Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The darknet market has been active since February 2023, it was used by criminals to sell narcotics anonymously. The administrator of Sipulitie said in public forums that turnover on its market was 1.3 .” reads the Finnish Customs’s announcement. million euros.

Marketing

SecureList

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Review of last year’s predictions The number of services providing AV evasion for malware (cryptors) will increase We continuously monitor underground markets for the emergence of new “cryptors,” which are tools specifically designed to obfuscate the code within malware samples.

Marketing

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Localization is a combination of measures aimed at adapting your business, product, and messaging to the requirements of the local market and tastes of the local customers. Religious and cultural taboos should be taken into account to prevent alienation of your audiences in the new market. EU, and China.

Marketing

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2024

In January, KrebsOnSecurity told the story of a Canadian man who was falsely charged with larceny and lost his job after becoming the victim of a complex e-commerce scam known as triangulation fraud. In this scam, you receive what you ordered, and the only party left to dispute the transaction is the owner of the stolen payment card.

Scams

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

“Operation Serengeti (2 September – 31 October) targeted criminals behind ransomware, business email compromise (BEC), digital extortion and online scams – all identified as prominent threats in the 2024 Africa Cyber Threat Assessment Report.” Nigerian authorities arrested a man behind a $300K crypto scam.

Scams

Heimadal Security

JULY 25, 2025

The conversational AI market is exploding. While businesses use AI to boost customer service, cybercriminals are jumping in too, launching slick impersonation scams. These scams are spreading fast. Grand View Research suggests it’s set to jump from $11.58 billion in 2024 to $41.39 billion by 2030, a massive 23.7%

Scams

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

And 2025 will be no different, as increasingly sophisticated online hackers seek to take advantage of Valentine's themed email traffic, social media advertisements, or marketing campaigns, and exploit heightened emotions and a desire to connect. Verify charities before donating Scam emails and messages impersonating charities are common.

Scams

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 31, 2025

On January 29, the FBI and the Dutch national police seized the technical infrastructure for a cybercrime service marketed under the brands Heartsender , Fudpage and Fudtools (and many other “fud” variations). One of several current Fudtools sites run by the principals of The Manipulators.

Phishing

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 7, 2025

The attacks underscore the vulnerability that all businesses face—large or small—in preventing cyberattacks that begin through basic social engineering scams. But once ensnared in the phone scam, employees are tricked into entering an 8-digit code that will connect to a data exfiltration program owned and operated entirely by the hackers.

Scams

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Political ads could be hiding online scams, many people feel, and the election, they say, will likely fall victim to some type of “cyber interference.” 52% are “very concerned” or “concerned” about “falling prey to a scam when interacting with political messages.” Avoid robocalls and phone scams.

Scams

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

According to the market share website statista.com , booking.com is by far the Internet’s busiest travel service, with nearly 550 million visits in September. A scan of social media networks showed this is not an uncommon scam. SecureWorks said these attacks had been going on since at least March 2023.

Phishing

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 5, 2025

SentinelOne researchers found multiple ongoing crypto scams that use AI-generated videos on aged YouTube accounts to market trading bots that hide malicious smart contracts that are designed to empty victim crypto wallets of Ethereum.

Scams

Malwarebytes

MARCH 12, 2025

SEO and ad manipulation: More domains mean more search engine presence, allowing these companies to dominate the online gambling market and attract unsuspecting bettors. Phishing and fraud risks: Users might unknowingly enter personal and financial details on a fake version of the site, opening themselves up to scams and identity theft.

Scams

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

That investigation detailed how the 38-year-old Shefel adopted the nickname Rescator while working as vice president of payments at ChronoPay , a Russian financial company that paid spammers to advertise fake antivirus scams, male enhancement drugs and knockoff pharmaceuticals.

Advertising

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Department of Justice (DOJ) , the seized domains were actively facilitating the sale of phishing kits, scam pages, and other fraud tools, which were then used by transnational organized crime groups to conduct business email compromise (BEC) schemes. According to the U.S.

Phishing

SecureWorld News

JULY 17, 2025

Introduction: A high-tech twist on age-old scams Impersonation fraud is not new, but the scale and believability of recent AI-driven schemes pose an unprecedented threat to financial organizations. In 2025, U.S. Figure 1: Projected U.S. What used to require Hollywood-level resources can now be done with off-the-shelf AI tools.

Banking

Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2025

” The police identified 270 suspects through intelligence from dark web market takedowns, including Nemesis , Bohemia , Kingdom Markets, and Tor2Door. Drug sales still dominate, with rising prescription drug and scam listings. The suspects made thousands of illicit sales using encryption and crypto.

Cybercrime

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

“They employ questionable tactics, such as deceptive marketing that highlights time-limited offers and countdowns, creating a false sense of urgency to pressure users into making hasty decisions. Similar scams were reported globally. ” reads the report published McAfee. ” concludes the report.

Social Engineering

Malwarebytes

MARCH 20, 2025

This blog post was co-authored with Elie Berreby, Senior SEO Strategist Criminals are highly interested in online marketing and advertising tools that they can leverage as part of their ongoing malware campaigns.

Scams

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Deepfake scams will escalate, with threat actors using AI to create convincing impersonations of executives, risking personal and corporate brands. This includes taking snapshot snapshots of your data environment on a regular basis.

