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Research DeskLatest update June 12, 202652 research entries

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Phishing Tradecraft · Infrastructure · Detection Engineering

The research desk for phishing tradecraft.

PhishPond researches how modern phishing operations are built, run, and detected — campaign evolution, adversary infrastructure, phishing kits, OAuth and device-code abuse, AiTM frameworks, and the detection and validation workflows that catch them.

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Research Desk

On the desk this week

  • 8featured investigations
  • 8research notes in the archive
  • 5intel streams for security teams

A working research desk: fast scans for fresh intel, project radar, trend tracking, and deeper tradecraft and detection analysis.

Recurring Intel

What to track this week

Intel brief
Campaign SignalsFast campaign and supplier-risk intelTradecraft WatchActor-informed methods to emulate and detectDetection & ValidationControls, telemetry, and validation workflowsProject RadarGitHub tooling worth a research scan

Attack-Side Tradecraft

Attack Tradecraft

Campaign tradecraft, lure mechanics, adversary infrastructure, identity pressure, and operator workflows worth modeling.

12 attack-side reads

Detection Engineering

Detection & Validation

Detection engineering, telemetry analysis, reporting workflows, and validation that security teams can operationalize.

30 detection reads

APT Tradecraft

Methods Watch

Emerging procedures, tooling, initial-access patterns, and cross-team tradecraft from real-world actor reporting.

10 tradecraft reads

GitHub Trends

Project Radar

20 live
  • Red team toolr4tur1/NullPhishHTML · 24 stars
  • Dual-use projectphishdestroy/destroylistHTML · 919 stars
  • Blue team toolsublime-security/sublime-rulesYAML · 364 stars

New Today

Fresh intel since the last refresh

1 new article, 3 new projects

Articles

  • As Global Powers Explore Humanoid Robots, Cyber-Risk Looms

    Dark ReadingMay 29, 2026

Projects

  • Red team toolr4tur1/NullPhish

    HTML24 stars

  • Blue team toolPhishing-Database/Phishing.Database

    1,560 stars

  • Blue team tooltejasmmali/Snapchat-login-clone

    CSS41 stars

Blue TeamDefense Pattern

Lead Research

Blue TeamFeaturedDetection & ValidationMay 6, 2026

Unmanaged OAuth Grants Are the SaaS Back Door Hiding in Plain Sight

The phishing lesson is that attackers do not always need a fresh credential when a trusted app token already has delegated access.

Persistent OAuth grants let third-party apps keep operating after the original login, password reset, or employee lifecycle event has faded from view.

Read more:The Hacker NewsMicrosoft Learn

By PhishPond Desk · 8 min read

On the Desk

Latest Research

  • The Recruiting Repo Is the Payload
  • Trusted Notification Systems Are Becoming Phishing Delivery
  • Kali365 Outgrows Microsoft 365: Operator Pivots to Okta, AWS, and a Russian-Language Cluster
  • The Step After the Click: Five Persistence Primitives That Survive Your Response
  • The Procedure Is the Threat: Why an Intrusion's Shape Outlives Its Toolkit
  • SHub Reaper Drops Terminal-Based ClickFix for an AppleScript URL Pivot

Live Collection

Outside Intel Watch

Articles & Analysis

5 tracked
  • ShinyHunters Exploits Oracle PeopleSoft Zero-Day (CVE-2026-35273) to Breach Universities

    The Hacker NewsJun 11, 2026News

    Finance workflows remain exposed when trust signals come from compromised inboxes.

    Read more:The Hacker News

  • New GreatXML Exploit Bypasses Windows BitLocker via Recovery Partition XML Files

    The Hacker NewsJun 11, 2026News

    Read more:The Hacker News

  • Why AI-driven threats are exposing the limits of MSP security stacks

    BleepingComputerJun 11, 2026News

    Read more:BleepingComputer

  • ThreatsDay Bulletin: Worm Code Leaked, AI Agent Phished, Claude Code Patch + 28 New Stories

    The Hacker NewsJun 11, 2026News

    Trusted suppliers and developer channels can carry phishing risk past normal filters.

