Tagged: Social Engineering
Against the backdrop of escalating digital threats, cybersecurity experts have turned their attention to a sharp rise in attacks on brokerage platforms. According to a recent analysis by Fortra, the number of such incidents...
The Microsoft Teams messenger, widely used for corporate communication, has increasingly become a convenient arena for cyberattacks. According to the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team, malicious actors are actively exploiting the platform for a broad...
The threat actor known as BatShadow, linked to Vietnam, has launched a new malicious campaign targeting job seekers and digital marketing professionals. Posing as recruiters, the attackers distribute forged job descriptions; when victims open...
A network of hackers linked to North Korea has stolen more than $2 billion worth of crypto assets in the first nine months of 2025, according to a report by Elliptic. Analysts describe this...
BBC journalist Joe Tidy found himself entangled in a scenario that ordinarily lurks in the shadows of the cybercriminal world. In July he received an unexpected Signal message from an unknown interlocutor identifying himself...
Fraudsters have discovered a new method of targeting elderly users by exploiting fake Facebook events and a malicious Android application known as Datzbro. This program masquerades as a legitimate service but enables attackers to...
A new tool has emerged on the cybercriminal marketplace—one that has swiftly become a weapon of choice for dozens of groups. This is HeartCrypt, a malware-packing service that disguises malicious code as familiar, legitimate...
The U.S. Department of Justice and British police have brought charges against 19-year-old East London resident Talha Jubair, identified by investigators as one of the key figures in Scattered Spider—the group behind a series...
The story of Noah Urban is one of the clearest illustrations of how teenage socializing and a simple phone call can transform into an instrument of cybercrime. According to an investigation drawing on Discord...
Acronis researchers have reported a fresh campaign that employs a modified FileFix technique to deliver the StealC data stealer. The attackers staged a convincing, multilingual phishing operation that forges pages for various services —...
Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler has reported a major data breach linked to Hello Gym, a company that provides telephony services for the fitness industry in the United States and Canada. The exposed dataset contained...
On July 24, 2025, the cryptocurrency platform WOO X suffered a sophisticated targeted attack in which $14 million was siphoned from nine user accounts. All evidence points to the operation being orchestrated by the...