Sam's News — email-security — 2026-09-22

Security

8 EvilTokens PhaaS platform disrupted after compromising 12,000 Microsoft accounts

Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit led a disruption of the EvilTokens phishing-as-a-service platform that compromised over 12,000 Microsoft accounts at 10,000+ organizations.

Sources: BleepingComputer RSS, The Register RSS, Microsoft Security Blog RSS

7 AI-Powered Phishing-as-a-Service Transforms Email Security Threats

AI tools and phishing-as-a-service platforms are enabling more sophisticated and widespread email-based attacks.

Sources: blog.barracuda.com Web Search

6.5 Microsoft Direct Send phishing attack vectors detailed

Security researchers have documented phishing attack methods exploiting Microsoft Direct Send functionality.

Sources: Barracuda Networks Blog Web Search

6.5 AI-powered phishing campaign delivers over one million personalized emails

A phishing campaign used AI assistance to generate and send over one million personalized malicious emails.

Sources: KnowBe4 Blog RSS

6 SideCopy expands targeting to Indian academic institutions with ReverseRAT spear-phishing

The SideCopy threat actor has broadened its focus to target academic institutions in India via spear-phishing campaigns delivering the ReverseRAT malware.

Sources: The Hacker News RSS

5.5 Proofpoint unifies data security and AI security with agentic system

Proofpoint introduced the industry's first unified agentic system that bridges data security and AI security.

Sources: Proofpoint — Threat Insight RSS

5 Proofpoint defends against AI-era cyber attacks

Proofpoint offers security solutions designed to stop cyber attacks that traditional defense systems miss in the AI era.

Sources: Proofpoint — Threat Insight RSS