Tag: phishing
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Google Sues China-Based ‘Lighthouse’ Phishing Service After $1B+ Scams Target Millions
Google is suing a Chinese phishing network behind $1B in global scams, aiming to shut down its Lighthouse platform and boost security with AI and passkeys. The post Google Sues China-Based ‘Lighthouse’ Phishing Service After $1B+ Scams Target Millions appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-sues-lighthouse-china/
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Fake spam filter alerts are hitting inboxes
A new phishing campaign is attempting to trick users into believing they’ve missed important emails, security researchers are warning. The emails The bogus email alerts look … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/13/phishing-spam-filter-alert/
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Google Sues ‘Lighthouse’ Phishing Service After $1B+ Scams Target Millions
Google is suing a Chinese phishing network behind $1B in global scams, aiming to shut down its Lighthouse platform and boost security with AI and passkeys. The post Google Sues ‘Lighthouse’ Phishing Service After $1B+ Scams Target Millions appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-sues-lighthouse-china/
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Fake spam filter alerts are hitting inboxes
A new phishing campaign is attempting to trick users into believing they’ve missed important emails, security researchers are warning. The emails The bogus email alerts look … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/13/phishing-spam-filter-alert/
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Google Sues ‘Lighthouse’ Phishing Service After $1B+ Scams Target Millions
Google is suing a Chinese phishing network behind $1B in global scams, aiming to shut down its Lighthouse platform and boost security with AI and passkeys. The post Google Sues ‘Lighthouse’ Phishing Service After $1B+ Scams Target Millions appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-sues-lighthouse-china/
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Phishing campaign targets customers of major Italian web hosting provider
The operation used a sophisticated phishing kit designed to impersonate the login and payment pages of Aruba S.p.A., stealing customer credentials and credit card details. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/phishing-campaign-targets-italian-web-hosting-customers
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Phishing campaign targets customers of major Italian web hosting provider
The operation used a sophisticated phishing kit designed to impersonate the login and payment pages of Aruba S.p.A., stealing customer credentials and credit card details. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/phishing-campaign-targets-italian-web-hosting-customers
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Phishing Emails Alert: How Spam Filters Can Steal Your Email Logins in an Instant
Cybercriminals have launched a sophisticated phishing campaign that exploits trust in internal security systems by spoofing email delivery notifications to appear as legitimate spam-filter alerts within organizations. These deceptive emails are designed to steal login credentials that could compromise email accounts, cloud storage, and other sensitive systems. “‹ The attack begins with an email claiming…
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How AI-Generated Content is Fueling Next-Gen Phishing and BEC Attacks: Detection and Defense Strategies
With AI phishing attacks rising 1,760% and achieving a 60% success rate, learn how attackers use AI, deepfakes and automation, and discover proven, multi-layered defense strategies to protect your organization in 2025. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/how-ai-generated-content-is-fueling-next-gen-phishing-and-bec-attacks-detection-and-defense-strategies/
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Nach Phishing-Angriff auf Android-User: Hacker nutzen Googles Find Hub, um ihre Spuren zu verschleiern
First seen on t3n.de Jump to article: t3n.de/news/phishing-angriff-android-hacker-find-hub-ausnutzen-1716406/
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Grokking: Wenn KI-Chatbots zu Phishing-Helfern werden
Sogenannte Prompt Injection-Angriffe kommen durch die Hintertür First seen on welivesecurity.com Jump to article: www.welivesecurity.com/de/tipps-ratgeber/grokking-wenn-ki-chatbots-zu-phishing-helfern-werden/
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Google Sues “Lighthouse” Over Massive Phishing Attacks
That text message you got about a “stuck package” from USPS, or an “unpaid road toll” notice, isn’t just random spam it’s become the signature move of an international criminal outfit that’s managed to swindle millions. Today, Google is launching a major campaign to turn the tide: filing a lawsuit to dismantle the infamous “Lighthouse”…
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Google Sues China-Based Hackers Behind $1 Billion Lighthouse Phishing Platform
Google has filed a civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) against China-based hackers who are behind a massive Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform called Lighthouse that has ensnared over 1 million users across 120 countries.The PhaaS kit is used to conduct large-scale SMS phishing attacks that exploit trusted…
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Google Sues “Lighthouse” Over Massive Phishing Attacks
That text message you got about a “stuck package” from USPS, or an “unpaid road toll” notice, isn’t just random spam it’s become the signature move of an international criminal outfit that’s managed to swindle millions. Today, Google is launching a major campaign to turn the tide: filing a lawsuit to dismantle the infamous “Lighthouse”…
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Google asks US court to shut down Lighthouse phishing-as-a-service operation
Tags: control, crime, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, email, google, government, incident response, law, malicious, network, phishing, risk, sans, scam, service, smishing, technology, threatWill have ‘minimal impact’: Ed Dubrovsky, chief operating officer of incident response firm Cypher, is skeptical of the effectiveness of court action. Phishing-as-a-service operations don’t have to be on American soil, he explained, so court orders and legislation will likely have minimal impact on smishing or phishing attacks.”However,” he added, “I can understand that even…
