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Impersonating a well-known brand is an easy way for scammers to get people to click their malicious links. Here’s what to watch for.
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Impersonating a well-known brand is an easy way for scammers to get people to click their malicious links. Here’s what to watch for.
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The “uncensored” GenAI tool was advertised on cybercrime forums with a focus on BEC scams.
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The “uncensored” GenAI tool was advertised on cybercrime forums with a focus on BEC scams.
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The “uncensored” GenAI tool was advertised on cybercrime forums with a focus on BEC scams.
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The “uncensored” GenAI tool was advertised on cybercrime forums with a focus on BEC scams.
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Ransomware gangs are increasingly adopting email bombing followed by posing as tech support in Microsoft Teams calls to trick employees into allowing remote control and install malware that provides access to the company network. […]
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Recently, cybercriminals launched a phishing attack using fake YouTube links to steal user login credentials. These links were cleverly disguised to look legitimate and used redirections through multiple websites to hide their true destination. The attack exploited a tool called the “Tycoon 2FA phishing kit,” making it capable of targeting a large number of users…
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As California grapples with devastating wildfires, communities are rallying to protect lives and property. Unfortunately, these disasters have also created an opportunity for cybercriminals to exploit the chaos and uncertainty. Veriti Research has identified alarming trends in phishing scams linked to the ongoing wildfire disaster, highlighting an urgent need for heightened cybersecurity awareness during these…
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arXiv:2501.08723v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Email phishing remains a prevalent cyber threat, targeting victims to extract sensitive information or deploy malicious software. This paper explores the integration of open-source intelligence (OSINT) tools and machine learning (ML) models to enhance phishing detection across multilingual datasets. Using Nmap and theHarvester, this study extracted 17 features, including domain…
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arXiv:2501.06912v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The proliferation of mobile devices and online interactions have been threatened by different cyberattacks, where phishing attacks and malicious Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) pose significant risks to user security. Traditional phishing URL detection methods primarily rely on URL string-based features, which attackers often manipulate to evade detection. To address these…
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SUMMARY Cybercriminals are deploying a tricky new phishing campaign impersonating the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike‘s recruiters to distribute a…
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Fortinet warns of a phishing campaign using legitimate links to hijack PayPal accounts, tricking users into granting unauthorized access. Fortinet uncovered a phishing campaign targeting PayPal users. The scheme employs legitimate links to deceive victims and gain unauthorized access to their accounts. The phishing emails mimic PayPal notifications, including payment details, warnings, a real PayPal…
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CrowdStrike reports it was spoofed by hackers looking to execute XMRig cryptomining malware.
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SOC251 — Quishing Detected (QR Code Phishing)In this writeup, I will investigate one of the alerts on Letsdefend, “SOC251 — Quishing Detected (QR Code Phishing)”.QR code phishing, or quishing, is a social engineering phishing attack that intentionally deceives its recipient into scanning a QR code, redirecting the person to a bogus website. Most often sent embedded in an email,…
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Major U.S. aerospace and defense firm General Dynamics has confirmed having dozens of employee benefits accounts breached following a phishing attack in October, SecurityWeek reports.
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Major U.S. aerospace and defense firm General Dynamics has confirmed having dozens of employee benefits accounts breached following a phishing attack in October, SecurityWeek reports.
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Top Phishing Tricks Attackers Use to Target Employees & The Recent ‘You’re Fired’ Campaign Phishing remains one of the most prevalent and effective cyber attack methods, thriving on deception to steal sensitive information or deliver malware. These attacks manipulate human behavior, using fear, urgency, and curiosity as tools to trick victims into clicking malicious links…
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Rockstar 2FA, a service criminals use to launch phishing attacks quickly, has become unavailable. FlowerStorm, a competing PhaaS platform, is now seeing increased usage. This suggests that cybercriminals who previously relied on Rockstar 2FA are now turning to FlowerStorm as an alternative. The phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) toolkit Rockstar 2FA has suffered a significant downfall not…