Security News

Australian Man Charged for Fake Wi-Fi Scam on Domestic Flights
2024-07-02 04:29

An Australian man has been charged with running a fake Wi-Fi access point during a domestic flight with an aim to steal user credentials and data. The unnamed 42-year-old "allegedly established...

FBI warns of fake law firms targeting crypto scam victims
2024-06-25 14:11

The FBI is warning of cybercriminals posing as law firms and lawyers that offer cryptocurrency recovery services to victims of investment scams and steal funds and personal information. The FBI says that fraudsters trick victims of the legitimacy of the service by claiming a collaboration with government agencies like the FBI and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Military-themed Email Scam Spreads Malware to Infect Pakistani Users
2024-06-21 13:01

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new phishing campaign that has been identified as targeting people in Pakistan using a custom backdoor. Dubbed PHANTOM#SPIKE by Securonix, the...

Warning: Markopolo's Scam Targeting Crypto Users via Fake Meeting Software
2024-06-19 10:08

A threat actor who goes by alias markopolo has been identified as behind a large-scale cross-platform scam that targets digital currency users on social media with information stealer malware and...

Grandoreiro Banking Trojan Hits Brazil as Smishing Scams Surge in Pakistan
2024-06-15 09:51

Pakistan has become the latest target of a threat actor called the Smishing Triad, marking the first expansion of its footprint beyond the E.U., Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E., and the U.S. "The group's...

Nigerian faces up to 102 years in the slammer for $1.5M phishing scam
2024-06-14 20:15

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Microsoft India’s X account hijacked in Roaring Kitty crypto scam
2024-06-03 22:30

The official Microsoft India account on Twitter, with over 211,000 followers, was hijacked by cryptocurrency scammers to impersonate Roaring Kitty, the handle used by notorious meme stock trader Keith Gill. Microsoft India's X account has a gold check as an officially verified organization on the platform, lending the hijackers' posts more legitimacy.

AI Will Increase the Quantity—and Quality—of Phishing Scams
2024-06-03 11:04

Gen AI tools are rapidly making these emails more advanced, harder to spot, and significantly more dangerous. Recent research showed that 60% of participants fell victim to artificial intelligence-automated phishing, which is comparable to the success rates of non-AI-phishing messages created by human experts.

U.S. Sentences 31-Year-Old to 10 Years for Laundering $4.5M in Email Scams
2024-05-29 11:50

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has sentenced a 31-year-old to 10 years in prison for laundering more than $4.5 million through business email compromise (BEC) schemes and romance scams....

Laundering cash from healthcare, romance scams lands US man in prison for a decade
2024-05-22 18:00

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