Troy Hunt

MARCH 8, 2025

That was a seriously weird week with lots of build-up to an event that last occurred before I was born. We survived the cyclone! It'd been 50 years since a cyclone came this far south, and the media was full of alarming predictions of destruction. In the end, we maxed out at 52kts just after I recorded this video: It’s here.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 9, 2019

A ransomware outbreak that hit QuickBooks cloud hosting firm iNSYNQ in mid-July appears to have started with an email phishing attack that snared an employee working in sales for the company, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. ” “They decided they were coming after us,” he said. Image: Accenture iDefense.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2024

From generating deepfakes to enhancing phishing campaigns, GAI is evolving into a tool for large-scale cyber offenses GAI has captured the attention of researchers and investors for its transformative potential across industries. The use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in disinformation campaigns is no longer hypothetical.

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Doctor Chaos

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Instead, it uses legitimate system tools and functions to carry out malicious actions, making it difficult to detect and prevent.Fileless malware attacks often start with a phishing email or other social engineering technique that tricks the victim into clicking on a malicious link or opening a malicious attachment.

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Bleeping Computer

JULY 8, 2024

In an ongoing extortion campaign against Ticketmaster, threat actors have leaked almost 39,000 print-at-home tickets for 150 upcoming concerts and events, including Pearl Jam, Phish, Tate McCrae, and Foo Fighters. [.]

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 21, 2025

A Russian state-linked hacking group is ramping up its cyberattacks against diplomatic targets across Europe, using a new stealthy malware tool known as GrapeLoader to deliver malicious payloads through cleverly disguised phishing emails. The phishing emails come with a tempting subject: wine tasting.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 4, 2021

Yet as Black Hat USA 2021 returns today as a live event in Las Vegas, it remains so true that we can always be fooled — and that the prime vehicle for hornswoggling us remains phishing messages sent via business email. Cybersecurity awareness training is valuable and has its place.

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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 2, 2020

22% of breaches begin with phishing (DBIR 2020). Sponsored by: Tines. Submit suspicious emails and attachments to Phish.ly for free immediate analysis!

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 11, 2022

As their cities suffered more intense bombardment by Russian military forces this week, Ukrainian Internet users came under renewed cyberattacks, with one Internet company providing service there saying they blocked ten times the normal number of phishing and malware attacks targeting Ukrainians. Of those 121 million events, 4.6

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Malwarebytes

MAY 8, 2025

We discovered a new phishing kit targeting payroll and payment platforms that aims to not only steal victims’ credentials but also to commit wire fraud. Clicking on the ad sent employees and employers to a phishing website impersonating Deel. Phishing portal and 2FA The first phishing domain we saw was login-deel[.]app

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2024

FakeCall is a banking trojan that uses voice phishing by impersonating banks in fraudulent calls to obtain sensitive information from victims. Upon detecting specific events (e.g., The malware allows operators to steal bank users’ sensitive information and money from their bank accounts.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2025

Check Point Research team reported that Russia-linked cyberespionage group APT29 (aka SVR group , Cozy Bear , Nobelium , BlueBravo , Midnight Blizzard , and The Dukes ) is behind a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting European diplomatic entities, using a new WINELOADER variant and a previously unknown malware called GRAPELOADER.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2024

Adaptive phishing campaigns are emerging as an increasingly sophisticated threat in the cybersecurity landscape. The phenomenon This phenomenon represents an evolution of traditional phishing tactics, as attackers seek to overcome defenses using more personalized and targeted approaches.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Cybersecurity training for small businesses is critical, and SMBs should invest in training programs to help employees recognize threats such as phishing attacks, ransomware, and other malicious activities. INE Security emphasizes the importance of regular training forall employees.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Originating from the conferences events located at the Las Vegas Convention Center ; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post DEF CON 32 – Evading Modern Defenses When Phishing With Pixels appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2025

The backdoor is distributed through: Phishing emails with themes such as code of conduct to trick users into downloading the malware. The backdoor can drop additional payloads, block input, clear event logs, wipe clipboard, delete browser data, and erase profiles for apps like Skype and Telegram.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 24, 2025

Originating from the conferences events located at the Tuscany Suites & Casino ; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post BSidesLV24 – Ground Truth – Devising And Detecting Spear Phishing appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Troy Hunt

JUNE 12, 2025

Interesting, Switzerland was by far the most dominant "come and say g'day" country, and we've ended up with events or meetups in Zurich, Bern and Geneva, along with invites in other places we just didn't have time to make work.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2024

0KTAPUS In August 2022, KrebsOnSecurity wrote about peering inside the data harvested in a months-long cybercrime campaign by Scattered Spider involving countless SMS-based phishing attacks against employees at major corporations. A Scattered Spider phishing lure sent to Twilio employees.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

