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Report: Vishing and Device Code Phishing Are Surging

ID: 51d1c4cf-65c1-546c-a7a1-636a6af98c07

STIX ID: report--51d1c4cf-65c1-546c-a7a1-636a6af98c07

Feed Name: KnowBe4 Blog

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2026-08-21

Date Updated: 2026-08-21

Author: KnowBe4 Team

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CrowdStrike reports a notable uptick in identity-focused social engineering: voice phishing (vishing) attacks doubled in early 2026 versus late 2025 and device-code phishing rose ~15x, with APTs like CORDIAL SPIDER and SNARKY SPIDER using vishing to take over SSO accounts and quickly exfiltrate SaaS data; device-code phishing abuses the OAuth device flow to obtain tokens and effectively bypass MFA.

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