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Pink new extortion brand within The Com

Threat Actor Meta
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Happening score
H score 30
1 unique sources, 1 articles

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A new Pink extortion brand has emerged within The Com, signaling a more decentralized criminal ecosystem that can scale credential theft and data extortion across multiple sectors. The operation relies on vishing and IT impersonation to collect credentials and MFA codes, then pressures victims with stolen-data publication. Its quick move to data exfiltration and ransom pressure raises risk for organizations targeted through helpdesk-style social engineering.

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Helix vishing and SharePoint data-extortion campaign

Campaign
H score38 First: 09.07.2026 20:08 Last: 09.07.2026 20:08 Sources 1

About this happening: The **Helix** campaign is using **vishing**, **device-code phishing**, and **MFA abuse** to break into **SharePoint** environments and steal files, exposing victim organizations t...

O-UNC-066 / Pink Microsoft Entra passkey vishing campaign

Campaign
H score37 First: 08.07.2026 19:47 Last: 08.07.2026 19:47 Sources 1

How related: The campaign has been running since April and involves calling targeted users and trying to convince them to register a new passkey under the attacker's control.

About this happening: The **O-UNC-066 / Pink** operation is using **voice-based phishing** to push **Microsoft 365** users into enrolling attacker-controlled **Entra passkeys**, creating a direct path...

Vidar-XMRig malvertising campaign targeting consumers and SMBs worldwide

Campaign
H score31 First: 08.07.2026 14:00 Last: 08.07.2026 14:00 Sources 1

About this happening: A **malvertising campaign** is targeting **consumers and small and medium businesses worldwide** with archives that deploy **Vidar** and **XMRig**, creating both theft and cryptom...

Sniper Dz free PhaaS ecosystem rebranded to scale phishing operations

Threat Actor Meta
H score43 First: 12.06.2026 11:52 Last: 12.06.2026 11:52 Sources 1

About this happening: A long-running **Sniper Dz** ecosystem operated as a **free phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS)** platform that repeatedly rebranded, lowering the barrier for large-scale credential the...

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Finnish arrest and U.S. charges in Bouquet Scattered Spider case

Law Enforcement
H score45 First: 28.04.2026 18:39 Last: 28.04.2026 18:39 Sources 1

About this happening: **Finnish law enforcement** arrested **Bouquet**, and **U.S. federal prosecutors** later charged him in a cross-border **Scattered Spider** cybercrime case. The charges include **...

Timeline

  1. 08.07.2026 19:47 1 articles · 1d ago

    Pink launches extortion site to publish stolen data samples

    Campaign Scope Update

    The Pink extortion group launched an extortion site on May 31 to publish samples of stolen data and pressure compromised victims into paying a ransom.

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  2. 08.07.2026 19:47 2 articles · 1d ago

    Okta attributes Microsoft Entra passkey vishing to O-UNC-066 and Pink

    Initial Disclosure

    Okta attributes a Microsoft 365 vishing campaign to O-UNC-066, an actor it links to Pink and The Com, saying targeted employees across food and beverage, technology, healthcare, automotive, construction, and aviation sectors are called with fake security requests to enroll a Microsoft Entra passkey under attacker control. The phishing flow uses branded pages that mimic the real Entra passkey enrollment portal and an operator-controlled PHP panel that relays credentials and MFA responses in real time.

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