What keeps phishing training from fading over time 2025-11-07 at 13:28 By Mirko Zorz When employees stop falling for phishing emails, it is rarely luck. A new study shows that steady, mandatory phishing training can cut risky behavior over time. After one year of continuous simulations and follow-up lessons, employees were half as likely to […]
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Massive China-Linked Smishing Campaign Leveraged 194,000 Domains 2025-10-27 at 16:57 By Ionut Arghire The malicious Smishing Triad domains were used to collect sensitive information, including Social Security numbers. The post Massive China-Linked Smishing Campaign Leveraged 194,000 Domains appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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Researchers expose large-scale YouTube malware distribution network 2025-10-23 at 17:37 By Zeljka Zorz Check Point researchers have uncovered, mapped and helped set back a stealthy, large-scale malware distribution operation on YouTube they dubbed the “YouTube Ghost Network.” The network published more than 3,000 videos across compromised or fake channels, luring viewers with game cheats, cracked […]
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Malicious Code on Unity Website Skims Information From Hundreds of Customers 2025-10-13 at 18:46 By Eduard Kovacs The video game software development company says the incident impacted users of its SpeedTree website. The post Malicious Code on Unity Website Skims Information From Hundreds of Customers appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from […]
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NPM Infrastructure Abused in Phishing Campaign Aimed at Industrial and Electronics Firms 2025-10-13 at 16:03 By Ionut Arghire Threat actors used automation to create over 175 malicious NPM packages targeting more than 135 organizations. The post NPM Infrastructure Abused in Phishing Campaign Aimed at Industrial and Electronics Firms appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is […]
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Researchers uncover ClickFix-themed phishing kit 2025-10-08 at 16:26 By Zeljka Zorz Palo Alto Networks researchers have discovered and analyzed “IUAM ClickFix Generator”, a phishing kit that allows less skilled attackers to infect unsuspecting users with malware by using the increasingly popular ClickFix social engineering technique. “This tool allows threat actors to create highly customizable phishing […]
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Microsoft spots LLM-obfuscated phishing attack 2025-09-25 at 19:00 By Zeljka Zorz Cybercriminals are increasingly using AI-powered tools and (malicious) large language models to create convincing, error-free emails, deepfakes, online personas, lookalike/fake websites, and malware. There’s even been a documented instance of an attacker using the agentic AI coding assistant Claude Code (along with Kali Linux) […]
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PyPI Warns Users of Fresh Phishing Campaign 2025-09-25 at 19:00 By Ionut Arghire Threat actors impersonating PyPI ask users to verify their email for security purposes, directing them to fake websites. The post PyPI Warns Users of Fresh Phishing Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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FBI Warns of Spoofed IC3 Website 2025-09-22 at 12:47 By Ionut Arghire Threat actors likely spoofed the official government website for personal information theft and monetary fraudulent activity. The post FBI Warns of Spoofed IC3 Website appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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Microsoft disrupts the RaccoonO365 Phishing-as-a-Service operation, names alleged leader 2025-09-17 at 15:23 By Zeljka Zorz Microsoft and Cloudflare have disrupted a Phishing-as-a-Service operation selling the RaccoonO365 kit for stealing Microsoft 365 account credentials. “Using a court order granted by the Southern District of New York, [we] seized 338 websites associated with the popular service, disrupting […]
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Old file types, new tricks: Attackers turn everyday files into weapons 2025-09-17 at 07:44 By Anamarija Pogorelec Attackers are finding new ways to blend in with everyday business tools, hiding their activity inside formats and processes that workers and IT teams often trust. The latest quarterly Threat Insights Report from HP Wolf Security shows how […]
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Fake npm 2FA reset email led to compromise of popular code packages 2025-09-09 at 16:51 By Zeljka Zorz Malicious versions of at least 18 widely used npm packages were uploaded to the npm Registry on Monday, following the compromise of their maintainer’s account. “The packages were updated to contain a piece of code that would […]
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Ransomware Losses Climb as AI Pushes Phishing to New Heights 2025-09-09 at 16:39 By Kevin Townsend Based on real-world insurance claims, Resilience’s midyear report shows vendor risk is declining but costly, ransomware is evolving with triple extortion, and social engineering attacks are accelerating through AI. The post Ransomware Losses Climb as AI Pushes Phishing to […]
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Attackers use “Contact Us” forms and fake NDAs to phish industrial manufacturing firms 2025-08-29 at 14:19 By Zeljka Zorz A recently uncovered phishing campaign – carefully designed to bypass security defenses and avoid detection by its intended victims – is targeting firms in industrial manufacturing and other companies critical to various supply chains, Check Point […]
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Hackers Weaponize Trust with AI-Crafted Emails to Deploy ScreenConnect 2025-08-27 at 20:01 By Kevin Townsend AI-powered phishing attacks leverage ConnectWise ScreenConnect for remote access, underscoring their sophistication. The post Hackers Weaponize Trust with AI-Crafted Emails to Deploy ScreenConnect appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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What CISOs can learn from Doppel’s new AI-driven social engineering simulation 2025-08-27 at 07:51 By Sinisa Markovic Doppel has introduced a new product called Doppel Simulation, which expands its platform for defending against social engineering. The tool uses autonomous AI agents to create multi-channel simulations that mirror how attackers operate across email, SMS, messaging apps, […]
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URL-based threats become a go-to tactic for cybercriminals 2025-08-21 at 07:34 By Help Net Security Cybercriminals are using advanced social engineering and AI-generated content to make malicious URLs difficult for users to identify, according to Proofpoint. Whether through email, text messages, or collaboration apps, URL-based threats now dominate the cyber threat landscape. Attackers are not […]
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Cybercriminals are getting personal, and it’s working 2025-08-07 at 09:15 By Help Net Security Cybercriminals are deploying unidentifiable phishing kits (58% of phishing sites) to propagate malicious campaigns at scale, indicating a trend towards custom-made or obfuscated deployments, according to VIPRE Security. These phishing kits can’t easily be reverse-engineered, tracked, or caught. AI makes them […]
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UK Student Sentenced to Prison for Selling Phishing Kits 2025-07-25 at 16:19 By Ionut Arghire Ollie Holman was sentenced to prison for selling over 1,000 phishing kits that caused estimated losses of over $134 million. The post UK Student Sentenced to Prison for Selling Phishing Kits appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt […]
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High-Value NPM Developers Compromised in New Phishing Campaign 2025-07-24 at 14:22 By Ionut Arghire Hackers have injected malware into popular NPM packages after compromising several developer accounts in a fresh phishing campaign. The post High-Value NPM Developers Compromised in New Phishing Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original […]
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