Voice Phishing Kits Give Threat Actors Real-Time Control Over Attacks

Researchers at Okta warn that a series of phishing kits have emerged that are designed to help threat actors launch sophisticated voice phishing (vishing) attacks that can bypass ...

New Malware Kit Promises Guaranteed Publication in the Chrome Web Store

A new malware-as-a-service (MaaS) kit called “Stanley” is offering users guaranteed publication in the Chrome Web Store, bypassing Google’s security verification process, according to ...

Attackers Can Use LLMs to Generate Phishing Pages in Real Time

Researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 warn of a proof-of-concept (PoC) attack technique in which threat actors could use AI tools to generate malicious JavaScript in real time on ...

The Phishing-as-a-Service Economy is Thriving

Commodity phishing platforms are now a central component of the cybercriminal economy, according to researchers at Flare. These platforms allow threat actors of all skill levels to carry ...

Report: One in Ten UK Companies Wouldn’t Survive a Major Cyberattack

A new survey by Vodafone Business found that more than 10% of companies in the UK would likely go out of business if they were hit by a major cyber incident, such as a ransomware attack, ...

CyberheistNews Vol 16 #05 [Heads Up] New “Fancy” QR Codes Are Making Quishing More Dangerous

CyberheistNews Vol 16 #05 | February 3rd, 2026 [Heads Up] New “Fancy” QR Codes Are Making Quishing More Dangerous QR code phishing scammers are increasingly using visually stylized QR ...

RMM Tool Abuse: The Skeleton Key for Backdoor Network Access

Lead Analysts: Jeewan Singh Jalal, Prabhakaran Ravichandhiran and Anand Bodke KnowBe4 Threat Labs recently examined a sophisticated dual-vector campaign that demonstrates the real-world ...

Report: Scammers Stole $17 Billion Worth of Crypto Last Year

Scammers stole an estimated $17 billion worth of cryptocurrency in 2025, according to a new report from Chainalysis. Notably, the report found that AI-assisted scams stole 4.5 times more ...