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Phishing & Social EngineeringThreat Intelligence

Menlo Report: 1 in 5 Phishing Links Evade URL Filters

Menlo Security's 2026 Browser Threat Report finds one in five clicked phishing links goes completely undetected by URL filtering, and a third of evasive threats come from 'trusted' domains. The data-driven case for trained humans as the last line of defense.

David Kowalski·8/7/2026·5 min read
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Phishing & Social EngineeringThreat Intelligence

Vishing Campaign Abuses Entra Passkey Enrollment Flow

A vishing crew is calling employees as fake Microsoft IT staff and walking them through a bogus Entra passkey enrollment - then registering the attacker's own passkey for persistent access. The weak point is the enrollment moment, not the passkey.

Marcus Chen·8/6/2026·6 min read
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Phishing & Social EngineeringThreat Intelligence

Microsoft Warns of ACR Stealer Surge Using ClickFix Lures

Microsoft is warning of a surge in ACR Stealer infections across its enterprise customers, driven by the ClickFix lure that tricks employees into pasting a malicious command themselves. Here is how the attack works - and why the fix is as much about training as it is about tooling.

Marcus Chen·7/19/2026·6 min read
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Threat IntelligenceProduct Updates

Reported Email Review: Turning Employees Into Sensors

When employees report suspicious emails through the empowsec Outlook or Gmail add-in, those reports land in an admin review queue where security teams can classify each one and build real threat intelligence from what is actually reaching inboxes.

Marcus Chen·7/5/2026·8 min read
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Security Awareness TipsThreat Intelligence

Education Under Siege: Lessons From the Canvas Breach

ShinyHunters' May 2026 breach of the Canvas LMS exposed data tied to thousands of schools and hundreds of millions of users. Here is why education is a prime target and how awareness training reduces the risk.

James Thornton·7/1/2026·6 min read