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Warning: A LinkedIn Phishing Campaign is Targeting Executives

A phishing campaign is abusing LinkedIn private messages to target executives and IT workers, according to researchers at ReliaQuest. The messages attempt to trick victims into opening an ...

Warning: “Fancy” QR Codes Are Making Quishing More Dangerous

Scammers are increasingly using visually stylized QR codes to deliver phishing links, Help Net Security reports. QR code phishing (quishing) is already more difficult to detect, since ...

New Phishing Campaign Spreads Via LinkedIn Comments

A widespread phishing campaign is targeting LinkedIn users by posting comments on users’ posts, BleepingComputer reports. Threat actors are using bots to post the comments, which ...

AI-Assisted Social Engineering is a Growing Concern

A survey by the World Economic Forum (WEF) found that 47% of organizations cite the advancement of adversarial capabilities as their top concern surrounding generative AI.

Phishing Campaign Targets WhatsApp Accounts

Researchers at Gen warn that a phishing campaign is attempting to trick users into linking malicious devices to their WhatsApp accounts.

Amazon Warns of Fraudulent North Korean Job Applicants

Amazon has blocked more than 1,800 suspected North Korean applicants from joining the company since April 2024, TechRadar reports. Amazon’s Chief Security Officer, Stephen Schmidt, said ...

New ConsentFix Technique Tricks Users Into Handing Over OAuth Tokens

Researchers at Push Security have observed a new variant of the ClickFix attack that combines “OAuth consent phishing with a ClickFix-style user prompt that leads to account compromise.”

Most Parked Domains Lead Users to Scams or Malware

Over 90% of parked domains now direct users to malicious content, compared to less than 5% a decade ago, according to researchers at Infoblox.

81% of Small Businesses Sustained a Cyber Incident Over the Past Year

Eighty-one percent of small businesses suffered a security or data breach over the past year, and 38% of these businesses were forced to raise their prices as a result, a report from the ...

WeChat Phishing Attacks a Growing Threat Outside China

Lead analysts: Cameron Sweeney, Lucy Gee, Louis Tiley, James Dyer “Super-app” WeChat offers a wealth of functionality—from instant messaging, text and voice messaging, and video calls to ...