millennium, then stealing data straight from their cloud accounts.

4 min read
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Breaches

Brinks Home Confirms Breach as ShinyHunters Threatens to Leak 4.9 Million Salesforce Records

The residential security company says its alarm systems were not affected, but the extortion group claims to hold customer contacts, employee data and millions of support chat logs.

3 min read
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Ransomware

Fake IT support calls on Microsoft Teams are ending in ransomware within a day

A gang tracked as STAC4749 is phoning staff on Teams, pretending to be helpdesk, and locking company files with Chaos ransomware in under 17 hours.

4 min read
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Identity & Access

ShinyHunters Are Phoning Hospital Help Desks: Health-ISAC Sounds the Alarm

A wave of voice-phishing calls is tricking healthcare staff into handing over single sign-on access, and the data theft is following fast.

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Breaches

Dutch Police Say Local Hackers Helped Pull Off the Odido Breach That Exposed 6.2 Million Customers

A phone call to customer service, a fake IT worker, and a phishing page: how criminals allegedly walked out with data on nearly every Odido subscriber.

4 min read
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Identity & Access

Criminals Are Calling Your Staff and Stealing Microsoft 365 Logins in Real Time

A hacking group is phoning employees, sending them to fake Microsoft login pages, and quietly locking themselves into corporate accounts before anyone notices. Okta has the details.

3 min read
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Threat Intelligence

Helix: the new extortion crew phoning staff to raid SharePoint files

Researchers at ReliaQuest say the group impersonates managers on the phone, tricks staff into a login trap, then hoovers up company documents from Microsoft SharePoint.

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Identity & Access

Fake 'security upgrade' phone calls trick Microsoft 365 users into handing over their accounts

A criminal crew called Pink is calling staff, walking them through a fake Microsoft passkey setup, and quietly registering a login key of its own.

4 min read
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Threat Intelligence

Fake IT Helpdesk Calls on Microsoft Teams Are Planting EtherRAT on Company PCs

Attackers pose as internal support staff over Teams voice calls, then walk employees through installing remote-access tools that drop a Node.js trojan.

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Threat Intelligence

UNC3753 Hit U.S. Professional Services Firms With Vishing and Walk-In Intrusions

Dozens of legal, financial, and consulting firms were hit between January and May 2026 in a data-theft extortion run that blended phone-based social engineering with physical site visits.

3 min read
Threat Intelligence

Silent Ransom Group Escalates Vishing Campaign Against U.S. Law Firms

Mandiant tracks rapid data theft following fake IT-support calls, raising fresh questions about Form 8-K Item 1.05 disclosure timing for affected firms.

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