Cyber threats

Krebs on Security

APRIL 10, 2025

Phishers using multiple virtualized Android devices to orchestrate and distribute RCS-based scam campaigns. According to Prodaft, the threat actors first acquire phone numbers through various means including data breaches, open-source intelligence, or purchased lists from underground markets. Image: Prodaft.

Phishing

Malwarebytes

MAY 1, 2025

Phishing In phishing scams, cybercriminals trick people and businesses into handing over sensitive information like credit card numbers or login details for vital online accounts. The hackers hijacked the channels to spread cryptocurrency scams, while deleting some of the groups old videos in the process.

Small Business

Krebs on Security

MAY 28, 2025

This wasnt just a scam operation – it was essentially a cybercrime university that empowered fraudsters globally, NCCIA Director Abdul Ghaffar said at a press briefing.

Malware

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 17, 2025

Sea, Sun… and Scams? Yes, summer vibes and scams don’t mix well. Beware the “Too Good to Be True” Deals Holiday markets, beach stalls, pop-up shops. Digital scams also spike in summer; beware of emails promising “exclusive summer discounts” or “urgent travel updates” that ask for your credit card details.

Scams

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Cybersecurity awareness training helps staff recognize phishing scams , social engineering attempts, and other threats. In addition to protecting your employees, companies that follow best practices in cybersecurity demonstrate their commitment to customer data security — a quality that can enhance brand reputation in a competitive market.

Ransomware

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

“They employ questionable tactics, such as deceptive marketing that highlights time-limited offers and countdowns, creating a false sense of urgency to pressure users into making hasty decisions. Similar scams were reported globally. ” reads the report published McAfee. ” concludes the report.

Social Engineering

Malwarebytes

MARCH 18, 2025

Reddit posts target crypto enthusiasts Scammers are lurking on subreddits visited by cryptocurrency traders and posting about free access to TradingView, a web-based platform and social network that provides charting tools for analyzing financial markets, including stocks, forex, cryptocurrencies, and commodities.

Cryptocurrency

Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2025

digital , a digital marketing site with suspicious activity. Their TrustPilot pages show many 5-star reviews with similar, likely AI-generated content, and occasional 1-star reviews calling them scams or spammy. DNS records link domains like servicewrap-go[.]com com to 77980.bodis[.]com com , a known malvertising host.

eCommerce

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2025

Cybersecurity experts are now warning that clicking the familiar “unsubscribe” button at the bottom of unwanted emails could lead to phishing scams or malware attacks. For instance, many email services, such as Gmail, display a built-in “unsubscribe” button near the top of marketing emails.

Phishing

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Amini Pedram Amini , Chief Scientist, Opswat The sophistication and abuse of AI are escalating as costs drop, driving a surge in ML-assisted scams and attacks on physical devices. Without action, quantum-enabled breaches threaten critical data, national security, and global stability.

Risk

SecureWorld News

APRIL 28, 2025

RELATED: Hong Kong Clerk Defrauded of $25 Million in Sophisticated Deepfake Scam ] Weaponizing data breach with AI Data breaches have always been a valuable resource for attackers, but AI magnifies their impact and can even use cloud automation tricks to better store, segment, and safeguard data. It may not be your manager at all.

Phishing

Malwarebytes

JUNE 6, 2025

Robert Woodford, a recruitment marketing specialist, recently shared on LinkedIn how he fell victim to a highly sophisticated scam while booking a hotel in Verona through Booking.com, providing a striking example of how attacks on the hospitality industry affect travelers. Report suspicious messages to the booking platform immediately.

Scams

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Misinformation and market manipulation : Deepfake videos of CEOs or government officials making false statements can manipulate stock prices or incite public panic. External threats: Disinformation and scams Misinformation campaigns: Deepfakes are increasingly used to spread false information, influence elections, and create social unrest.

Social Engineering

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 20, 2025

FTC Surveillance Pricing Study Indicates Wide Range of Personal Data Used to Set Individualized Consumer Prices Federal Trade Commission FTC launched a "surveillance pricing market study" which concluded that specific captured details and data is used to target consumers with different prices for the same goods and services.

Surveillance

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Even McAfee’s most basic plan includes a VPN, identity monitoring, and text scam detection. Norton 360 lacks text scam detection, but again, Norton does offer a free detection tool, Genie. Its features include ransomware protection, scam prevention, and cryptomining protection. 5 Pricing: 4.7/5 5 Core features: 3.3/5 per year.

Antivirus

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

AI chat tools like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Claudefrom OpenAI competitor Anthropiccan brainstorm ideas for marketing materials, write book reports, compose poems, and even review human-written text for legibility. They can even mimic the styles of famous artists, like Van Gogh, Rembrandt, and Picasso.

Artificial Intelligence

Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2025

CISA adds RoundCube Webmail and Erlang Erlang/OTP SSH server flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Mirai botnets exploit Wazuh RCE, Akamai warned China-linked threat actor targeted +70 orgs worldwide, SentinelOne warns DOJ moves to seize $7.74M in crypto linked to North Korean IT worker scam OpenAI bans ChatGPT accounts linked to Russian, (..)

Spyware