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Google Looks to Dim ‘Lighthouse’ Phishing-as-a-Service Op
The phishing kit, run by a group known as the Smishing Triad, has powered massive amounts of unpaid tolls and package tracking texts. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/google-dim-lighthouse-phishing-as-a-service
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Google sues 25 China-based scammers behind Lighthouse ‘phishing for dummies’ kit
600+ phishing websites and 116 of these use a Google logo First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/12/google_sues_25_chinabased_scammers/
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Google sues cybercriminal group Smishing Triad
Google sues China-based group using “Lighthouse” phishing kit in large-scale smishing attacks to steal victims’ financial data. Google filed a lawsuit against a cybercriminal group largely based in China that is behind a massive text message phishing operation, or “smishing.” The organization uses a phishing-as-a-service kit named “Lighthouse” to steal sensitive financial information by sending…
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Google sues to dismantle Chinese phishing platform behind US toll scams
Google has filed a lawsuit to dismantle the “Lighthouse” phishing-as-a-service platform used by cybercriminals worldwide to steal credit card information through SMS phishing attacks impersonating the U.S. Postal Service and E-ZPass toll systems. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-sues-to-dismantle-chinese-phishing-platform-behind-us-toll-scams/
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Google sues 25 China-based scammers behind Lighthouse ‘phishing for dummies’ kit
600+ phishing websites and 116 of these use a Google logo First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/12/google_sues_25_chinabased_scammers/
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Google files lawsuit against Lighthouse ‘phishing for dummies’ text scammers
The suspected Chinese schemers behind it enable those constant fake E-Z Pass and U.S. Postal Service smishing messages. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/google-files-lawsuit-against-lighthouse-phishing-for-dummies-text-scammers/
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Phishing Campaign Exploits Meta Business Suite to Target SMBs
Hackers are exploiting Meta Business Suite to launch global phishing attacks. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/phishing-campaign-exploits-meta-business-suite-to-target-smbs/
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Google files lawsuit to disrupt massive ‘Lighthouse’ smishing scheme
According to the tech giant, the accused criminals developed the “Lighthouse” phishing kit, which provides custom tools to scammers to deploy “smishing”, or SMS phishing, attacks and to build fraudulent websites designed to steal victims’ credit card information. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/google-files-lawsuit-to-disrupt-lighthouse-scam
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Google files lawsuit to disrupt massive ‘Lighthouse’ smishing scheme
According to the tech giant, the accused criminals developed the “Lighthouse” phishing kit, which provides custom tools to scammers to deploy “smishing”, or SMS phishing, attacks and to build fraudulent websites designed to steal victims’ credit card information. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/google-files-lawsuit-to-disrupt-lighthouse-scam
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Google Sues China-Based Hackers Behind $1 Billion Lighthouse Phishing Platform
Google has filed a civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) against China-based hackers who are behind a massive Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform called Lighthouse that has ensnared over 1 million users across 120 countries.The PhaaS kit is used to conduct large-scale SMS phishing attacks that exploit trusted…
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Google Sues China-Based Hackers Behind $1 Billion Lighthouse Phishing Platform
Google has filed a civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) against China-based hackers who are behind a massive Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform called Lighthouse that has ensnared over 1 million users across 120 countries.The PhaaS kit is used to conduct large-scale SMS phishing attacks that exploit trusted…
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Quantum Route Redirect: The Phishing Tool Simplifying Global Microsoft 365 Attacks
The team at KnowBe4 Threat Labs has uncovered an emerging advanced phishing campaign targeting Microsoft 365 users globally to steal their credentials. This powerful new phishing kit, which KnowBe4 have named ‘Quantum Route Redirect’, was initially discovered in early August. Quantum Route Redirect comes with a pre-configured set up and phishing domains that significantly simplifies…
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QuantumRedirect Microsoft-365 Nutzer als Phishing-Opfer
Die KnowBe4 Threat Labs haben eine perfide Phishing-Kampagne aufgedeckt, die sich weltweit gegen Microsoft-365-Nutzer richtet und mit der die Angreifer versuchen deren Anmeldedaten zu stehlen. Sie setzen ein leistungsstarkes Tool ein, das kom plexe, technische Phishing-Konfigurationen in einfache Ein-Klick-Starts verwandelt. Mit dieser Methode Quantum-Route-Direct genannt können sie bestimmte technische Kontrollen umgehen. Die Analysten […] First…
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Massive Phishing-Kampagne nutzt Facebook als Absender
Die Sicherheitsforscher von Check Point Software Technologies sind einer neuen Hacker-Kampagne auf die Schliche gekommen, die den serösen Namen von Facebook missbraucht. Über 40 000 Phishing-E-Mails wurden an mehr als 5000 Kunden vor allem in den USA, Europa, Kanada und Australien geschickt. Die Cyber-Kriminellen nutzen deren Funktionen, um überzeugend gefälschte Benachrichtigungen zu versenden, die scheinbar…