Microsoft Warns of Passkey-Themed Phishing and Cloud Identity Compromise

Microsoft has recorded active intrusions into cloud accounts in which attackers exploit phone calls and text messages with urgent requests to change a passkey or MFA.
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Microsoft has recorded active intrusions into cloud accounts in which attackers exploit phone calls and text messages with urgent requests to change a passkey or MFA.

GitHub: Incident affecting multiple GitHub services. The incident is resolved.

Anthropic describes financially motivated activity by alleged ShinyHunters affiliates in which an operator downloaded, decompiled and checked 1.8 million Android applications. The target was hardcoded credentials.

According to customer notifications, Revolut complied with a fake request posing as a government demand. Potentially disclosed data includes identity documents, IBAN details and transaction history, including Bitcoin activity.

Florida’s transportation agency confirmed unauthorized access linked to the credentials of a Plant City Police Department user. It has not yet disclosed the scope of the affected data.

Proofpoint researchers observed the BlueMoon exploit kit in targeted phishing campaigns. The chain exploits Chrome/V8 flaws and Windows privilege escalation; patches are available.

CISA added CVE-2026-42016 and CVE-2026-42018 in self-hosted JFrog Artifactory to the KEV Catalog. Wiz observed them being chained, which may lead to administrative access.

CISA has recorded active exploitation of CVE-2026-84869 in ConnectWise ScreenConnect. A fix is available in version 26.6.5.

An attacker exploited Trezor’s account with newsletter service Brevo. The phishing email urged recipients to download an app and enter their wallet seed.

Anthropic says it blocked accounts linked to the GTG-20006 group, which allegedly used Claude to automate parts of espionage attacks against targets in Ukraine and Europe.