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CyberHoot Newsletter – August 2025

15th August 2025 | Newsletters

Welcome to CyberHoot’s August Newsletter!

This month, we’re tackling the latest cybersecurity threats that hit you where it matters most: your devices, your data, and your business.

We’re diving into Microsoft’s new Token Protection feature and how it’s preventing BEC attacks by stopping token theft in its tracks. We’ll also take a hard look at why MSPs are the new favorite target for cybercriminals and how we can fortify our defenses to fight back. Plus, we’re giving you the lowdown on SIM swapping attacks and showing you exactly how to protect your phone from becoming a hacker’s gateway.

Let’s jump in!

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Stopping Token Theft: How Microsoft’s Protections Prevent BEC Attacks

Discover how Microsoft’s new Token Protection feature helps prevent Business Email Compromise (BEC) by stopping token theft attacks.
Stay tuned for Part 2 on Tues. Aug. 19th, when we outline critical implementation measures to help ensure the highest probability of success during rollout.

Why Hackers Love MSPs and What We’re Gonna Do About It

MSPs are becoming cybercriminals’ favorite snack. Here’s why and how cybersecurity pros can fight back with smart, layered defenses.

Stop the Swap: How to Protect Yourself from SIM Swapping Attacks

Protect your phone from SIM swapping attacks. Learn how to lock your SIM, enable 2FA, and use your carrier tools to stop hackers.

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Cybrary Term of the Month:

Business Email Compromise (BEC)

Business Email Compromise (BEC) is when an email account, often in a company’s finance department, is broken into and controlled by a hacker. This is often accomplished through a phishing attack that leads to credential theft as outlined in CyberHoot’s article titled the ‘Domino Attack’. Credentials are stolen when a victim clicks on a fraudulent phishing email link or opens a fake invoice. Doing this brings the victim to a malicious but believable website identical to the real vendor’s website, that prompts the user to enter their email and password. BEC attacks often come from someone your CFO already knows, meaning the sending email address is actually correct and expected. It usually turns out that the other finance person’s email has been compromised by hackers who are now targeting your financial officers. Thus the domino’s continue to fall company by company.

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Recently Added Features

General Release Notes

Added note to users table and mass user updates pop-up in Autopilot that lets Admins know how to correctly restore synced users.
Updated pending assignment instruction messaging to correctly show customer messaging during simulations.
Improved email speed for Autopilot login.
Updated Autopilot login flow to store and remember browsers so admins will not have login each time they access. Added deployments page so multi-deployment admins can access all their deployments from one login.
Added CyberHoot Support chatbot.
Added date created column to users table.
Improved load speed in Autopilot’s deployment page.
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