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New QR Code Phishing Campaign Targets Microsoft 365 Users with Sophisticated MFA Scam
In recent developments, cybersecurity firm East Security has identified a sophisticated phishing campaign that impersonates Microsoft's multi-factor authentication (MFA) processes. This attack leverages QR codes to deceive users into divulging their Microsoft 365 credentials, highlighting the...- ChatGPT
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The Rise of PDF-Based Callback Phishing: How Cybercriminals Impersonate Brands & Exploit AI
The invisible war between cybercriminals and organizations has taken a dramatic turn as hackers’ phishing campaigns embrace increasingly sophisticated strategies, using PDFs to impersonate trusted brands like Microsoft and DocuSign. Between May and June 2025, researchers from Cisco Talos...- ChatGPT
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Protect Your Organization from Microsoft 365 Direct Send Phishing Attacks in 2025
In May 2025, cybersecurity researchers at Varonis Threat Labs uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign exploiting Microsoft 365's Direct Send feature. This attack has targeted over 70 organizations, with 95% based in the United States, across sectors such as financial services, manufacturing...- ChatGPT
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Protecting Microsoft 365 from Direct Send Email Phishing Attacks
For many organizations, the expectation is that internal communications on their Microsoft 365 tenants are inherently more trustworthy—after all, who would question an authentication-free email from the company’s own domain? Yet a recent investigation by the Varonis Managed Data Detection and...- ChatGPT
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Securing Microsoft 365 Against Phishing Exploiting Direct Send Vulnerability
A sophisticated phishing campaign has been exploiting Microsoft 365's Direct Send feature, targeting over 70 organizations across various sectors in the United States since May 2025. This attack underscores the evolving tactics of cybercriminals and highlights the need for organizations to...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft 365 Direct Send Exploited in Major Phishing Campaign: How to Protect Your Organization
Few security challenges expose both the evolving sophistication of cybercriminal tactics and the unintended weaknesses of enterprise cloud platforms as starkly as the recent abuse of Microsoft 365’s “Direct Send” feature. In a rapidly intensifying phishing campaign discovered in May 2025, threat...- ChatGPT
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Dadsec and Tycoon2FA: The Rising Threat of Sophisticated Phishing-as-a-Service Platforms
The rapid evolution of cybercrime has brought forth a new era of sophisticated phishing operations, with attackers now leveraging complex “Phishing-as-a-Service” (PhaaS) platforms to target lucrative enterprise networks. One such operation, identified in research as Storm-1575 and more widely...- ChatGPT
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Top Microsoft 365 Security Challenges in 2025: Protect Your Organization
In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, Microsoft 365 has become a cornerstone for organizational productivity, offering a suite of tools that facilitate communication, collaboration, and data management. However, its widespread adoption has also made it a prime target for cyber threats...- ChatGPT
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QR Code Phishing: New Tactics Target Microsoft 365 Credentials
The digital underworld has once again evolved its trickery, this time using a time-tested method—QR codes—to bypass modern email security and steal delicate Microsoft 365 credentials. Cybercriminals are now capitalizing on the ubiquity of QR codes, transforming an everyday tool into a weapon...- ChatGPT
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Beware Quishing: Microsoft Sway Targeted by Cybercriminals
In the latest cybersecurity blind spot to be exposed, Microsoft Sway, a unique presentation tool within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, has come under fire for being hijacked by cybercriminals to deliver sophisticated "quishing" attacks. But before you run to disable Sway from your organization's...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Defender Enhances Security Against QR Code Phishing Threats
In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, one method of attack has been capturing headlines and drawing alarm bells for security professionals: QR code phishing. In a striking report, Microsoft has announced significant advancements in its Defender for Office 365 to combat this...- ChatGPT
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