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BlackFile Group Targets Retail and Hospitality with Vishing Attacks

2026-04-27 · Read original ↗

ATT&CK techniques detected

10 predictions
T1598.004Spearphishing Voice
86%
"victims through vishing attacks impersonating the it helpdesk. spoofed voip numbers or fraudulent caller id names are used to hide their true identity and the end goal is credential / one - time - password theft. to this end, the threat actors use phishing pages designed to spoof…"
T1566.004Spearphishing Voice
78%
"blackfile group targets retail and hospitality with vishing attacks security researchers have revealed details of a new extortion group that has been actively targeting retail and hospitality businesses since february 2026. palo alto networks ’ unit 42 teamed up with the retail a…"
T1566.004Spearphishing Voice
58%
"victims through vishing attacks impersonating the it helpdesk. spoofed voip numbers or fraudulent caller id names are used to hide their true identity and the end goal is credential / one - time - password theft. to this end, the threat actors use phishing pages designed to spoof…"
T1486Data Encrypted for Impact
52%
"blackfile group targets retail and hospitality with vishing attacks security researchers have revealed details of a new extortion group that has been actively targeting retail and hospitality businesses since february 2026. palo alto networks ’ unit 42 teamed up with the retail a…"
T1530Data from Cloud Storage
50%
"once inside the victim network, the group focuses on saas data discovery, api abuse and scraping sharepoint sites – searching for “ confidential ” and “ ssn ” to find high - value files and reports in sharepoint and salesforce. “ cl - cri - 1116 attacks exfiltrate data directly t…"
T1078.004Cloud Accounts
42%
"victims through vishing attacks impersonating the it helpdesk. spoofed voip numbers or fraudulent caller id names are used to hide their true identity and the end goal is credential / one - time - password theft. to this end, the threat actors use phishing pages designed to spoof…"
T1657Financial Theft
40%
"blackfile group targets retail and hospitality with vishing attacks security researchers have revealed details of a new extortion group that has been actively targeting retail and hospitality businesses since february 2026. palo alto networks ’ unit 42 teamed up with the retail a…"
T1213.004Customer Relationship Management Software
36%
"once inside the victim network, the group focuses on saas data discovery, api abuse and scraping sharepoint sites – searching for “ confidential ” and “ ssn ” to find high - value files and reports in sharepoint and salesforce. “ cl - cri - 1116 attacks exfiltrate data directly t…"
T1078Valid Accounts
34%
"blackfile group targets retail and hospitality with vishing attacks security researchers have revealed details of a new extortion group that has been actively targeting retail and hospitality businesses since february 2026. palo alto networks ’ unit 42 teamed up with the retail a…"
T1078Valid Accounts
34%
"victims through vishing attacks impersonating the it helpdesk. spoofed voip numbers or fraudulent caller id names are used to hide their true identity and the end goal is credential / one - time - password theft. to this end, the threat actors use phishing pages designed to spoof…"

Summary

Researchers uncover a new data theft and extortion group dubbed “BlackFile”