Microsoft and Cloudflare Team Up to Send Phishing Scammers Packing: RaccoonO365 Busted!
Microsoft and Cloudflare have teamed up to disrupt the RaccoonO365 phishing service. This operation, rented out like a sinister Netflix subscription, offered cybercriminals a way to steal Microsoft 365 credentials. With a lawsuit and domain seizures, Microsoft aims to stop phishing-as-a-service in its tracks.
Hot Take:
It looks like Microsoft and Cloudflare just turned RaccoonO365 into RaccoonNoMore65! This dynamic duo of tech titans swooped in with the kind of teamwork that would make Batman and Robin jealous, tackling cybercriminals like they’re swatting flies at a summer BBQ. With criminals now scrambling like headless chickens, it seems the hunter has become the hunted. Watch out, cyber crooks: Microsoft’s got a cape, and Cloudflare’s got the gadgets!
Key Points:
- RaccoonO365 was a phishing-as-a-service operation rented to cybercriminals.
- Microsoft and Cloudflare teamed up to disrupt the service, seizing 330 domains.
- The phishing service targeted over 5,000 users across 94 countries.
- Partnerships were formed with Health-ISAC due to risks posed to healthcare.
- Microsoft identified the alleged leader, Joshua Ogundipe, a programmer from Nigeria.