CyberheistNews Vol 16 #34 Microsoft Observed 7.6 Billion Phishing Emails in Q2 2026

CyberheistNews reports that Microsoft detected roughly 7.6 billion email-based phishing threats in Q2 2026 and documented a rapid BEC campaign that reached over 42,000 organizations in under three hours; it also highlights rising Microsoft Teams-based phishing that can evade email gateways, the spread of commercialized malicious AI tools lowering attacker skill requirements, and shifts in ransomware toward identity-focused, socially engineered operations.