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Phishing
Vishing campaign abuses Microsoft Teams to give attackers a foothold in company networks

A coordinated voice-phishing (vishing) campaign, named Spring Ring, used fake IT support accounts on Microsoft Teams to trick employees into installing malware or granting …

Phishing
AnonyMousKIT phishing-as-a-service uses AI voice calls to steal iPhone passcodes

A phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called AnonyMousKIT is automating the theft of Apple ID credentials needed to remove Activation Lock from stolen iPhones, SOCRadar …

scammers
Bogus recruiters go after high-value corporate credentials on mobile

Scammers posing as HR staff at well-known companies are running interview scheduling scams that end with a stolen corporate password, according to Zimperium. Attackers are …

social engineering
ShinyHunters taunts ReliaQuest after its own employee falls for social engineering attack

Cybersecurity company ReliaQuest has confirmed that one of its own employees fell for a social engineering attack, handing attackers a password and a brief window into the …

Phishing
Fake bank websites play dead to evade security scanners

A phishing method, named Chameleon SEO Poisoning, that uses manipulated search results and cloaked fake banking websites to steal credentials while evading security scanners …

data breach
SafePal breach affects 39,798 customers, data allegedly for sale

Cryptocurrency wallet maker SafePal disclosed a data breach that exposed order information for 39,798 customers, including names, email addresses, shipping addresses, phone …

North Korea
Lazarus hackers pair fake job offers with Windows zero-day exploit

The North Korea-linked Lazarus group is using fake job offers, trojanized PDF software and a Windows zero-day in attacks aimed primarily at the defense sector, Check Point …

phishing
Gut feeling does nothing against AI spear phishing texts

A banker at a credit union sat down at a table with a dozen printed text messages, all of them written for that banker personally, and put them in order from the one most …

hands
Bank of America impersonators weaponize ScreenConnect, then make it hard to remove

A phishing campaign impersonating Bank of America (BoA) is underway, trying to trick Windows users into installing ScreenConnect remote access software and then making it …

wireless
Russian hackers abuse hotel Wi-Fi networks to steal Microsoft 365 credentials and deploy malware

Midnight Blizzard, the Russian threat actor tied to the country’s foreign intelligence service, has spent months targeting users of public Wi-Fi networks at places like …

Microsoft 365 phishing
Attackers are using Microsoft’s legitimate login system to camouflage phishing attacks

Attackers are moving away from fake Microsoft login pages in favor of abusing Microsoft’s own authentication system, letting phishing campaigns slip past the warning …

Call of Duty Mobile
Call of Duty Mobile scam uses fake free points giveaway to hijack players’ accounts

Call of Duty Mobile players should watch out for a phishing campaign disguised as a free Call of Duty Points giveaway, Malwarebytes researchers have warned. Victims are asked …

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