Tag: scam
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Pan-African Operation Leads to Arrest of 260 Suspected Cybercriminals in Crackdown on Romance Scams and Sextortion
In a blow to cybercrime in Africa, authorities across 14 countries have apprehended 260 suspects involved in large-scale online scams, seizing over 1,200 electronic devices in the process. This pan-African operation, carried out between July 28 and August 11, 2025, specifically targeted transnational cybercriminal networks engaged in romance scams and sextortion, two of the most…
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SMS Pools and what the US Secret Service Really Found Around New York
Tags: apple, authentication, business, china, conference, control, country, credit-card, crime, crypto, data, email, exploit, finance, fraud, google, group, Hardware, infrastructure, iphone, jobs, korea, law, linux, mfa, mobile, phishing, phone, scam, service, smishing, software, theft, usa, windowsLast week the United Nations General Assembly kicked off in New York City. On the first day, a strange US Secret Service press conference revealed that they had seized 300 SIM Servers with 100,000 SIM cards. Various media outlets jumped on the idea that this was some state-sponsored sleeper cell waiting to destroy telecommunication services…
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North Korea Fake Job Recruiters Up Their Backdoor Game
Eset: Lazarus Group Shares Backdoor With Newer Pyongyang Threat Actor. A gang of North Korean hackers behind fake IT job recruitment scams now have access to a remote access Trojan favored by their more technically advanced counterparts tracked collectively as the Lazarus Group, say security researchers. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/north-korea-fake-job-recruiters-up-their-backdoor-game-a-29586
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISA Highlights Vulnerability Management Importance in Breach Analysis, as Orgs Are Urged To Patch Cisco Zero-Days
Tags: 2fa, access, advisory, api, attack, authentication, breach, business, cisa, cisco, cloud, control, credentials, crime, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, endpoint, exploit, fido, finance, firewall, framework, github, grc, guide, identity, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, ISO-27001, kev, law, lessons-learned, malicious, malware, mfa, mitigation, monitoring, network, open-source, phishing, privacy, ransomware, risk, saas, scam, security-incident, service, soc, software, supply-chain, tactics, threat, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, worm, zero-dayCISA’s takeaways of an agency hack include a call for timely vulnerability patching. Plus, Cisco zero-day bugs are under attack, patch now. Meanwhile, the CSA issued a framework for SaaS security. And get the latest on the npm breach, the ransomware attack that disrupted air travel and more! Here are six things you need to…
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Google Ads Used to Spread Trojan Disguised as TradingView Premium
Bitdefender warns that the TradingView Premium ad scam now targets Google ads and YouTube, hijacking verified channels to spread spyware. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/tradingview-scam-expands-to-google-youtube/
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Africa cybercrime crackdown includes hundreds of arrests, Interpol says
Several African countries targeted transnational criminal networks that used social media and other digital platforms to run romance and sextortion scams, Interpol said. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/africa-cyber-fraud-crackdown-ghana-senegal-cote-divoire-angola-interpol
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Singapore Threatens Meta With Fines Over Facebook Impersonation Scams
The Singapore police said Facebook is the top platform for online scams in the country First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/singapore-meta-fines-facebook/
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North Korea’s Lazarus Group shares its malware with IT work scammers
Keeping Pyongyang’s coffers full First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/25/lazarus_group_shares_malware_with_it_scammers/
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Credit Unions Replaced Fragmented Tools With Seceon’s Platform
Credit unions are the financial lifeline for more than 139 million Americans. Built on a member-first philosophy, these not-for-profit institutions provide affordable banking, community trust, and financial empowerment. But in today’s digital-first era, credit unions face growing cybersecurity challenges. With rising ransomware attacks, phishing scams, and third-party vendor breaches, credit unions are prime targets for…
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New Phishing Scam Aims at PyPI Maintainers to Steal Login Information
A fresh wave of domain-confusion phishing emails is sweeping through the Python community, once again setting its sights on PyPI maintainers. As malicious actors continually swap out domain names, PyPI users must remain vigilant and adopt stronger safeguards to protect their accounts. In this latest iteration, maintainers receive an unsolicited email urging them to “verify…
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New Phishing Scam Aims at PyPI Maintainers to Steal Login Information
A fresh wave of domain-confusion phishing emails is sweeping through the Python community, once again setting its sights on PyPI maintainers. As malicious actors continually swap out domain names, PyPI users must remain vigilant and adopt stronger safeguards to protect their accounts. In this latest iteration, maintainers receive an unsolicited email urging them to “verify…
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Euro100M crypto scam busted: Five arrested in Europe-wide operation
A cross-border cryptocurrency scam has left investors across Europe with losses of more than Euro100 million. Authorities in several countries worked together to shut down the … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/24/europe-crypto-fraud-bust/
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FBI Warns of Fake IC3 Websites Designed to Steal Personal Data
The FBI is warning internet users about fake versions of its official IC3 cybercrime reporting website. Learn how to spot these ‘spoofed’ sites, avoid scams where criminals impersonate agents, and protect your personal information by following the FBI’s crucial safety tips. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/fbi-warning-fake-ic3-websites-steal-data/
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FBI Warns of Fake IC3 Websites Designed to Steal Personal Data
