INTEL_REPORT
Microsoft Security Blog · published 6/8/2026, 4:00:00 PM · TLP amber
Summary
Ingested excerpt (first ~500 chars of normalized text).
AI brands as bait: How threat actors are using the AI hype in social engineering As threat actors operationalize AI to accelerate attacks, they are also leveraging the wider global interest around AI itself as a social engineering lure. The post AI brands as bait: How threat actors are using the AI hype in social engineering appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog . In this article ChatGPT-themed lure leads to phishing kit collecting credit card data Claude-themed phishin…
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/06/08/ai-brands-as-bait-how-threat-actors-are-using-the-ai-hype-in-social-engineering
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What we pulled out
Deterministic extractor (IOC + allowlisted tokens + ATT&CK IDs present in DB).
Indicators
Linked with report → mentions → indicator. Values open the indicator workspace.
Malware families
Allowlist token matches only.
Threat actors mentioned
Allowlist mentions — not a formal attribution verdict.
ATT&CK techniques
MITRE IDs referenced in text and present in local technique table.
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| servicing.pureplantcravings.com |
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| domain | profluxeflowai-win-setup.exe | Open → |
| domain | pythonw.exe | Open → |
| domain | license.txt | Open → |
| domain | brokeapt.com | Open → |
| domain | llms.txt | Open → |
| domain | tradeai.exe | Open → |
| domain | pan.ssffaa19.xyz | Open → |
| domain | pan.rongtv.xyz | Open → |
| domain | vectorengine.exe | Open → |
| url | http://dash.awaydouble.org/0v2auth | Open → |
| url | https://github.com/shippingtechnologymovie/AI-techVideos/releases/download/13123/ProFluxeFlowAi-win-Setup.exe | Open → |
| url | https://github.com/DeepSeek-V4/deepseek-V4/releases/download/deepseek-V4/deepseek-v4-pro_x64.7z | Open → |
| sha1 | 4f5c5b3ef45cfff7721754487a86aeff9a2e6e32 | Open → |
| sha256 | 5455341ed1bbe75a664fca2dd0794c508e1874f75360253a7ff5bc119bc92d80 | Open → |
| sha256 | 791efb555eefb7215e96659a1353a97416743b66bdd72705493129c64057d40e | Open → |
| sha256 | c7c5072df9f83f4c440a5c3bb4be1d5f6c67bbf78f196406ca20d27b43b975b8 | Open → |
| sha256 | 0a26238f6c516de5885457c93042531aa59bc206a9537cebf5267cedc6c68531 | Open → |
| sha256 | 8610d4fb0ec5b525071c2aaec4df0f8fcbb3673aba58a7e1959fc44e83c0e2ca | Open → |
| sha256 | 99231deb373997364381d1eb513d2d42231d418c3a2db9007c5af9bd56ab9371 | Open → |
| sha256 | 25270cc429ada8028b5b33220ed412c47907ecceea7377d608fac5af01bed56a | Open → |
| sha256 | 56d722b0331bf0aaa86bb37483486c6dff6ad9427fc473ed7c3226c21a9bdd23 | Open → |