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Phishing Campaign Targets Mexican Taxpayers With Tax-Themed Lures

A phishing campaign is targeting users in Mexico with tax-themed lures, according to researchers at Cisco Talos. The phishing emails direct users to a website that attempts to trick them ...

Game-Changer: Biometric-Stealing Malware

I have been working in cybersecurity for a long time, since 1987, over 35 years. And, surprisingly to many readers/observers, I often say I have not seen anything new in the ...

When Threat Actors Don’t Have a Viable Email Platform to Phish From, They Just Steal Yours

New analysis of a phishing campaign shows how cybercriminals use brand impersonation of the platforms they need to compromise accounts and takeover legitimate services.

Credential Theft Is Mostly Due To Phishing

According to IBM X-Force’s latest Threat Intelligence Index, 30% of all cyber incidents in 2023 involved abuse of valid credentials. X-Force’s report stated that abuse of valid ...

[SCARY] You knew about OSINT, but did you know about ADINT?

WIRED just published a scary (long) article. I am summarizing it here and highly recommend you read the whole thing.

Emails Are Responsible for 88% of Malicious File Deliveries

Emails are still the most common delivery method for malicious files, according to Check Point’s Cyber Security Report for 2024.

Annual Ransomware Payments Surpass $1 Billion

For the first time, analysis of ransomware payments made in a single year tops $1,000,000,000. This signals a massive return to more frequent, sophisticated, and successful attacks.

Swiss Government Identified 10,000 Phishing Websites Impersonating 260 Brands

Attacks targeting Swiss residents increased 10% last year, according to newly-released data that shows a growth in not just phishing attacks, but brand impersonation at purely a national ...

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