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Hackers Are Now Using Microsoft Teams to Break Into Corporate Networks

May 14, 2026 by Edward Silha

Microsoft Teams Phishing Attacks Target Corporate NetworksFor years, companies drilled one thing into employees’ heads: don’t trust weird emails. Problem is, attackers adapted. Instead of fighting against people’s skepticism around email, they moved to platforms employees already trust without thinking twice about it. One of the biggest targets right now is Microsoft Teams

A threat group called KongTuke has been using Teams chats to get inside corporate networks, and honestly, it’s working disturbingly well. Instead of blasting out phishing emails, they pose as internal IT staff and message employees directly through Teams. Sometimes they’re operating from already-compromised Microsoft 365 accounts. Other times they create fake accounts designed to look close enough to pass a quick glance. Either way, the attack can go from first contact to compromised system in just a few minutes. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Tech In General Tagged With: corporate cybersecurity, cybersecurity, enterprise security, initial access brokers, KongTuke, malware, Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 security, Microsoft Teams, ModeloRAT, phishing, PowerShell attacks, ransomware, social engineering, Teams phishing, Windows security

Homoglyph Phishing: When One Letter Steals Everything

July 7, 2025 by Edward Silha

A user clicking an email link, leading to two identical websites—one real, one fake—split like a mirror.You click a link. It takes you to a site that looks exactly right. The logo matches, the name checks out, and everything feels familiar. But something’s off. And before you realize what it is, you’ve handed over your login, your credit card, or worse, your network credentials. The trick wasn’t in the layout or the content. It was in the letters.

Cybercriminals are using homoglyphs—lookalike characters from other alphabets—to build fake domains that mimic real ones down to the pixel. A Cyrillic “а” is nearly identical to the Latin “a” your eyes expect to see. To a browser, they’re completely different. To a person, they’re the same. That’s the whole con. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blog, Cybersecurity, Tech In General Tagged With: brand impersonation, browser security, credential theft, cybersecurity threats, Cyrillic characters, DNS manipulation, domain impersonation, domain spoofing, homoglyph attacks, homoglyph phishing, PayPal phishing, phishing, phishing scams, spoofed domains, Unicode attacks, unicode security

Hackers Pose as IT Support to Breach Salesforce, Steal Corporate Data, and Demand Ransom

June 4, 2025 by Edward Silha

Illustration of hacker posing as IT support to access Salesforce dataHackers posing as IT support are targeting employees at large companies to sneak into their Salesforce systems and steal data. They start with a phone call, pretending to help with a routine issue. The real goal? To get the employee to connect to a fake version of Salesforce’s Data Loader tool. Once that happens, the attackers can quietly grab sensitive company data.

Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has been tracking the group behind this, known as UNC6040. Their method depends on trust—posing as helpful support staff and guiding employees through what feels like a normal setup process. Because the tool is something many employees already use, it doesn’t seem suspicious. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blog, Cybersecurity Tagged With: CRM security, cybersecurity, data breach, data extortion, Google Threat Intelligence Group, Microsoft 365, Mullvad, Okta, phishing, ransomware, Salesforce, ShinyHunters, UNC6040, voice phishing, Workplace

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