Tag: phishing
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Human Risk Report Reveals Overconfidence in Phishing Defenses
Arctic Wolf’s annual Human Risk Behavior Snapshot surveyed more than 1,700 IT leaders and end users worldwide. The post Human Risk Report Reveals Overconfidence in Phishing Defenses appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/human-risk-report-2025/
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Human Risk Report Reveals Overconfidence in Phishing Defenses
Arctic Wolf’s annual Human Risk Behavior Snapshot surveyed more than 1,700 IT leaders and end users worldwide. The post Human Risk Report Reveals Overconfidence in Phishing Defenses appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/human-risk-report-2025/
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Fake Google Job Offer Email Scam Targets Workspace and Microsoft 365 Users
Cybersecurity firm Sublime Security details a new credential phishing scam impersonating Google Careers to steal login details from Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 users. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/fake-google-job-offer-email-scam-workspace-microsoft-365/
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Banking Scams Up 65% Globally in Past Year
Data from BioCatch reveals SMS text-based phishing (smishing) surges by a factor of 10. The post Banking Scams Up 65% Globally in Past Year appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-banking-scams-2025/
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13 cybersecurity myths organizations need to stop believing
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, backup, banking, breach, business, ceo, compliance, computer, computing, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, deep-fake, defense, encryption, finance, government, group, identity, incident response, infrastructure, jobs, law, malicious, mfa, monitoring, network, nist, openai, passkey, password, phishing, privacy, regulation, risk, service, skills, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, vulnerabilityBig tech platforms have strong verification that prevents impersonation: Some of the largest tech platforms like to talk about their strong identity checks as a way to stop impersonation. But looking good on paper is one thing, and holding up to the promise in the real world is another.”The truth is that even advanced verification…
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Risks of Not Aligning with ISO 27001 Remote Access Policy
28% of organizations have become a part of some gruesome cybersecurity incidents, according to a security report released by IBM in 2024. Among the attack vectors of such attacks were malware infections, phishing scams, and unintentional data leaks. To the rescue comes ISO 27001. It provides a framework that helps organizations like yours fight back……
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Hackers Use Court-Themed Phishing to Deliver Info-Stealer Malware
A novel phishing campaign has emerged targeting Colombian users by abusing judicial notifications and weaponizing Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files. This sophisticated attack begins with a carefully crafted Spanish-language email impersonating the “17th Municipal Civil Court of the Bogotá Circuit,” complete with formal legal language and institutional details. The .SVG attachment named “Fiscalia General De…
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Hackers Use Court-Themed Phishing to Deliver Info-Stealer Malware
A novel phishing campaign has emerged targeting Colombian users by abusing judicial notifications and weaponizing Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files. This sophisticated attack begins with a carefully crafted Spanish-language email impersonating the “17th Municipal Civil Court of the Bogotá Circuit,” complete with formal legal language and institutional details. The .SVG attachment named “Fiscalia General De…
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Police Bust GXC Team, One of the Most Active Cybercrime Networks
Spanish Guardia Civil and Group-IB arrest ‘GoogleXcoder,’ the 25-year-old Brazilian mastermind of the GXC Team, for selling AI-powered phishing kits and malware used to steal millions from banks across the US, UK, Spain, and Brazil. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/police-bust-gxc-team-cybercrime-networks/
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Police Bust GXC Team, One of the Most Active Cybercrime Networks
Spanish Guardia Civil and Group-IB arrest ‘GoogleXcoder,’ the 25-year-old Brazilian mastermind of the GXC Team, for selling AI-powered phishing kits and malware used to steal millions from banks across the US, UK, Spain, and Brazil. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/police-bust-gxc-team-cybercrime-networks/
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Hackers Use Court-Themed Phishing to Deliver Info-Stealer Malware
A novel phishing campaign has emerged targeting Colombian users by abusing judicial notifications and weaponizing Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files. This sophisticated attack begins with a carefully crafted Spanish-language email impersonating the “17th Municipal Civil Court of the Bogotá Circuit,” complete with formal legal language and institutional details. The .SVG attachment named “Fiscalia General De…
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Malicious NPM Packages Used in Sophisticated Developer Cyberattack
In October 2025, security researchers uncovered an unprecedented phishing campaign that weaponizes the npm ecosystem”, not by infecting developers during package installation, but by abusing the unpkg.com CDN as a disposable hosting platform for malicious JavaScript. By seeding over 175 throwaway npm packages, attackers have turned a trusted open source delivery network into a large-scale…
