Presently sponsored by: Malwarebytes Browser Guard blocks phishing, ads, scams, and trackers for safer, faster browsing How much tech stuff do I have sitting there in progress, literally just within arm's reach? I kick off this week's video going through it, and it's kinda nuts. Doing runeos and house build doesn't help, but it means there's
Source: Krebs on SecurityPublished:
2025-08-15 18:27
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Cybercriminal groups peddling sophisticated phishing kits that convert stolen card data into mobile wallets have recently shifted their focus to targeting customers of brokerage services, new research shows. Undeterred by security controls at these trading platforms that block users from wiring funds directly out of accounts, the phishers have pivoted to using multiple compromised brokerage accounts in unison to manipulate the prices of foreign stocks.
Threat actors are leveraging a Unicode character to make phishing links appear like legitimate Booking.com links in a new campaign distributing malware. The attack makes use of the Japanese hiragana character, ん, which can, on some systems, appear as a forward slash and make a phishing URL appear realistic to a person at first. [...]
Presently sponsored by: Malwarebytes Browser Guard blocks phishing, ads, scams, and trackers for safer, faster browsing Spoiler: I have data from the story in the title of this post, it's mostly what I expected it to be, I've just added it to HIBP where I've called it "Data Troll", and I'm going to give everyone a
Security researchers have created a new FIDO downgrade attack against Microsoft Entra ID that tricks users into authenticating with weaker login methods, making them susceptible to phishing and session hijacking. [...]
Presently sponsored by: Malwarebytes Browser Guard blocks phishing, ads, scams, and trackers for safer, faster browsing We were recently travelling to faraway lands, doing meet and greets with gov partners, when one of them posed an interesting idea: Initially, I was
Source: Schneier on SecurityPublished:
2025-08-12 11:01
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A few years ago, scammers invented a new phishing email. They would claim to have hacked your computer, turned your webcam on, and videoed you watching porn or having sex. BuzzFeed has an article talking about a “shockingly realistic” variant, which includes photos of you and your house—more specific information. The article contains “steps you can take to figure out if it’s a scam,” but omits the first and most fundamental piece of advice: If the hacker had incriminating video about you, they w...
Presently sponsored by: Malwarebytes Browser Guard blocks phishing, ads, scams, and trackers for safer, faster browsing I think the most amusing comment I had during this live stream was one to the effect of expecting me to have all my tech things neat and ordered. As I look around me now, there are Shellys with cables hanging off them all over my desk, the keyboard I&
Native phishing turns trusted tools into attack delivery systems. Varonis shows how attackers weaponize Microsoft 365 apps, like OneNote & OneDrive, to send convincing internal lures and how to spot them before they spread. [...]
The U.S. Department of Justice charged four Ghanaian nationals for their roles in a massive fraud ring linked to the theft of over $100 million in romance scams and business email compromise attacks. [...]