Sam's News — email-security — 2026-08-07¶
TL;DR¶
- Hackers target Wall Street hedge funds and financial firms with vishing extortion campaigns
- Microsoft 365 adversary-in-the-middle phishing attacks target financial workflows and payroll
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Hackers target Wall Street hedge funds and financial firms with vishing extortion campaigns¶
Threat actors conducted a widespread vishing (voice phishing) campaign against Wall Street firms including Point72 to extort victims and steal payroll data.
Sources: SecurityWeek RSS, The Hacker News RSS, The Next Web RSS, The Cyber Express RSS
Microsoft 365 adversary-in-the-middle phishing attacks target financial workflows and payroll¶
Widespread email-driven phishing campaigns using AitM techniques compromise Microsoft 365 accounts to harvest payroll and finance department emails.
Sources: The Hacker News RSS