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SMS About Bank Fraud as a Pretext for Voice Phishing

Krebs on Security

Smishing messages usually include a link to a site that spoofs a popular bank and tries to siphon personal information. But increasingly, phishers are turning to a hybrid form of smishing — blasting out linkless text messages about suspicious bank transfers as a pretext for immediately calling and scamming anyone who responds via text.

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Alert: New Phishing Attack Delivers Keylogger Disguised as Bank Payment Notice

The Hacker News

A new phishing campaign has been observed leveraging a novel loader malware to deliver an information stealer and keylogger called Agent Tesla. Trustwave SpiderLabs said it identified a phishing email bearing this attack chain on March 8, 2024. The archive ("Bank Handlowy w Warszawie

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New Banking Trojan CHAVECLOAK Targets Brazilian Users via Phishing Tactics

The Hacker News

Users in Brazil are the target of a new banking trojan known as CHAVECLOAK that's propagated via phishing emails bearing PDF attachments. This intricate attack involves the PDF downloading a ZIP file and subsequently utilizing DLL side-loading techniques to execute the final malware," Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Cara Lin said.

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LabHost cybercrime service lets anyone phish Canadian bank users

Bleeping Computer

The Phishing as a Service (PhaaS) platform 'LabHost' has been helping cybercriminals target North American banks, particularly financial institutes in Canada, causing a notable increase in activity. [.]

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Commercial Banking Takes on Reverse Proxy Phishing

Security Boulevard

The online commercial banking industry is experiencing a rising challenge with the subtle yet impactful presence of reverse proxy attacks, particularly in the form of reverse proxy phishing. Read on […] The post Commercial Banking Takes on Reverse Proxy Phishing appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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When Bank Communication is Indistinguishable from Phishing Attacks

Troy Hunt

You know how banks really, really want to avoid their customers falling victim to phishing scams? And how they put a heap of effort into education to warn folks about the hallmarks of phishing scams? And how banks are the shining beacons of light when it comes to demonstrating security best practices? Ah, cheeky phisher!

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Android banking trojans: How they steal passwords and drain bank accounts

Malwarebytes

For the most popular operating system in the world—which is Android and it isn’t even a contest —there’s a sneaky cyberthreat that can empty out a person’s bank accounts to fill the illicit coffers of cybercriminals. What are Android banking trojans? Take the SharkBot banking trojan, which Malwarebytes detects and stops.

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