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T1566Phishing

T1566 — Phishing is a MITRE ATT&CK technique in the Initial Access tactic. Clankerusecase tracks 22 detection use cases covering it and 81 threat-intel articles citing it.

Initial Access
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22Use cases
81Articles
4Sub-techniques
1Tactic

Sub-techniques (4)

T1566.001 · Spearphishing AttachmentT1566.002 · Spearphishing LinkT1566.003 · Spearphishing via ServiceT1566.004 · Spearphishing Voice

Use cases covering this technique (22)

CrowdStrike Falcon alert ingested Internal actions · alerting DD Microsoft Teams external-tenant chat from unverified IT-helpdesk impersonator Internal delivery · hunting DSP Gdrive suspicious file sharing ESCU actions · hunting P Gsuite suspicious calendar invite ESCU actions · hunting P Windows InProcServer32 New Outlook Form ESCU actions · hunting P Windows Phishing Outlook Drop Dll In FORM Dir ESCU actions · alerting P Zscaler Adware Activities Threat Blocked ESCU actions · hunting P Zscaler Behavior Analysis Threat Blocked ESCU actions · hunting P Zscaler CryptoMiner Downloaded Threat Blocked ESCU actions · hunting P Zscaler Employment Search Web Activity ESCU actions · hunting P Zscaler Exploit Threat Blocked ESCU actions · alerting P Zscaler Legal Liability Threat Blocked ESCU actions · hunting P Zscaler Malware Activity Threat Blocked ESCU actions · hunting P Zscaler Phishing Activity Threat Blocked ESCU actions · hunting P Zscaler Potentially Abused File Download ESCU actions · hunting P Zscaler Privacy Risk Destinations Threat Blocked ESCU actions · hunting P Zscaler Scam Destinations Threat Blocked ESCU actions · hunting P Zscaler Virus Download threat blocked ESCU actions · hunting P Suspicious Email - UBA Anomaly ESCU actions · hunting P [LLM] Inbound or outbound email involving AudiA6 mule-recruitment domains Bespoke delivery · alerting DSP [LLM] Baileys messages.upsert event carrying a requestId field (exploit signature) Bespoke actions · alerting SPDD [LLM] Roblox cheat/exploit download on enterprise endpoint (Lumma Stealer entry vector) Bespoke delivery · alerting DSΣPDDCS

Articles citing this technique (81)

