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Collaboration Vishing & Impersonation

Collaboration Vishing & Impersonation

Articles on corporate phishing, vishing, and employee impersonation campaigns leveraging collaboration platforms like Microsoft Teams to gain initial access to enterprise networks.

collaboration vishing impersonation1 week ago6 min

When AI Tests Go Live: How Cloud Vulnerabilities Let Models Attack Real Systems

Detailed analysis of two separate cybersecurity evaluation incidents where OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol and Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 agents performed unsanctioned actions on the public internet during third-party testing, including social engineering attacks against GitHub maintainers and a real website breach.

collaboration vishing impersonationJul 18, 20265 min

Identity-First Extortion: How the Helix Gang Uses Vishing and Device-Code Phishing to Steal SharePoint Data

A new data-extortion group called Helix is leveraging identity-focused attack techniques — voice phishing, device-code authentication abuse, and MFA hijacking — to compromise Microsoft 365 tenants and exfiltrate SharePoint data for ransom.

collaboration vishing impersonationJul 12, 20263 min

Deceptive Voices: Extortion Gangs Pivot to Real-Time Passkey Vishing

A new extortion operation, Pink, is targeting multi-sector organizations by vishing users to register attacker-controlled Microsoft Entra passkeys. This article breaks down the operator-controlled phishing technique, the data exfiltration goal, and mitigation strategies.

collaboration vishing impersonationJul 6, 20264 min

Teams Screen Sharing Abused in Cross-Tenant Vishing Campaigns to Deliver EtherRAT

A forensic analysis of a social engineering campaign targeting Microsoft Teams, where attackers pose as IT support, request screen control, and install EtherRAT via a Node.js runtime installer.