Seriously? *Another* One?!

Oh joy. Microsoft and Cloudflare had to team up – because apparently someone needs hand-holding – to take down a phishing-as-a-service called Raccoon0365. This wasn’t some script kiddie operation, either. This was a full-blown, rent-a-phish kit with over 120,000 compromised Microsoft 365 accounts being used to sling spam and steal credentials. Like we don’t have enough problems.

They were selling access to these hijacked accounts for as little as $5 a pop. Five *fucking* dollars! And people actually paid it? Honestly, the stupidity of some users is astounding. They abused Cloudflare’s infrastructure (surprise, surprise) and Microsoft’s own services to make things easier. The takedown involved sinkholing traffic and disabling accounts – basic stuff, really. It should have been caught *way* sooner.

The whole thing was running since at least January 2023, meaning it had over a year to cause untold damage before anyone with half a brain noticed. Now they’re patting themselves on the back for “disrupting” it. Disrupting? It should have been *eradicated* months ago! This is just another band-aid on a gaping wound of security negligence.

And you know what’s really infuriating? They claim this operation targeted organizations across various sectors. Various sectors?! That means everyone was at risk, and it took this long to do something about it. Fantastic. Just fucking fantastic.

Source: Microsoft and Cloudflare Disrupt Massive Raccoon0365 Phishing Service

Speaking of phishing, I once had to deal with a user who clicked on an email promising free pizza. Free *pizza*. They then proceeded to enter their domain admin credentials into a website that looked like it was designed in 1998. I swear, sometimes I think humanity is actively trying to self-destruct. Don’t be that user.

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