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Phishing Platform LabHost Shut Down by Law Enforcement

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Phishing Platform LabHost Shut Down by Law Enforcement 2024-04-18 at 14:46 By Eduard Kovacs LabHost, a major phishing-as-a-service platform, has been shut down as part of a major law enforcement operation. The post Phishing Platform LabHost Shut Down by Law Enforcement appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View […]

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Authorities take down LabHost, phishing-as-a-service platform

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Authorities take down LabHost, phishing-as-a-service platform 2024-04-18 at 12:01 By Help Net Security Law enforcement from 19 countries severely disrupted one of the world’s largest phishing-as-a-service platform, known as LabHost. This year-long operation, coordinated at the international level by Europol, resulted in the compromise of LabHost’s infrastructure. International investigation disrupts phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost Between Sunday

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Etherscan ads behind massive phishing campaign

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Etherscan ads behind massive phishing campaign 2024-04-08 at 11:01 By Cointelegraph by Arijit Sarkar The wallet drainer scam involves luring users into fake websites and prompting them to link their crypto wallets and eventually draining all funds. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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How malicious email campaigns continue to slip through the cracks

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How malicious email campaigns continue to slip through the cracks 2024-04-08 at 07:01 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Josh Bartolomie, VP of Global Threat Services at Cofense, discusses how email will remain a target as long as it remains the predominant form of communication within a business. Cofense researchers have

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Securing your crypto funds: Exchanges add support for hardware 2FA

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Securing your crypto funds: Exchanges add support for hardware 2FA 2024-04-05 at 17:02 By Cointelegraph by Rachel Wolfson As phishing attacks rise, crypto exchanges tell users to keep their funds safe by using YubiKey devices and Passkeys, along with hardware wallets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this

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Cybercriminal adoption of browser fingerprinting

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Cybercriminal adoption of browser fingerprinting 2024-04-05 at 08:01 By Help Net Security Browser fingerprinting is one of many tactics phishing site authors use to evade security checks and lengthen the lifespan of malicious campaigns. While browser fingerprinting has been used by legitimate organizations to uniquely identify web browsers for nearly 15 years, it is now

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Cyberespionage Campaign Targets Government, Energy Entities in India

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Cyberespionage Campaign Targets Government, Energy Entities in India 2024-03-28 at 17:17 By Ionut Arghire Threat intelligence firm EclecticIQ documents the delivery of malware phishing lures to government and private energy organizations in India. The post Cyberespionage Campaign Targets Government, Energy Entities in India appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS

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Attackers leverage weaponized iMessages, new phishing-as-a-service platform

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Attackers leverage weaponized iMessages, new phishing-as-a-service platform 2024-03-27 at 12:31 By Zeljka Zorz Scammers are leveraging the Darcula phishing-as-a-service platform, iMessages and Google Messages to great effect. The platform allows them to impersonate a variety of brands based in over 100 different countries: postal services, public and private utilities, packet delivery services, financial institutions, government

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Scammers steal millions from FTX, BlockFi claimants

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Scammers steal millions from FTX, BlockFi claimants 2024-03-25 at 14:56 By Zeljka Zorz Customers of bankrupt crypto platform BlockFi have been targeted with a very convincing phishing email impersonating the platform, asking them to connect their wallet to complete the withdrawal of remaining funds. Judging by this Reddit thread, many have fallen for the scam

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APT29 hit German political parties with bogus invites and malware

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APT29 hit German political parties with bogus invites and malware 2024-03-25 at 11:46 By Zeljka Zorz APT29 (aka Cozy Bear, aka Midnight Blizzard) has been spotted targeting German political parties for the first time, Mandiant researchers have shared. Phishing leading to malware The attack started in late February 2024, with phishing emails containing bogus invitations

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US organizations targeted with emails delivering NetSupport RAT

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US organizations targeted with emails delivering NetSupport RAT 2024-03-22 at 15:08 By Helga Labus Employees at US-based organizations are being targeted with emails delivering NetSupport RAT malware via “nuanced” exploitation and by using an advanced detection evasion method. The malware campaign The campaign, dubbed PhantomBlu, takes the form of email messages purportedly coming from a

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Trezor says phishing, not SIM swap, compromised X account

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Trezor says phishing, not SIM swap, compromised X account 2024-03-22 at 13:02 By Cointelegraph by Amaka Nwaokocha SatoshiLabs revealed that it suspects the compromise to be a sophisticated and premeditated phishing attack planned by hackers over several weeks. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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Attackers are targeting financial departments with SmokeLoader malware

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Attackers are targeting financial departments with SmokeLoader malware 2024-03-22 at 08:31 By Helga Labus Financially motivated hackers have been leveraging SmokeLoader malware in a series of phishing campaigns predominantly targeting Ukrainian government and administration organizations. The phishing campaign The Ukrainian SSSCIP State Cyber Protection Center (SCPC), together with the Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 research

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Hacker moves $10M from 2023 phishing incident to Tornado Cash

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Hacker moves $10M from 2023 phishing incident to Tornado Cash 2024-03-21 at 16:01 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra The funds were taken from a crypto whale in 2023 when the holder signed transactions that allowed the attacker to access the funds. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this

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Layerswap overrides website hack that drained $100K

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Layerswap overrides website hack that drained $100K 2024-03-21 at 09:01 By Cointelegraph by Arijit Sarkar According to Layerswap, domain registrar GoDaddy’s sluggish intervention allowed the hacker to retain longer control of the domain. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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Chrome’s Standard Safe Browsing Now Has Real-Time URL Protection

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Chrome’s Standard Safe Browsing Now Has Real-Time URL Protection 2024-03-14 at 19:35 By Ionut Arghire Chrome’s standard Safe Browsing protections now provide real-time malicious site detection and Password Checkup on iOS now flags weak passwords. The post Chrome’s Standard Safe Browsing Now Has Real-Time URL Protection appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Image-based phishing tactics evolve

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Image-based phishing tactics evolve 2024-03-12 at 06:00 By Help Net Security While 70% of organizations feel their current security stacks are effective against image-based and QR code phishing attacks, 76% were still compromised in the last 12 months, according to IRONSCALES and Osterman Research. IT pros are highly aware of emerging types of phishing attacks

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10 free cybersecurity guides you might have missed

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10 free cybersecurity guides you might have missed 2024-03-11 at 09:07 By Help Net Security This collection of free cybersecurity guides covers a broad range of topics, from resources for developing cybersecurity programs to specific guides for various sectors and organizations. Whether you work for a small business, a large corporation, or a specific industry,

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Crypto phishers stole $47M last month, impersonators on X to blame

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Crypto phishers stole $47M last month, impersonators on X to blame 2024-03-11 at 06:32 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Most victims were lured to phishing websites from comments posted by impersonator accounts on X. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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Cybercriminals Spoof US Government Organizations in BEC, Phishing Attacks

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Cybercriminals Spoof US Government Organizations in BEC, Phishing Attacks 2024-03-07 at 16:40 By Ionut Arghire Threat actor tracked as TA4903 spoofing US government entities in phishing and fraud campaigns. The post Cybercriminals Spoof US Government Organizations in BEC, Phishing Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original

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