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The hidden network: Inside the phishing infrastructure ecosystem powering global cybercrime

Reported by Microsoft Security (Microsoft Threat Intelligence and Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit)

Summary by Cyber Security News14 Oct 2026, 15:00 CEST

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Uncovering the shadow world of a phishing kit ecosystem Storm-3119: YAM Store, the power broker Storm-2990: The Iron Man System phishing kit Downstream activity from Storm-2990 phishing kits Mitigation and protection guidance Microsoft Defender detections Over the past year, Microsoft uncovered a Chinese-language cybercriminal ecosystem, an interconnected network of phishing kit operators, developers, and an illicit marketplace selling tools and infrastructure for…

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