Netflix Job Phishing Scam Steals Facebook Login Data
Beware of fake Netflix job offers! A new phishing campaign is targeting job seekers, using fraudulent interviews to…
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Threat Actors Use Advanced Tactics to Personalize Phishing for Malware Delivery
Threat actors are using topic customization as a more advanced strategy in targeted malware-delivery phishing campaigns as the environment of cyber threats changes. This method involves crafting personalized subject lines, attachment names, and embedde…
Home Office Phishing Scam Target UK Visa Sponsorship System
Fake Home Office emails target the UK Visa Sponsorship System, stealing logins to issue fraudulent visas and run…
Emerging AI-Driven Phishing Trends Reshape Cybercrime Tactics
Artificial intelligence (AI) in advances and adaptive social engineering techniques have led to a significant revolution in phishing and scams within the continually changing realm of cybercrime. Cybercriminals are leveraging neural networks and large …
Efimer Trojan Steals Crypto, Hacks WordPress Sites via Torrents and Phishing
Kaspersky reports Efimer Trojan infecting thousands, swapping crypto wallets, brute-forcing sites, and spreading through torrents and phishing. Cybercriminals…
PoisonSeed Phishing Kit Bypasses MFA to Steal Credentials from Users and Organizations
The threat actor known as PoisonSeed, loosely affiliated with groups like Scattered Spider and CryptoChameleon, has deployed an active phishing kit designed to circumvent multi-factor authentication (MFA) and harvest credentials from individuals and or…
The “Incriminating Video” Scam
A few years ago, scammers invented a new phishing email. They would claim to have hacked your computer, turned your webcam on, and videoed you watching porn or having sex. BuzzFeed has an article talking about a “shockingly realistic” variant, which includes photos of you and your house—more specific information.
The article contains “steps you can take to figure out if it’s a scam,” but omits the first and most fundamental piece of advice: If the hacker had incriminating video about you, they would show you a clip. Just a taste, not the worst bits so you had to worry about how bad it could be, but something. If the hacker doesn’t show you any video, they don’t have any video. Everything else is window dressing…
CastleLoader Malware Hits 400+ Devices via Cloudflare-Themed ClickFix Phishing Attack
CastleLoader, a sophisticated malware loader, has compromised over 400 devices since its debut in early 2025, with cybersecurity firm PRODAFT reporting 469 infections out of 1,634 attempts by May 2025, achieving a staggering 28.7% success rate. This mo…
Unmasking the SVG Threat: How Hackers Use Vector Graphics for Phishing Attacks
Introduction In the ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape, attackers constantly seek new ways to bypass traditional defences. One of the latest and most insidious methods involves using Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)—a file format typically associated with clean, scalable images for websites and applications. But beneath their seemingly harmless appearance, SVGs can harbour threatening scripts capable of executing […]
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Cybercriminals are getting personal, and it’s working
Cybercriminals are deploying unidentifiable phishing kits (58% of phishing sites) to propagate malicious campaigns at scale, indicating a trend towards custom-made or obfuscated deployments, according to VIPRE Security. These phishing kits can’t easily…