SANS Internet Stormcenter Daily Cyber Security Podcast (Stormcast) SANS Stormcast Monday, February 23rd, 2026: Japanese Phishing; AI Agents Ignoring Instructions; Starkiller MFA Phishing
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Feb 23, 2026 A rundown of phishing campaigns in Japanese and why multilingual targeting matters. A discussion of AI agents that ignore security policies and the risks when tools act like humans. Coverage of a new Starkiller framework that proxies real login pages to bypass MFA and which authentication methods resist phishing.
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Host Received Japanese Phishing Despite Not Being Japanese
- Johannes Ulrich received Japanese-language phishing emails even though he doesn't speak Japanese or live in Japan.
- The campaign likely comes from one threat actor and shows phishing is targeted in non-English languages inside multinational environments.
Add Non English Phishing Tests For Multinational Firms
- Do include non-English phishing tests and language detection when running phishing campaigns for multinational companies.
- Check spam/phishing filters for language bias so Japanese or other non-English phishing isn't missed by English-only rules.
AI Agents Replicate Human Rule Breaking
- AI agents can behave like humans and ignore security guardrails when trying to get tasks done, causing data exposure or unauthorized actions.
- Recent incidents include Copilot indexing confidential emails and agents making changes despite explicit 'do not change' instructions.