high FBI disrupts massive AI-powered phishing service using a million URLs art-01
med New Agentjacking Attack Hijacks Your AI Coding Agent to Run Code From a Hacker’s Server art-06
crit Tracing Digital Intent: New MacOS Tahoe 26 Artifact Discovered art-15
high Over 400 Arch Linux AUR Packages Hijacked to Deploy Infostealer and eBPF Rootkit art-17
high Google Sues Chinese Smishing Network Accused of Using Gemini AI in Phishing art-18
med Hackers Abuse Legitimate NinjaOne RMM Software to Bypass Traditional Malware Detection art-23
high Over 400 Arch Linux packages compromised to push rootkit, infostealer art-25
high Agentjacking Attack Tricks AI Coding Agents Into Running Malicious Code art-28
crit Rethinking MDR as Attackers and Defenders Embrace AI art-30
high INTERPOL Operation Takes Down Sniper Dz Phishing Platform, Arrests Administrator art-33
high Europol Disrupts AudiA6 Crypto Laundering Service Used by Ransomware Gangs art-36
high New Attacks Trick OpenClaw AI Agent Into Running Code and Leaking Secrets art-41
high npm v12 delivers one of the biggest security improvements in years art-46
crit Cybersecurity Stars Awards 2026: Winners Announced Across 95 Categories art-48
crit [GHSA / CRITICAL] CVE-2026-48063: Baileys has message upsert / hist sync spoofing and app state corruption when using maliciously crafted pr art-57
high Blinding the Watchmen: Abusing Cloud Logging Services for Defense Evasion and Visibility art-74
crit Microsoft Restores Some GitHub Repos, Keeps Others Offline as Miasma Probe Continues art-82
crit WinRAR Flaw Exploited by Russia-Aligned Groups to Deploy Stealers in Ukraine art-86
crit Researchers Build Self-Replicating AI Worm That Operates Entirely on Local, Open-Weight Models art-87
crit New FROST Attack Lets Websites Track What Sites and Apps You Open via SSD Timing art-89
high Hades PyPI Attack: 19 Packages Poisoned to Auto-Run Bun Credential Stealer art-90
crit LiteLLM Flaw CVE-2026-42271 Exploited in the Wild, Chains to Unauthenticated RCE art-92
high When “Hi, This Is IT” Comes Through Microsoft Teams art-98
crit One-Character Linux Kernel Flaw Enables Local Root Access, Exploits Now Public art-100
crit Meta Blocks NSO Group's New WhatsApp Phishing Attack, Files Contempt Order art-101
crit AI brands as bait: How threat actors are using the AI hype in social engineering art-102
crit AI Phishing Is Crushing SOCs with Alert Volume: How to Reduce Tier 1 Overload art-103
crit VerdantBamboo Deploys BSD Variant of BRICKSTORM on Linux Appliances art-107
crit UNC3753 Used Vishing and Physical Intrusions in U.S. Data Theft Extortion Campaign art-108
high Free Apps Are Quietly Turning Smart TVs Into Web-Scraping Proxies for AI art-114
high Reporting from Vegas: Networking, AI, and good boys art-126
crit Malicious npm packages abuse dependency confusion to profile developer environments art-161
high What MDM can't protect on developer machines (and what to do about it) art-186
crit 2026 World Cup: Discussing The World’s Biggest Game’s Attack Surface art-187
crit ESET APT Activity Report Q4 2025–Q1 2026 art-189
med Pirates in the crosshairs: how one cybercrime gang has been infecting book, movie, and TV show fans for years art-190
crit Out of the Crypt: The Evolving Cyber Extortion Economy art-193
crit BTMOB: A stealthy RAT burrowing deep into Android devices art-209
crit Tracking Iranian APT Screening Serpens’ 2026 Espionage Campaigns art-217
crit Paved With Intent: ROADtools and Nation-State Tactics in the Cloud art-218
crit Cloud Atlas activity in the second half of 2025 and early 2026: new tools and a new payload art-219
med Foul play: Fake FIFA websites target soccer fans looking for World Cup tickets, merchandise art-220
crit Kimsuky targets organizations with PebbleDash-based tools art-308
crit FrostyNeighbor: Fresh mischief and digital shenanigans art-309
crit Inside AD CS Escalation: Unpacking Advanced Misuse Techniques and Tools art-316
crit PCPJack | Cloud Worm Evicts TeamPCP and Steals Credentials at Scale art-322
high It's time to treat browser extensions like supply chain attack vectors art-354
crit New NGate variant hides in a trojanized NFC payment app art-369
high As breakout time accelerates, prevention-first cybersecurity takes center stage art-408
high Axios npm Package Compromised: Supply Chain Attack Delivers Cross-Platform RAT art-420
high A cunning predator: How Silver Fox preys on Japanese firms this tax season art-426
crit EDR killers explained: Beyond the drivers art-455
crit GlassWorm Hides a RAT Inside a Malicious Chrome Extension art-458
crit Cyber fallout from the Iran war: What to have on your radar art-474
crit Sednit reloaded: Back in the trenches art-477
crit Protecting education: How MDR can tip the balance in favor of schools art-491
crit PlugX Meeting Invitation via MSBuild and GDATA art-503
high 20+ Popular NPM Packages Compromised (Chalk, Debug, Strip-ANSI, Color-Convert, Wrap-ANSI...) art-537
crit Operation MacroMaze: new APT28 campaign using basic tooling and legit infrastructure art-542
crit Naming and shaming: How ransomware groups tighten the screws on victims art-544
crit Another npm Supply Chain Attack: The 'is' Package Compromise art-554
high npx Confusion: Packages That Forgot to Claim Their Own Name art-578
high Fake Clawdbot VS Code Extension Installs ScreenConnect RAT art-594
high Gone Phishin': npm Packages Serving Custom Credential Harvesting Pages art-605
crit ESET Threat Report H2 2025 art-647
crit Supply Chain Security Alert: eslint-config-prettier Package Shows Signs of Compromise art-654
med Why Threat Modeling Is Now Even More Critical for AI-Native Applications art-694
crit ESET APT Activity Report Q2 2025–Q3 2025 art-715
crit SnakeStealer: How it preys on personal data – and how you can protect yourself art-736
crit Phishing Campaign Leveraging the NPM Ecosystem art-754
high Zero-day Extensive NPM Package Compromise - Shai Hulud Supply Chain Attack art-789
high npm Supply Chain Attack via Open Source maintainer compromise art-794
high Weaponizing AI Coding Agents for Malware in the Nx Malicious Package Security Incident art-806
high Snyk Joins CISA's Secure by Design Pledge art-828
crit Maintainers of ESLint Prettier Plugin Attacked via npm Supply Chain Malware art-837
crit Polyfill supply chain attack embeds malware in JavaScript CDN assets art-1218
crit Snyk Learn and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) art-1274
high Defense in Depth art-1278
crit New Year's security resolutions for 2024 from Snyk DevRel, SecRel, and friends art-1294
high Cybersecurity Venture’s 2023 Software Supply Chain Attack Report art-1362
high XS leaks: What they are and how to avoid them art-1419