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Phishing remains one of the most common cyber threats, affecting users across industries and regions. It targets human behavior rather than technology, which makes it more effective than many other attack methods. Now, attackers are using advanced tools, like AI, to make phishing more effective. To know how to avoid phishing attacks, you must understand how they work and the different forms they take.

An API token is like a small digital key that tells a system that a user or an app is allowed to act in the system. When this key gets stolen, attackers act as real users and misuse the account. It’s called API token hijacking, and this issue has grown in the last few years. Most companies are not able to detect this problem in time. It’s important for IT/security teams to understand token theft to respond quickly and build stronger protection for future attacks.

On December 3, 2025, immediately following the public disclosure of the critical, maximum-severity React2Shell vulnerability (CVE-2025-55182), the Cloudforce One Threat Intelligence team began monitoring for early signs of exploitation. Within hours, we observed scanning and active exploitation attempts, including traffic originating from infrastructure associated with Asian-nexus threat groups.

BlueVoyant’s Threat Fusion Cell (TFC) observed a Bookingcom references relate solely to adversary brand impersonation.

ReliaQuest warns that the cybercriminal collective “Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters” appears to be using social engineering attacks to target organizations’ Zendesk instances. This group was behind a widespread campaign earlier this year that used voice phishing attacks to compromise dozens of companies’ Salesforce portals.

Researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 are tracking two new malicious AI tools, WormGPT 4 and KawaiiGPT, that allow threat actors to craft phishing lures and generate ransomware code. These tools are criminal alternatives to mainstream AI tools like ChatGPT, with no safety guardrails to prevent users from using them for malicious activities. The latest version of WormGPT offers lifetime access for $220, or a monthly fee of $50.

The rapid adoption of AI has introduced a new, semantic attack vector that many organizations are ill-prepared to defend against: prompt injection. While many security teams understand the threat of direct prompt injection attacks against AI agents developed by their organizations, another more subtle threat lurks in the shadows: indirect prompt injection attacks.