The FBI is warning internet users about fake versions of its official IC3 cybercrime reporting website. Learn how to spot these ‘spoofed’ sites, avoid scams where criminals impersonate agents, and protect your personal information by following the FBI’s crucial safety tips. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/fbi-warning-fake-ic3-websites-steal-data/
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Euro100M crypto scam busted: Five arrested in Europe-wide operation
A cross-border cryptocurrency scam has left investors across Europe with losses of more than Euro100 million. Authorities in several countries worked together to shut down the … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/24/europe-crypto-fraud-bust/
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FBI Warns of Fake IC3 Websites Designed to Steal Personal Data
The FBI is warning internet users about fake versions of its official IC3 cybercrime reporting website. Learn how to spot these ‘spoofed’ sites, avoid scams where criminals impersonate agents, and protect your personal information by following the FBI’s crucial safety tips. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/fbi-warning-fake-ic3-websites-steal-data/
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Hackers Hijacking IIS Servers Using Malicious BadIIS Module to Serve Malicious Content
Leveraging a native IIS module named BadIIS, attackers manipulated search engine crawler traffic to poison search results and redirect legitimate users to scam or adult-oriented websites. Infrastructure overlaps link this activity to ESET’s “Group 9” cluster and share functional similarities with Cisco Talos’s “DragonRank” campaign. In March 2025, Unit 42 researchers uncovered an advanced SEO…
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AI-powered phishing scams now use fake captcha pages to evade detection
The attack playbook: The phishing campaigns follow a familiar playbook at the outset. Victims typically receive spam emails that carry urgent, action-oriented messages such as “Password Reset Required” or “USPS Change of Address Notification”.Clicking on the embedded link doesn’t take the user directly to a credential-stealing site but instead loads what appears to be a…
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AI-powered phishing scams now use fake captcha pages to evade detection
The attack playbook: The phishing campaigns follow a familiar playbook at the outset. Victims typically receive spam emails that carry urgent, action-oriented messages such as “Password Reset Required” or “USPS Change of Address Notification”.Clicking on the embedded link doesn’t take the user directly to a credential-stealing site but instead loads what appears to be a…
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Google Touts ‘Biggest Upgrade to Chrome in Its History’ With Gemini AI
Google embeds Gemini into Chrome in what it calls the browser’s biggest upgrade, adding features to summarize pages, combat scams, and simplify browsing. The post Google Touts ‘Biggest Upgrade to Chrome in Its History’ With Gemini AI appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-gemini-chrome-upgrade/
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Google Touts ‘Biggest Upgrade to Chrome in Its History’ With Gemini AI
Google embeds Gemini into Chrome in what it calls the browser’s biggest upgrade, adding features to summarize pages, combat scams, and simplify browsing. The post Google Touts ‘Biggest Upgrade to Chrome in Its History’ With Gemini AI appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-gemini-chrome-upgrade/
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Google Touts ‘Biggest Upgrade to Chrome in Its History’ With Gemini AI
Google embeds Gemini into Chrome in what it calls the browser’s biggest upgrade, adding features to summarize pages, combat scams, and simplify browsing. The post Google Touts ‘Biggest Upgrade to Chrome in Its History’ With Gemini AI appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-gemini-chrome-upgrade/
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DPRK Hackers Use ClickFix to Deliver BeaverTail Malware in Crypto Job Scams
Threat actors with ties to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (aka DPRK or North Korea) have been observed leveraging ClickFix-style lures to deliver a known malware called BeaverTail and InvisibleFerret.”The threat actor used ClickFix lures to target marketing and trader roles in cryptocurrency and retail sector organizations rather than targeting software development roles,” GitLab…
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KnowBe4 Report Reveals UK Retail Sector on High Alert for Cyber Scams
KnowBe4, the human risk management platform, has released a new report entitled IT and Cybersecurity Trends in UK Retail: 2025 Survey Insights. The findings revealed nearly all (99.6%) of the 250 UK retail IT security professionals surveyed are facing a significant increase in cyber threats. Notably, 58% cited an increase in helpdesk/IT support scams that…
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Cybercriminals Have a Weird New Way to Target You With Scam Texts
Scammers are now using “SMS blasters” to send out up to 100,000 texts per hour to phones that are tricked into thinking the devices are cell towers. Your wireless carrier is powerless to stop them. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/sms-blasters-scam-texts/
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Vane Viper Malvertising Network Posed as Legit Adtech in Global Scams
Infoblox links Vane Viper to PropellerAds, exposing a global malvertising network posing as adtech while spreading malware and running online scams. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/vane-viper-malvertising-adtech-global-scams/
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AI made crypto scams far more dangerous
The first half of 2025 saw one of the worst waves of crypto hacks to date, with more than $3.01 billion stolen. AI was a big part of it, making scams easier to run and letting … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/18/ai-crypto-scams-dangerous/
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Microsoft and Cloudflare execute ‘rugpull’ on massive phishing empire
Tags: access, ai, attack, blockchain, breach, computer, credentials, crime, crimes, crypto, cybercrime, data, detection, exploit, extortion, finance, fraud, infrastructure, international, law, microsoft, phishing, programming, scam, service, strategy, threat, toolLegal victory with limitations: Microsoft’s investigation identified Joshua Ogundipe, based in Nigeria, as the operation’s leader and primary architect. The company filed a lawsuit against Ogundipe and four associates listed as John Does in late August, then obtained a court order from the US District Court for the Southern District of New York in early…