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Hackers Exploit Zoom's Remote Control Feature in Cryptocurrency Heists

SecureWorld News

Victims are sent unsolicited invitations to join Zoom calls, often via links in phishing emails or messages. According to Security Alliance's findings, the campaign relied on social engineering and Zoom's remote control feature to infect targets with malware. billion hack of the Bybit exchange in February 2025.

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As Seen on Channel 5’s Vanessa (Feltz) Show: What to Do if You’re Targeted by a Scam

Jane Frankland

Fraudsters use AI, social engineering, and emotional manipulation to steal not just money, but also trust, time, and peace of mind. MFA Bypass Methods: SIM swaps, malware, or phishing sites that trick you into revealing or approving access. Scams today arent just dodgy emails or shady phone calls.

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APT trends report Q3 2024

SecureList

Based on limited telemetry, we believe with medium to low confidence that some of the initial infections were spear-phishing emails. In this most recent campaign, the actor uses spear-phishing emails, embedding a JavaScript loader as the initial infection vector.

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NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation: Dates, Facts and Requirements

Centraleyes

Enacted in 2017, this regulation is all about minimizing risk in the financial services sector, which, lets face it, is prime real estate for cybercriminals. phishing attacks), and their specific roles in protecting sensitive information. As of 2024, some new NYDFS cybersecurity regulation updates have been added with some amendments.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Iranian Cyber Operations

Security Boulevard

While this activity has been limited to distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, there have also been recent reports of an increase in targeted phishing attacks. CVE Description CVSSv3 Score VPR CVE-2017-11774 Microsoft Outlook Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability 7.8 finance, defense, and energy sectors.

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When Low-Tech Hacks Cause High-Impact Breaches

Krebs on Security

But it’s worth revisiting how this group typically got in to targeted companies: By calling employees and tricking them into navigating to a phishing website. But we do know the March 2020 attack was precipitated by a spear-phishing attack against a GoDaddy employee. In a filing with the U.S.

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Voice Phishers Targeting Corporate VPNs

Krebs on Security

The COVID-19 epidemic has brought a wave of email phishing attacks that try to trick work-at-home employees into giving away credentials needed to remotely access their employers’ networks. For now at least, they appear to be focusing primarily on companies in the financial, telecommunications and social media industries.

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