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Phishing Campaign Targets Executives With Phony Awards

A phishing campaign is targeting executives with phony offers for awards, according to researchers at Trustwave SpiderLabs. The attackers first dupe the victims into handing over their ...

CyberheistNews Vol 15 #50 [NEW FEATURE] KnowBe4 Releases Deepfake Training to Combat AI Threats!

North Korean Job Invitation

A friend of mine, John D., received this outreach on Threads (see below). At first, he thought it was the standard fake employer scam, but it is more than that. It is very likely part of ...

CyberheistNews Vol 15 #49 Ghost in the Machine: How a Multi-Stage Phishing Attack Evades M365 Security

Notorious Cybercrime Group is Now Targeting Zendesk Users

ReliaQuest warns that the cybercriminal collective “Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters” appears to be using social engineering attacks to target organizations’ Zendesk instances.

Report: Sophisticated Fraud Attacks Are on the Rise

Sophisticated online fraud techniques are growing more accessible to unskilled attackers, driven by AI tools and fraud-as-a-service platforms, according to Sumsub’s latest Identity Fraud ...

CyberheistNews Vol 15 #48 [New Deepfake Danger] 1 in 5 Biometric Attacks Are Now AI-Driven

EMEA Finance and Banking: A Sector Under Siege

The finance and banking sector across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) faces extraordinary cybersecurity challenges, according to KnowBe4’s Cyber Risk in Finance and Banking ...

What Happens When Cybercriminals Compromise a Sportswear Giant?

Lead analysts: Louis Tiley, Lucy Gee and James Dyer Between 1:48pm ET on October 29 and 6:53pm ET on October 30, 2025, KnowBe4 threat analysts observed a high volume of phishing emails ...

CyberheistNews Vol 15 #47 [Be Prepared] How to Block New Mobile Malware Holiday Attacks