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Threat Actor Uses Phishing to Breach Orgs for Ransomware Gangs


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2026-07-10 13:02:44
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An initial access broker associated with the Payouts King ransomware group is using Microsoft Teams phishing to deploy a malicious Microsoft Edge web browser extension, according to researchers at Zscaler. Once the hackers have a foothold within an organization, they sell the access to the ransomware gang to conduct follow-on attacks.




An initial access broker associated with the Payouts King ransomware group is using Microsoft Teams phishing to deploy a malicious Microsoft Edge web browser extension, according to researchers at Zscaler. Once the hackers have a foothold within an organization, they sell the access to the ransomware gang to conduct follow-on attacks.




Source: KnowBe4
Source Link: https://blog.knowbe4.com/teams-phishing-ransomware-initial-access-broker


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