    Read more:The Hacker News

  • Yarbo Android/iOS Mobile Application and Cloud Infrastructure

    CISA AdvisoriesJun 11, 2026Government Advisory

    Identity and session abuse can turn a single successful lure into account takeover.

    Read more:CISA Advisories

GitHub Project Radar

5 tracked
  • Red team toolr4tur1/NullPhish

    HTML24 starspushed Jun 12, 2026

    An automated phishing tool with 35 templates (Updated version of zphisher) . This Tool is made for educational purpose only ! Author will not be responsible for any misuse of this toolkit ! Primary language: HTML. 24 stars.

    Open project:GitHub

    #ethical-hacking#ethical-hacking-tools#hack#hacking

  • Dual-use projectphishdestroy/destroylist

    HTML919 starspushed Jun 12, 2026

    Real-time phishing & scam domain blocklist — 130k+ curated threats, 888K+ community, free API, multiple formats Primary language: HTML. 919 stars.

    Open project:GitHub

    #anti-phishing#blacklist#blocklist#crypto-scam

  • Blue team toolsublime-security/sublime-rules

    YAML364 starspushed Jun 12, 2026

    Sublime rules for email attack detection, prevention, and threat hunting. Primary language: YAML. 364 stars.

    Open project:GitHub

    #email-security#phishing#threat-hunting

  • Dual-use project0xDanielLopez/TweetFeed

    660 starspushed Jun 12, 2026

    TweetFeed collects Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) shared by the infosec community at Twitter. Here you will find malicious URLs, domains, IPs, and SHA256/MD5 hashes. 660 stars.

    Open project:GitHub

    #blueteam#malware#malware-detection#malware-research

  • Red team toolBd-Mutant7/evilginx2

    Go5 starspushed Jun 12, 2026

    Standalone man-in-the-middle attack framework used for phishing login credentials along with session cookies, allowing for the bypass of 2-factor authentication Primary language: Go. 5 stars.

    Open project:GitHub

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Tradecraft Labs

How techniques work end-to-end — walkthroughs and operator workflows.

Infrastructure Intelligence

Adversary infrastructure: kits, AiTM, redirectors, and sending abuse.

Detection & Validation

Detection engineering, telemetry, validation, and response.

Research Reports

Longer research notes, measurement, and periodic briefs.

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Field Analysis

Blue TeamTradecraft LabsJun 12, 202610 min read

The Recruiting Repo Is the Payload

A fake recruiter asking a candidate to review an MVP repo shows why unsolicited source code is not a document. It is an executable threat surface with access to developer secrets.

Read more:Reddit r/cybersecurityMicrosoft Security Blog

By PhishPond Desk

  • #Developer Security
  • #Fake Recruiters
  • #Supply Chain

Field Analysis

Blue TeamInfrastructure IntelligenceJun 12, 202613 min read

Trusted Notification Systems Are Becoming Phishing Delivery

Scammers abusing a real Microsoft account-alert sender are part of a wider pattern: attackers are turning legitimate SaaS notification workflows into authenticated phishing infrastructure.

Read more:TechCrunchAbnormal AI

By PhishPond Desk

  • #Infrastructure Intelligence
  • #Microsoft 365
  • #Trusted Sender Abuse

Field Analysis

Dual UseInfrastructure IntelligenceJun 7, 20269 min read

Kali365 Outgrows Microsoft 365: Operator Pivots to Okta, AWS, and a Russian-Language Cluster

Arctic Wolf's June 2 follow-up describes the Kali365 operator expanding well beyond Microsoft 365: Okta SSO, Xerox DocuShare, AWS-style endpoints, and a Russian-language cluster including MAX Messenger account takeover via real SMS OTPs. Proofpoint's research places the kit inside a broader cluster of AI-generated device-code lookalikes.

