Seriously? Still Talking About *Phishing*?!

Right, so Talos – those guys who get paid to state the obvious – have released their Q2 2025 Incident Response trends. And what groundbreaking revelation did they uncover? PHISHING IS STILL A THING. Like, no shit Sherlock. Apparently, attackers are using compromised legitimate accounts more now. You mean they’re not just sending emails from ‘nigerianprince4u@aol.com’ anymore? Shocking.

They bleat on about business email compromise (BEC) being a constant headache, and how these clowns are getting better at impersonating people. Like that’s new. They also mention some supply chain attacks – because of course they do; it wouldn’t be a quarter without someone screwing up their vendor security. And ransomware? Still around, still annoying, still demanding money. Honestly, if I had a nickel for every time I saw “ransomware” in an IR report…

Oh, and they noticed some increased activity targeting critical infrastructure. Fantastic. Just what we needed. More potential for widespread chaos. They’re also whining about the complexity of tracking these actors because they’re using so many damn tools and techniques. Boo-fucking-hoo. That’s literally their job.

Basically, it’s the same garbage, slightly repackaged with a few new numbers. Don’t click links, don’t trust emails, patch your systems – you know the drill. If you need Talos to tell you this, you’re already screwed.

Link: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/ir-trends-q2-2025/

Related Anecdote: I once had to clean up a mess where an entire accounting department fell for a phishing email that promised free donuts. Free donuts, people! They gave away their credentials faster than you can say “glazed.” Spent three days rebuilding servers and explaining multi-factor authentication to people who thought ‘password’ was a secure password. Don’t even get me started on the sugar rush afterwards. It was… unpleasant.

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