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Malicious NPM Packages Used in Sophisticated Developer Cyberattack
In October 2025, security researchers uncovered an unprecedented phishing campaign that weaponizes the npm ecosystem”, not by infecting developers during package installation, but by abusing the unpkg.com CDN as a disposable hosting platform for malicious JavaScript. By seeding over 175 throwaway npm packages, attackers have turned a trusted open source delivery network into a large-scale…
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Hackers Mimic as OpenAI and Sora Services to Steal Login Credentials
Hackers have launched a sophisticated phishing campaign impersonating both OpenAI and the recently released Sora 2 AI service. By cloning legitimate-looking landing pages, these actors are duping users into submitting their login credentials, participating in faux “gift” surveys, and even falling victim to cryptocurrency scams. Security researchers note that these deceptive domains are already ensnaring…
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Researchers Expose TA585’s MonsterV2 Malware Capabilities and Attack Chain
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a previously undocumented threat actor called TA585 that has been observed delivering an off-the-shelf malware called MonsterV2 via phishing campaigns.The Proofpoint Threat Research Team described the threat activity cluster as sophisticated, leveraging web injections and filtering checks as part of its attack chains.”TA585 is notable because it First seen…
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Sovereign Data, Sovereign Access: Introducing Modern FIDO Authentication for SAS PCE
Sovereign Data, Sovereign Access: Introducing Modern FIDO Authentication for SAS PCE andrew.gertz@t“¦ Mon, 10/13/2025 – 14:53 Discover how Thales empowers enterprises with sovereign access through FIDO authentication in SAS PCE”, ensuring secure, phishing-resistant identity control for hybrid environments. Identity & Access Management Access Control Guido Gerrits – Field Channel Director, EMEA More About This Author…
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Hackers Target ScreenConnect Features For Network Intrusions
A rise in attacks exploiting RMM tools like ScreenConnect enables system control via phishing tactics First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/hackers-target-screenconnects/
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Spanish Authorities Dismantle Advanced AI Phishing Operation GoogleXcoder
Tags: ai, banking, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, finance, government, group, law, network, phishing, theftSpanish law enforcement recently dismantled an advanced AI-driven phishing network and arrested the mastermind developer known as “GoogleXcoder.” This operation marks a significant victory in the fight against banking credential theft in Spain. Cybercriminals Target Banks and Government Agencies Since 2023, Spain faced a surge in sophisticated phishing campaigns. Criminal groups impersonated major banks and…
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Mikrosegmentierung kann die Wirkung von Phishing-Attacken eindämmen
Bei automatisierter Mikrosegmentierung wird Jede Ressource proaktiv isoliert, sodass Angreifer selbst dann, wenn ein Phishing-Betrug einen ersten Zugriff ermöglicht, keine seitlichen Bewegungen ausführen können. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/mikrosegmentierung-kann-die-wirkung-von-phishing-attacken-eindaemmen/a42335/
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Spanish Authorities Dismantle Advanced AI Phishing Operation GoogleXcoder
Tags: ai, banking, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, finance, government, group, law, network, phishing, theftSpanish law enforcement recently dismantled an advanced AI-driven phishing network and arrested the mastermind developer known as “GoogleXcoder.” This operation marks a significant victory in the fight against banking credential theft in Spain. Cybercriminals Target Banks and Government Agencies Since 2023, Spain faced a surge in sophisticated phishing campaigns. Criminal groups impersonated major banks and…
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Our APWG eCrimes Paper on Tech Support Scam Facebook Groups
Tags: apple, conference, cybercrime, data, email, finance, google, group, india, marketplace, microsoft, phishing, scam, serviceMy colleague Raghavendra Cherupalli will be at APWG eCrime next month sharing a paper based on our research into the Facebook Groups where illicit Indian Call Centers share “Crime-as-a-Service” offerings with one another. In our paper, “Classification of Cybercriminal Posts Using Large Language Models: A Comprehensive Study on Tech Support Scam Marketplaces,” Raghavendra will be…
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Our APWG eCrimes Paper on Tech Support Scam Facebook Groups
Tags: apple, conference, cybercrime, data, email, finance, google, group, india, marketplace, microsoft, phishing, scam, serviceMy colleague Raghavendra Cherupalli will be at APWG eCrime next month sharing a paper based on our research into the Facebook Groups where illicit Indian Call Centers share “Crime-as-a-Service” offerings with one another. In our paper, “Classification of Cybercriminal Posts Using Large Language Models: A Comprehensive Study on Tech Support Scam Marketplaces,” Raghavendra will be…
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Cybercrime ring GXC Team dismantled in Spain, 25-year-old leader detained
Spain’s Guardia Civil dismantled the cybercrime group “GXC Team” and arrested its 25-year-old Brazilian leader. Spanish Guardia Civil dismantled the “GXC Team” cybercrime group, arresting its 25-year-old Brazilian leader “GoogleXcoder.” The gang sold AI-powered phishing kits, Android malware, and voice-scam tools via Telegram and Russian forums, becoming a major supplier of credential theft tools in…