Cybersecurity researchers have detected a dramatic surge in fraudulent schemes aimed at compromising financial institutions and their clients. According to data published by Fortra's Intelligence and Research Experts (FIRE), phishing attacks using remote management tools surged almost fivefold in the first nine months of 2026 compared with all of 2025. These sophisticated campaigns focus heavily on retail and commercial banking customers. Threat actors deploy deceptive support portals that mim
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Securonix threat researchers have been tracking a stealthy campaign targeting the hospitality sector that uses click-fix social engineering, fake captchas, and fake blue screens of death to trick users into pasting malicious code. It leverages a trusted MSBuid.exe tool to bypass defenses and deploys a stealthy, Russian-linked DCRat payload for full remote access and the ability to drop secondary payloads.[1]
An ongoing malware campaign tracked as PHALT#BLYX has been identified as a multi-stage
