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Rogue ScreenConnect Clients Turn Remote Support Sessions Into a Worm-Like Infection Chain

4 September 2026  |  dark6  |  Malware

Attackers are abusing unauthorized ScreenConnect installations to push staged malware into newly connected Windows systems. The campaign begins with social engineering, then uses trusted remote-support functions for persistence,...

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Phantom Deal Fraud Uses Fake M&A Secrecy to Push a €626,000 Wire Transfer

4 September 2026  |  dark6  |  Phishing

The Phantom Deal campaign impersonates executives and advisers, then uses a polished NDA to isolate employees from normal approval channels. One documented attempt sought a €626,735.45 transfer and...

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Fake Teams Help-Desk Calls Turn Remote Support Into a Path Toward Domain Control

2 September 2026  |  dark6  |  Phishing

A campaign dubbed Spring Ring used external Microsoft Teams accounts and convincing help-desk calls to push remote-access tools and malware. In some cases, the attackers progressed toward SMB...

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Levi Strauss Confirms Data Breach After Employees Fall for Social Engineering Scam

9 August 2026  |  dark6  |  Databreach

Levi Strauss & Co. has disclosed that attackers tricked three employees into handing over access to company-issued computers, letting intruders reach and exfiltrate internal files. The denim maker...

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PamStealer: New macOS Infostealer Disguises Itself as the Maccy Clipboard Manager

6 July 2026  |  dark6  |  Malware

PamStealer is a newly discovered macOS infostealer that impersonates the Maccy clipboard manager, using a two-stage AppleScript-to-Rust infection chain to steal Keychain data, browser credentials, and clipboard contents...

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Meet Pink: The New Extortion Group Using Vishing and Microsoft 365 Tools to Drain Enterprise Cloud Storage

10 June 2026  |  dark6  |  Cybercrime

A new extortion group called Pink (CL-CRI-1147) has emerged, targeting enterprise organizations through voice phishing to steal Microsoft 365 credentials and cloud files. With ties to the Com...

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SmartApeSG Campaign Exploits ClickFix Fake Verification Pages to Deliver NetSupport RAT

2 June 2026  |  dark6  |  Malware

The SmartApeSG campaign is using ClickFix scripts disguised as fake browser verification pages to deploy a two-stage infection chain, culminating in a persistent NetSupport Manager RAT installation on...

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Hackers Are Calling You on Microsoft Teams Pretending to Be IT Support — How to Detect and Stop the Attack

1 June 2026  |  dark6  |  Phishing

Threat actors are systematically abusing Microsoft Teams' external collaboration features to impersonate IT helpdesk staff, convincing employees to grant remote access and install malware. Black Basta ransomware affiliates...

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