Phishing

A sophisticated new phishing campaign identified targeting job seekers with fraudulent Meta and WhatsApp employment opportunities. The attack, which emerges amid a 12% rise in global phishing attempts since 2024, employs advanced social engineering tactics to harvest credentials and extort...

Phishing is the most prevalent and damaging cyber threat facing organizations and individuals worldwide. Despite technological advancements in cybersecurity, phishing attacks have persisted and evolved, exploiting human psychology and digital defense gaps. Phishing's simplicity, adaptability, and high success rate make it...

An interconnected digital landscape differentiates the current era from previous ones, as using the internet for various personal and professional purposes was uncommon then. While this phenomenon has eased multiple tasks for people of different demographics, it has also...

A new wave of phishing emails is sweeping across Latin America, and once again, Grandoreiro is behind it. This banking trojan is no newcomer; it's been active for years, evolving steadily into a more sophisticated and evasive threat.   With targeted...

With less than a month until the federal income tax return deadline on April 15, cybercriminals are intensifying their efforts to exploit taxpayers rushing to file their returns. Security experts warn that this time-sensitive period creates an ideal environment...

QR code Phishing, or "Quishing," is a cyber threat that exploits the widespread use of QR (Quick Response) codes in phishing attacks.  Quishing takes advantage of the recent high-use volume and increasing popularity of QR codes. These codes, which can...

As organizations increasingly integrate Microsoft Copilot into their daily workflows, cybercriminals have developed sophisticated phishing campaigns specifically targeting users of this AI-powered assistant.  Microsoft Copilot, which launched in 2023, has rapidly become an essential productivity tool for many organizations, integrating...

Tax season has become a high-stakes battleground for cybercriminals, who leverage advanced technologies like deepfake audio and AI-generated phishing campaigns to steal over $10,000 from unsuspecting victims.  According to a 2025 McAfee survey, 10% of tax scam losses exceeded $10,000,...

YouTube has issued an urgent alert to content creators regarding a highly sophisticated phishing campaign exploiting AI-generated deepfake technology to hijack accounts.  The attack, first detected in late February 2025, uses fabricated videos of YouTube CEO Neal Mohan to deceive...

Since late 2024, a sophisticated phishing operation leveraging 260 domains to host over 5,000 weaponized PDF files has targeted users across North America, Asia, and Southern Europe.  The campaign employs fake CAPTCHA screens, search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning, and PowerShell-based...