A new study shared by ANY.RUN highlights a sharp rise in sophisticated phishing campaigns targeting enterprises. Threat actors increasingly abuse trusted cloud infrastructures to bypass security controls and deceive corporate users.
The findings underscore a pressing need for leaders to reassess and strengthen their company’s defenses and upgrading threat detection methods to keep pace with evolving enterprise phishing risks.
𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀
• Trusted platforms like Microsoft, Google, AWS, and Cloudflare are being abused to mask malicious activity and evade traditional security filters.
• Threat actors often choose to leverage legitimate domains over using disposable ones.
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• Cloud-based phishing has become a mainstream technique, often targeting large companies in particular.
• Traditional IOCs like IPs, TLS fingerprints, and certificates are becoming unreliable for detection of advanced phishing attacks, including popular Adversary-in-the-Middle (AiTM) kits.
𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀
• Traditional security controls and static indicators of compromise are no longer sufficient to stop modern phishing attacks.
• Continuous threat intelligence and real-time behavioral analysis are now essential for early detection and risk reduction.
• Proactive monitoring significantly improves visibility, shortens response times, and strengthens enterprise security posture.
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