Security News

Thailand ready to welcome 7,000 trafficked scam call center victims back from Myanmar
2025-02-21 03:30

It comes amid a major crackdown on the abusive industry that started during COVID Thailand is preparing to receive thousands of people rescued from scam call centers in Myanmar as the country...

North Korean Hackers Target Freelance Developers in Job Scam to Deploy Malware
2025-02-20 13:37

Freelance software developers are the target of an ongoing campaign that leverages job interview-themed lures to deliver cross-platform malware families known as BeaverTail and InvisibleFerret....

Indian authorities seize loot from collapsed BitConnect crypto scam
2025-02-18 05:29

Devices containing crypto wallets tracked online, then in the real world Indian authorities seize loot from BitConnect crypto-Ponzi scheme Devices containing crypto wallets tracked online, then in...

⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Google Secrets Stolen, Windows Hack, New Crypto Scams and More
2025-02-17 09:19

Welcome to this week’s Cybersecurity News Recap. Discover how cyber attackers are using clever tricks like fake codes and sneaky emails to gain access to sensitive data. We cover everything from...

Pig butchering scams are exploding
2025-02-14 05:00

2024 is set to be a record year for scammers who received at least US$9.9 billion in crypto revenues from their illicit activities, according to Chainalysis. This figure is projected to rise to an...

Malvertising Scam Uses Fake Google Ads to Hijack Microsoft Advertising Accounts
2025-02-01 03:22

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malvertising campaign that's targeting Microsoft advertisers with bogus Google ads that aim to take them to phishing pages that are capable of...

Microsoft tests Edge Scareware Blocker to block tech support scams
2025-01-28 14:30

Microsoft has started testing a new "scareware blocker" feature for the Edge web browser on Windows PCs, which uses machine learning (ML) to detect tech support scams. [...]

China and friends claim success in push to stamp out tech support cyber-scam slave camps
2025-01-24 05:59

Paint a target on Myanmar, pledge more info-sharing to get the job done A group established by six Asian nations to fight criminal cyber-scam slave camps that infest the region claims it’s made...

GhostGPT: Uncensored Chatbot Used by Cyber Criminals for Malware Creation, Scams
2025-01-23 14:44

Researchers from Abnormal Security discovered an advert for the chatbot on a cybercrime forum and tested its capabilities by asking it to create a DocuSign phishing email.

Scam Yourself attacks: How social engineering is evolving
2025-01-21 05:30

We’ve entered a new era where verification must come before trust, and for good reason. Cyber threats are evolving rapidly, and one of the trends getting a fresh reboot in 2025 is the “scam...