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Star Blizzard refines phishing and malware delivery with the RedFlick technique

Since January 2026, Microsoft has observed Russian state threat actor Star Blizzard evolve their detection evasion capabilities through large-scale phishing campaigns, the use of accounts on compromised websites, and a novel malware delivery technique, tracked by Microsoft as “RedFlick”. The post Star Blizzard refines phishing and malware delivery with the RedFlick technique appeared first on Micr

Reference details

Source category
Research & news
Report title
Star Blizzard refines phishing and malware delivery with the RedFlick technique
First reported
Sep 29, 2026 15:00 UTC
Last reported
Sep 29, 2026 15:00 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 08, 2026 03:47 UTC
Record ID
6f6afcf8c7032cc22fba0e45bf5c336f7008d00c64d013503a03ef4bd9376462

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Source observations

src_46713618cff9845ba4

Source-provided label
Not reported
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Sep 29, 2026 15:00 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 08, 2026 03:47 UTC

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1 sources: 0 stale, 0 needing attention, 0 paused, 1 unverified.

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