Read more:Arctic Wolf LabsProofpoint

By PhishPond Desk

  • #Infrastructure Intelligence
  • #Phishing-as-a-Service
  • #Kali365

Field Analysis

Dual UseTradecraft LabsJun 7, 202611 min read

The Step After the Click: Five Persistence Primitives That Survive Your Response

Mailbox rules, OAuth grants, replayed sessions, RMM agents, and downstream account changes are not the aftermath of an intrusion — they are the point. A field guide to the persistence layer most response playbooks still treat as cleanup.

Read more:FBI IC3The Hacker News

By PhishPond Desk

  • #Tradecraft Labs
  • #Persistence
  • #Post-Compromise

Field Analysis

Dual UseTradecraft LabsJun 7, 20268 min read

The Procedure Is the Threat: Why an Intrusion's Shape Outlives Its Toolkit

Runtimes, platforms, and brands rotate every quarter. The six handoffs that move a victim from manufactured urgency to durable persistence have barely changed in five years, and they are what defenders can actually build for.

Read more:FBI IC3Microsoft Security Blog

By PhishPond Desk

  • #Tradecraft Labs
  • #Methodology
  • #Initial Access

Field Analysis

Dual UseCampaign AnalysisJun 7, 20267 min read

SHub Reaper Drops Terminal-Based ClickFix for an AppleScript URL Pivot

SentinelOne's writeup of the SHub Reaper macOS stealer shows the ClickFix family adapting to platform hardening. When macOS Tahoe 26.4 closed the Terminal-based path, the operators moved to the applescript:// URL scheme and Script Editor instead.

Read more:SentinelOneBleepingComputer

By PhishPond Desk

  • #Campaign Analysis
  • #ClickFix
  • #macOS

Field Analysis

Blue TeamDetection & ValidationMay 31, 20267 min read

Chrome Binds the Cookie: A Defender's Brief on Device Bound Session Credentials

Chrome's Device Bound Session Credentials, now generally available and on by default for Workspace, tie session cookies to a device's security chip so a stolen cookie is useless off the machine it came from. Here is what it stops and what it does not.

Read more:Google Security BlogBleepingComputer

By PhishPond Desk

  • #Detection & Validation
  • #Session Hijacking
  • #Infostealers

Field Analysis

Blue TeamCampaign AnalysisMay 31, 20266 min read

FortiClient EMS Abuse Shows Why Management Planes Are Credential-Theft Surface

Recent exploitation of CVE-2026-35616 turned FortiClient EMS into a malware delivery channel, pushing an EKZ credential stealer through trusted endpoint management paths.

Read more:Arctic WolfArctic Wolf

By PhishPond Desk

  • #Campaign Analysis
  • #Credential Theft
  • #Endpoint Management

Field Analysis

Dual UseCampaign AnalysisMay 31, 20266 min read

Ghost CMS ClickFix Wave Turns Trusted Sites Into Paste-and-Run Staging

A reported exploitation wave against Ghost CMS pushed malicious JavaScript onto more than 700 sites, sending visitors into fake verification flows that used ClickFix-style paste-and-run instructions.

Read more:The Hacker NewsMalwarebytes Labs

By PhishPond Desk

  • #Campaign Analysis
  • #ClickFix
  • #Web Compromise

Radar Shortcuts

  • All GitHub radar projects
  • Red team reads
  • Blue team reads

Trending Topics

  • #AiTM
  • #Device Code
  • #OAuth Abuse
  • #ClickFix
  • #Session Hijacking
  • #Detection Engineering

Latest News

  • ShinyHunters Exploits Oracle PeopleSoft Zero-Day (CVE-2026-35273) to Breach Universities

    The Hacker NewsJun 11, 2026

  • New GreatXML Exploit Bypasses Windows BitLocker via Recovery Partition XML Files

    The Hacker NewsJun 11, 2026

  • Why AI-driven threats are exposing the limits of MSP security stacks

    BleepingComputerJun 11, 2026

  • ThreatsDay Bulletin: Worm Code Leaked, AI Agent Phished, Claude Code Patch + 28 New Stories

    The Hacker NewsJun 11, 2026

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  • Source links are surfaced with each entry.
  • Authorized research only — no turn-key abuse or live-target guidance.

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