Shifts We Are Seeing Across Social Engineering, Post-Disruption Impact Report

14 hours ago

Shifts We Are Seeing Across Social Engineering, Post-Disruption Impact Report

In this episode of the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Podcast, Microsoft Threat Intelligence Director⁠ Elliot Volkman is joined by Microsoft Principal Threat Intelligence Analyst Crane Hassold to explore how phishing and social engineering attacks are changing beyond email. They discuss the rise of QR code phishing, Microsoft Teams scams, SMS-based attacks, and why attackers continue to follow wherever people communicate. Crane also shares practical security recommendations for organizations and explains how Microsoft's disruption of the Tycoon2FA phishing-as-a-service platform led to a dramatic decline in malicious activity while reshaping the broader phishing landscape.

Microsoft Threat Intelligence

Shifts We Are Seeing Across Social Engineering, Post-Disruption Impact Report

14 hours ago

Shifts We Are Seeing Across Social Engineering, Post-Disruption Impact Report

In this episode of the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Podcast, Microsoft Threat Intelligence Director⁠ Elliot Volkman is joined by Microsoft Principal Threat Intelligence Analyst Crane Hassold to explore how phishing and social engineering attacks are changing beyond email. They discuss the rise of QR code phishing, Microsoft Teams scams, SMS-based attacks, and why attackers continue to follow wherever people communicate. Crane also shares practical security recommendations for organizations and explains how Microsoft's disruption of the Tycoon2FA phishing-as-a-service platform led to a dramatic decline in malicious activity while reshaping the broader phishing landscape.

Microsoft Threat Intelligence

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A private route to public risk.

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The Identities Your Security Stack Is Ignoring with Stephen Harrison from Abnormal AI

Stephen Harrison, VP of Product at Abnormal AI joins Dave Bittner on the CyberWire Daily podcast for a sponsored Industry Voices interview at Black Hat USA 2026. He explains why AI agents and service accounts are creating a new identity challenge for security teams, how shadow AI is expanding the attack surface through unmanaged OAuth permissions, and why organizations need to understand what "normal" looks like for every identity in their environment.

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