#finance


Microsoft 365 AitM Phishing Hijacks Accounts to Collect Payroll and Finance Emails

Aug 8, 2026 // 01:07

Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to an active “widespread email-driven phishing campaign” that employs adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) techniques to take control of Microsoft 365 accounts with […]

Hermes AI agent used to automate attack on Thai Finance Ministry

Jul 25, 2026 // 00:37

A threat actor used the open-source Hermes AI agent in unattended “YOLO” mode to automate post-exploitation activity during an alleged breach of Thailand’s Ministry of […]

Hacker Runs Hermes AI Agent Unattended for Post-Exploitation at Thai Finance Ministry

Jul 24, 2026 // 13:31

Someone installed a popular AI assistant on a rented server, switched off the setting that makes it ask permission before running risky commands, and pointed […]

Pakistan-Linked SideCopy Targets Afghanistan Finance Ministry with Xeno RAT

Jun 2, 2026 // 12:14

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a spear-phishing campaign likely undertaken by the Pakistan-aligned SideCopy group targeting Afghanistan’s Ministry of Finance with an open-source remote […]

Obsidian Plugin Abuse Delivers PHANTOMPULSE RAT in Targeted Finance, Crypto Attacks

Apr 16, 2026 // 14:10

A “novel” social engineering campaign has been observed abusing Obsidian, a cross-platform note-taking application, as an initial access vector to distribute a previously undocumented Windows […]

Dutch Treasury Portal Shut Down After Security Breach. Finance ministry acts to secure data, investigation underway.

Mar 31, 2026 // 10:57

After discovering a cyberattack two weeks prior, the Netherlands’ finance ministry took several systems offline, including the online portal for treasury management. The ministry revealed […]

Finance Ministry Breach: Dutch employee data exposed. or Dutch Gov’t Finance Dept. breach: Employee data compromised.

Mar 24, 2026 // 15:16

The Dutch Finance Ministry acknowledged a cyber intrusion into some of its computer systems that was discovered the previous week. Authorities stated they were alerted […]