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Microsoft Flagged 8.3B Phishing Emails in Q1 as QR Codes, CAPTCHAs Rise

Joseph Ofonagoro · 4 days ago · Read original ↗

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“move across email, websites, cloud services, and human trust before the final payload appears. threat actors are no longer operating on a small scale. phishing attacks are increasingly being executed as packaged services and then reused across multiple campaigns. one of the bigge…”
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“microsoft flagged 8. 3b phishing emails in q1 as qr codes, captchas rise image : microsoft microsoft flagged 8. 3 billion phishing emails as attackers turned to qr codes, fake captchas, phaas kits, and file - based payloads. written by joseph ofonagoro may 1, 2026 we may earn fro…”
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“microsoft report shows active experimentation with payload delivery methods. this is especially true in march, when two months of decline in captcha - based attacks suddenly exploded to 11. 9 million cases. pdf - based payloads still topped the charts as the most - used delivery …”
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“contact emails each month. ” human curiosity and promises of monetary rewards also contributed to the consistent rise of bec scams. awareness training, email best practices, and organizational policies are strategies that can help reduce the success rates of attacks targeting hum…”

Summary

Microsoft flagged 8.3 billion phishing emails as attackers turned to QR codes, fake CAPTCHAs, PhaaS kits, and file-based payloads.

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