AI-powered cryptocurrency attacks will automate phishing and exploit vulnerabilities. Dulce Sagie Dulce , VP Research, Zero Networks In 2025, AI will empower both defenders and attackersimproving incident response for the former while accelerating exploits and phishing for the latter.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A financial cybercrime group calling itself the Disneyland Team has been making liberal use of visually confusing phishing domains that spoof popular bank brands using Punycode , an Internet standard that allows web browsers to render domain names with non-Latin alphabets like Cyrillic. com — which was created to phish U.S.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2025

” APT41 used spear phishing emails with a ZIP file hosted on a hacked government site. It creates hidden events on specific hardcoded dates to exfiltrate stolen data and receive commands. Commands are placed in Calendar event descriptions, retrieved and decrypted by the malware, then executed on the infected system.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 7, 2025

Their themes touch on phishing, man-in-the middle attacks, cryptography and decryption, incident response, and more. Lured by the Sweet: Avoiding the Phishing Trap Similar to Hansel and Gretel, who were tempted by a candy-coated trap, phishing attacks entice victims with seemingly irresistible offers or legitimate-looking emails and websites.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In this post, we explore a particular phishing scam targeting corporate users via the AnyDesk remote software and how ThreatDown can prevent the misuse of such programs by cybercriminals. Attackers could trick them by sending them to a typical phishing page or making them download malware, all of which are good options.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 30, 2024

ISO 22317: Focuses on Business Impact Analysis (BIA), detailing the processes for identifying and evaluating the impact of different events on business operations. Collect and safeguard critical artifacts such as event logs, system logs, and authentication records from corporate systems.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2024

The victim will then be so distracted that they won’t notice strange events on their device such as (for example) system popups or increased fan noise caused by high CPU utilization, which is often an early warning sign of a malware infection in progress.” ” reads the analysis published by the BlackBerry researchers.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 15, 2025

Some forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) can be phished just as easily as a password. 2FA that relies on a FIDO2 device cant be phished. Phishing attacks often impersonate people or brands you know, and use themes that require urgent attention, such as missed deliveries, account suspensions, and security alerts.

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Jane Frankland

MAY 16, 2025

Ticket & Holiday Scams Fake tickets for concerts, sports events, or festivals. Fake Charity Appeals: Especially after major disasters or global events. MFA Bypass Methods: SIM swaps, malware, or phishing sites that trick you into revealing or approving access. Victims are then blackmailed with intimate content.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Security incident statistics for 2024 In 2024, the MDR infrastructure received and processed on average 15,000 telemetry events per host every day, generating security alerts as a result. User Execution and Phishing remain top threats. What methods are they using today? How can their activities be effectively detected?

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 19, 2025

The Breach Notification Rule requires the provision of a notification to affected individuals, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and, in certain circumstances, to the media, in the event of a breach of unsecured PHI. Some forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) can be phished just as easily as a password. Take your time.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 7, 2025

Organizations need to take a layered approach to close the gaps before attacks progress deeper into their environments, resulting in events like ransomware and account takeover. SpyClouds data from breaches, malware-infected devices, and successful phishes also powers many popular dark web monitoring and identity theft protection offerings.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 17, 2022

Unfortunately, brackets create opportunities for a wide array of phishing and hacking campaigns, particularly in workplaces where a lot of brackets are distributed. The outcome of over 60 games is wagered on through shared files or online services. . Change passwords regularly. Create a culture of cybersecurity and data hygiene.

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Google Security

JUNE 13, 2025

of spam, phishing attempts, and malware. For example, potentially risky operations like deleting a calendar event may trigger an explicit user confirmation request, thereby helping to prevent undetected or immediate execution of the operation. The Gemini app with instructions to delete all events on Saturday.

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Javvad Malik

JULY 7, 2021

If you break it down, you can say, Logan Paul got paid around $1 for every fan he got to tune into the event. In the past year or so, we’ve seen many examples of simulated phishing attacks go wrong and anger employees.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In this post, we explore a particular phishing scam targeting corporate users via the AnyDesk remote software and how ThreatDown can prevent the misuse of such programs by cybercriminals. Attackers could trick them by sending them to a typical phishing page or making them download malware, all of which are good options.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 23, 2025

These quick scans can become gateways—not to a menu or coupon, but to malicious phishing sites, malware downloads, or credential theft. The mechanics behind a quishing attack Quishing (short for QR phishing) isn't radically new. It's just phishing through a new lens. Cafés, libraries, gyms, event spaces—all host QR codes daily.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 11, 2019

and higher can now be used as Security Keys , an additional authentication layer that helps thwart phishing sites and password theft. Many readers have expressed confusion or skepticism about how Security Keys can prevent users from getting hooked by phishing sites or clever man-in-the-middle attacks.

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