Tag: phishing
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Warnung der weko.com nach Hack vor Phishing-Mail (Nov. 2025)
Das Unternehmen WEKO Wohnen GmbH hat die Woche eine E-Mail an diverse Kunden geschickt, in der vor Phishing-Mails, die im Namen des Unternehmens verschickt werden, gewarnt wird. Es wurden mutmaßlich zwei Mitarbeiter-Konten gehakt. Ich habe die Phishing-Mail, die angeblich ein … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/11/13/warnung-von-weko-com-vor-phishing-mail-nov-2025/
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Emulating the Espionage-Oriented Group SideWinder
Tags: attack, cyber, espionage, exploit, government, group, microsoft, military, office, phishing, spear-phishing, threat, vulnerabilityAttackIQ has released a new attack graph that emulates the behaviors exhibited by SideWinder, a threat actor with a long history of cyber espionage dating back to 2012. The group has primarily targeted government, military, and maritime sectors across South Asia and nearby regions through sophisticated spear-phishing campaigns, exploitation of Microsoft Office vulnerabilities, and the…
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Emulating the Espionage-Oriented Group SideWinder
Tags: attack, cyber, espionage, exploit, government, group, microsoft, military, office, phishing, spear-phishing, threat, vulnerabilityAttackIQ has released a new attack graph that emulates the behaviors exhibited by SideWinder, a threat actor with a long history of cyber espionage dating back to 2012. The group has primarily targeted government, military, and maritime sectors across South Asia and nearby regions through sophisticated spear-phishing campaigns, exploitation of Microsoft Office vulnerabilities, and the…
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Russian Hackers Create 4,300 Fake Travel Sites to Steal Hotel Guests’ Payment Data
A Russian-speaking threat behind an ongoing, mass phishing campaign has registered more than 4,300 domain names since the start of the year.The activity, per Netcraft security researcher Andrew Brandt, is designed to target customers of the hospitality industry, specifically hotel guests who may have travel reservations with spam emails. The campaign is said to have…
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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 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…