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Research DeskLatest update June 12, 202651 research entries

Independent Research Desk

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.

29 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
  • Blue team toolromainmarcoux/malicious-domainsDIGITAL Command Language · 99 stars
  • Blue team toolromainmarcoux/malicious-outgoing-ipRepo · 27 stars
  • Blue team toolZaczero/pihole-phishtankShell · 13 stars

New Today

Fresh intel since the last refresh

1 new article, 2 new projects

Articles

  • CISA and Partners Urge Hardening Automatic Tank Gauge Systems

    CISA AdvisoriesJun 2, 2026

Projects

  • Blue team toolChocolate4U/Iran-sing-box-rules

    317 stars

  • Blue team toolChocolate4U/Iran-v2ray-rules

    Shell677 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

  • 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
  • Silent Ransom Group Walks Into the Office: Help-Desk Impersonation Adds a Physical Step

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
  • Blue team toolromainmarcoux/malicious-domains

    DIGITAL Command Language99 starspushed Jun 12, 2026

    Aggregation of lists of malicious domains (phishing) that can be integrated into FortiGate firewalls and other products. Primary language: DIGITAL Command Language. 99 stars.

    Open project:GitHub

    #blocklist#blocklists#domains-blacklist#domains-list

  • Blue team toolromainmarcoux/malicious-outgoing-ip

    27 starspushed Jun 12, 2026

    Aggregation of lists of malicious IP addresses (C2, malware, phishing), to be blocked in the LAN > WAN direction, integrated into firewalls: FortiGate, Palo Alto, pfSense, IPtables 27 stars.

    Open project:GitHub

    #blocklist#blocklists#c2#firewall

  • Blue team toolZaczero/pihole-phishtank

    Shell13 starspushed Jun 12, 2026

    🐟 PhishTank Blocklist for Pi-hole Primary language: Shell. 13 stars.

    Open project:GitHub

    #blocklist#hosts#phishing#pihole

  • 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

  • Dual-use projectphishdestroy/destroylist

    HTML920 starspushed Jun 12, 2026

    Real-time phishing & scam domain blocklist — 130k+ curated threats, 888K+ community, free API, multiple formats Primary language: HTML. 920 stars.

    Open project:GitHub

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

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Specific campaigns, actor activity, and the lures behind them.

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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

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 UseCampaign AnalysisMay 20, 202610 min read

Breaking Down the Code of Conduct Campaign: PDF Lures, CAPTCHA Gates, and AiTM Token Theft

Microsoft detailed an April 2026 campaign that wrapped credential theft in HR disciplinary language, used a CAPTCHA as an anti-analysis gate, and stole tokens through an adversary-in-the-middle proxy.

Read more:Microsoft Security BlogThe Hacker News

By PhishPond Desk

  • #Campaign Analysis
  • #AiTM
  • #Token Theft

Field Analysis

Blue TeamResearch ReportsMay 20, 20269 min read

Research Note: Measuring AI-Generated Phishing Without the Survey Noise

Vendor headlines about AI phishing blend volume, effectiveness, and survey sentiment into single numbers. Defenders need to separate those measurements to instrument the threat honestly.

Read more:HoxhuntBarracuda

By PhishPond Desk

  • #Research
  • #AI Phishing
  • #Detection Engineering

Field Analysis

Blue TeamResearch ReportsMay 16, 20269 min read

Recent Linux LPEs Turn Local Footholds Into Infrastructure Control

Copy Fail, Dirty Frag, and ssh-keysign-pwn show why local Linux privilege escalation still belongs in phishing and infrastructure-defense planning.

Read more:CERT-EUDirty Frag

By PhishPond Desk

  • #Linux
  • #Privilege Escalation
  • #Infrastructure

Field Analysis

Blue TeamCampaign AnalysisMay 6, 202612 min read

Research Note: Octo Tempest and Scattered Spider Show Why Help Desk Identity Is Attack Surface

Actor reporting on Octo Tempest and Scattered Spider shows how phishing, help desk social engineering, MFA reset abuse, and remote access tooling combine into identity-first intrusion chains.

Read more:CISAMicrosoft Security Blog

By PhishPond Desk

  • #Scattered Spider
  • #Octo Tempest
  • #Help Desk

Field Analysis

Blue TeamResearch ReportsMay 3, 20269 min read

Research Note: Phishing-Resistant MFA Still Depends on Recovery Workflow Quality

Phishing-resistant authentication reduces token theft risk, but account recovery, device replacement, and exception handling can reintroduce phishable paths.

Read more:CISAMicrosoft Security Blog

By PhishPond Desk

  • #MFA
  • #Passkeys
  • #Account Recovery

Field Analysis

Blue TeamResearch ReportsApr 30, 20268 min read

Q1 Email Threat Data Points Defenders Toward Links, QR Codes, and BEC

Microsoft's Q1 2026 email threat review shows link-based phishing dominance, QR code growth, CAPTCHA-gated flows, and persistent business email compromise pressure.

Read more:Microsoft Security Blog

By PhishPond Desk

  • #Research Reports
  • #QR Phishing
  • #BEC

Field Analysis

Blue TeamResearch ReportsApr 27, 20268 min read

Research Note: QR Phishing Needs Measurement Beyond Message Volume

QR phishing programs are easier to understand when teams measure scan context, report timing, landing-page behavior, and control coverage instead of only counting delivered messages.

Read more:Microsoft Security BlogCISA

By PhishPond Desk

  • #QR Phishing
  • #Metrics
  • #Email Security

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

Research Standards

  • Every analysis pairs attack tradecraft with detection and gaps.
  • Source links are surfaced with each entry.
  • Authorized research only — no turn-key abuse or live-target guidance.

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