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QR Code Phishing Is Back: What MSPs and IT Teams Need to Know

QR codes have become a common part of everyday business, appearing on invoices, benefits forms, account setup instructions, and event registrations. Attackers are taking advantage of that familiarity to trick employees into visiting malicious websites. QR code phishing, also known...

October 15, 2026

HostMimic: Old Technique Revived – Non-Canonical IP URL Obfuscation

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HostMimic: Old Technique Revived – Non-Canonical IP URL Obfuscation

HostMimic: Old Technique Revived – Non-Canonical IP URL Obfuscation Trustifi observed multiple quarantined phishing emails using a very old but still effective URL evasion technique: Non-Canonical IPv4 URL Obfuscation. We’re calling this observed phishing pattern HostMimic. The emails looked like...

May 14, 2026

Fake Claude Code Packages Are Stealing Developer Credentials, and Putting Enterprise Email Environments at Risk

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Fake Claude Code Packages Are Stealing Developer Credentials, and Putting Enterprise Email Environments at Risk

Introduction Fake packages that imitate popular developer tools are becoming a serious risk, and Claude Code-related names are now part of that trend. Attackers use typosquatted package names, which are names designed to look almost correct, to trick developers into...

May 13, 2026

How AI-Powered Impersonation Is Fueling Phishing Attacks Against Public Sector Agencies

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How AI-Powered Impersonation Is Fueling Phishing Attacks Against Public Sector Agencies

Introduction The rise of AI-generated impersonation in public sector phishing AI has made phishing more convincing, faster to produce, and easier to personalize at scale. Instead of sending generic scam messages full of spelling errors, attackers can now create polished...

May 12, 2026

QR Code Phishing Is Surging in Microsoft 365: How Businesses Can Stop the Next Wave of Credential Theft

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QR Code Phishing Is Surging in Microsoft 365: How Businesses Can Stop the Next Wave of Credential Theft

Introduction QR code phishing’s growing role in Microsoft 365 email attacks QR code phishing, often called quishing, has moved from a niche tactic to a mainstream email threat. Instead of asking a user to click a suspicious link, attackers place...

May 4, 2026

Fighting Fire with Fire: Trustifi’s New AI-Powered Phishing Simulations & SAT

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Fighting Fire with Fire: Trustifi’s New AI-Powered Phishing Simulations & SAT

In the rapidly evolving landscape of 2026, the “human element” remains the most targeted link in the cybersecurity chain. However, the nature of that target has changed. We are no longer just fighting amateur scammers; we are fighting Generative AI....

February 2, 2026

Curing the Click: Building a Phishing-Aware Culture in Hospitals and Clinics

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Curing the Click: Building a Phishing-Aware Culture in Hospitals and Clinics

Introduction Why phishing is a patient safety issue in hospitals and clinics In healthcare, a phishing click is not just an IT problem, it can disrupt care. A compromised mailbox can expose PHI, delay lab results, reroute referrals, or trigger...

January 2, 2026

City Hall in Cyberspace: Protecting Citizen Data in Government Emails

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City Hall in Cyberspace: Protecting Citizen Data in Government Emails

Introduction Why citizen PII is a prime target in government inboxes City and county email systems hold a unique concentration of personal information. Attackers know that municipal teams handle payments , identity details , and high-trust notifications (like permits, citations,...

December 30, 2025

Don’t Take the Bait: How Financial Firms Protect Customers from Phishing Emails

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Don’t Take the Bait: How Financial Firms Protect Customers from Phishing Emails

Introduction Why phishing remains a top threat to banking and fintech customers Phishing works because it targets human decision-making, not just technical gaps. Financial customers have high-value accounts, frequent notifications, and lots of legitimate messages to sift through, so a...

December 15, 2025

How to Share Suspicious Links Safely: A Practical Guide to Using a URL Defanger

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How to Share Suspicious Links Safely: A Practical Guide to Using a URL Defanger

Introduction: Why Sharing Suspicious Links Safely Matters Suspicious links show up everywhere today, in email threads, chat messages, support tickets, and even calendar invites. When you handle those links, you juggle two goals at once, you need to investigate and...

December 11, 2025

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