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Proofpoint says a China-aligned group posed as former White House staff and other AI policy figures to phish US experts. Its kit relays the genuine Microsoft sign-in, so the password and the MFA code both work. Proofpoint recommends phishing-resistant MFA such as passkeys. The first email asks for nothing. It invites an AI policy expert … Read more
The Domain That Waited A carrier writes three mid-market manufacturers in the same quarter. Different brokers, different states, no shared vendors. Eleven months later, all three report wire fraud losses inside six weeks of each other. The domains used against them were registered on the same afternoon, at the same registrar, on the same hosting. … Read more
Silent Push researchers pointed a proxy connection at a home router in Portugal. They reached its management interface. Then they pulled an image file off it as proof. The router belonged to a customer of MEO, Portugal’s largest internet provider. The researchers held no credentials. They planted no malware. They held a subscription to a … Read more
An IP address can lie about where it lives. It may read Oregon. The person behind it may sit in Pyongyang. Knowing where an attack truly starts is hard work. Silent Push built its platform on that gap. That early window is where cyber insurance threat intelligence pays off. This week, the firm launches version … Read more
Cybercrime is changing quickly as automation, stolen identities, and fast-moving attacks become more common. A new Flashpoint report says Agentic AI is speeding up cyberattacks and changing the risks faced by businesses, insurers, and security teams. Flashpoint’s 2026 Global Threat Intelligence Report shows that attackers are now mixing AI automation, stolen credentials, and ransomware into … Read more