AI-Powered Phishing Scams Surge, Causing Massive Financial Losses
AI-powered phishing emails are becoming increasingly sophisticated and successful, causing substantial financial losses in Canada; the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre reported that cybercrimes, including phishing, accounted for the bulk of the \$531 million in losses reported in 2022, a number expected t...
AI-Powered Phishing Scams Surge, Causing Massive Financial Losses
AI-powered phishing emails are becoming increasingly sophisticated and successful, causing substantial financial losses in Canada; the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre reported that cybercrimes, including phishing, accounted for the bulk of the \$531 million in losses reported in 2022, a number expected t...
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40% Bias Score
Android Malware Attack Bypasses Google Play Protect
A new Android malware attack, originating from fraudulent ads on Facebook and TikTok, tricks users into disabling Google Play Protect to install malicious apps, causing financial losses; the attack exploits WhatsApp, and cybersecurity firms have issued warnings.
Android Malware Attack Bypasses Google Play Protect
A new Android malware attack, originating from fraudulent ads on Facebook and TikTok, tricks users into disabling Google Play Protect to install malicious apps, causing financial losses; the attack exploits WhatsApp, and cybersecurity firms have issued warnings.
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52% Bias Score
PayPal Phishing Attack Bypasses Security With Legitimate Features
A new phishing attack uses a legitimate PayPal money request feature from a seemingly valid address to trick users. The attacker uses a free Microsoft 365 test domain for mass distribution, making the attack difficult to detect by traditional security measures, as highlighted by Fortiguard's CISO, w...
PayPal Phishing Attack Bypasses Security With Legitimate Features
A new phishing attack uses a legitimate PayPal money request feature from a seemingly valid address to trick users. The attacker uses a free Microsoft 365 test domain for mass distribution, making the attack difficult to detect by traditional security measures, as highlighted by Fortiguard's CISO, w...
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28% Bias Score
Massive Google Chrome Extension Hack Bypasses 2FA
A cyberattack in late December 2024 compromised at least 35 Google Chrome extensions, potentially impacting 2.6 million users; attackers used phishing emails and fake Chrome Web Store domains to distribute malware bypassing two-factor authentication, specifically targeting Facebook accounts.
Massive Google Chrome Extension Hack Bypasses 2FA
A cyberattack in late December 2024 compromised at least 35 Google Chrome extensions, potentially impacting 2.6 million users; attackers used phishing emails and fake Chrome Web Store domains to distribute malware bypassing two-factor authentication, specifically targeting Facebook accounts.
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32% Bias Score
iOS Devices More Vulnerable to Phishing Attacks Than Android: Lookout Report
Lookout's Q3 2024 report reveals iOS devices faced significantly more phishing attacks (18.4%) than Android (11.4%), especially in enterprise settings where iOS devices are more prevalent and experienced nearly double the attack rate (19% vs 10.9%), highlighting the need for improved security measur...
iOS Devices More Vulnerable to Phishing Attacks Than Android: Lookout Report
Lookout's Q3 2024 report reveals iOS devices faced significantly more phishing attacks (18.4%) than Android (11.4%), especially in enterprise settings where iOS devices are more prevalent and experienced nearly double the attack rate (19% vs 10.9%), highlighting the need for improved security measur...
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36% Bias Score
AI-Powered Phishing Attacks Target Gmail's 2.5 Billion Users
AI-powered phishing attacks targeting Gmail's 2.5 billion users are leveraging deepfake technology to create highly convincing fake videos and audio recordings, prompting warnings from Google and McAfee to double-check unexpected requests and verify security emails directly through myaccount.google....
AI-Powered Phishing Attacks Target Gmail's 2.5 Billion Users
AI-powered phishing attacks targeting Gmail's 2.5 billion users are leveraging deepfake technology to create highly convincing fake videos and audio recordings, prompting warnings from Google and McAfee to double-check unexpected requests and verify security emails directly through myaccount.google....
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40% Bias Score
Microsoft Fights Back Against AI-Powered Cyberattacks
Microsoft is taking legal action against a foreign threat actor who exploited generative AI services, including OpenAI's DALL-E, to create and sell harmful content after scraping exposed customer credentials; this highlights the growing threat of AI-powered cyberattacks in 2025.
Microsoft Fights Back Against AI-Powered Cyberattacks
Microsoft is taking legal action against a foreign threat actor who exploited generative AI services, including OpenAI's DALL-E, to create and sell harmful content after scraping exposed customer credentials; this highlights the growing threat of AI-powered cyberattacks in 2025.
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56% Bias Score
PayPal Phishing Attack Bypasses Security Using Legitimate Features
A new PayPal phishing attack uses legitimate PayPal features and a valid sender address, bypassing typical email security measures and tricking victims into paying fraudulent invoices. The attack was discovered by Fortiguard's CISO, who was targeted with a $2,185.96 payment request.
PayPal Phishing Attack Bypasses Security Using Legitimate Features
A new PayPal phishing attack uses legitimate PayPal features and a valid sender address, bypassing typical email security measures and tricking victims into paying fraudulent invoices. The attack was discovered by Fortiguard's CISO, who was targeted with a $2,185.96 payment request.
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48% Bias Score
BEC Scam Highlights Email Security Vulnerabilities
Teresa W. almost lost thousands of dollars in a BEC scam where hackers accessed her email, created an Outlook rule to forward fraudulent emails to her banker, and impersonated her to initiate a wire transfer; her banker's vigilance prevented the loss.
BEC Scam Highlights Email Security Vulnerabilities
Teresa W. almost lost thousands of dollars in a BEC scam where hackers accessed her email, created an Outlook rule to forward fraudulent emails to her banker, and impersonated her to initiate a wire transfer; her banker's vigilance prevented the loss.
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44% Bias Score
Gmail Account Hack Leads to \$500,000 Cryptocurrency Theft
A Seattle firefighter lost \$500,000 in cryptocurrency after a hacker, using a combination of fake Google support emails and a real Google phone number, convinced the victim to approve an account recovery prompt, granting access to his account and cryptocurrency stored in Google Photos.
Gmail Account Hack Leads to \$500,000 Cryptocurrency Theft
A Seattle firefighter lost \$500,000 in cryptocurrency after a hacker, using a combination of fake Google support emails and a real Google phone number, convinced the victim to approve an account recovery prompt, granting access to his account and cryptocurrency stored in Google Photos.
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52% Bias Score
AI-Powered Phishing Attacks Target Gmail's 2.5 Billion Users
AI-driven phishing attacks targeting Gmail's 2.5 billion users are increasing, using deepfake technology and LLMs to create realistic and difficult-to-detect malware; Unit 42 research offers a potential solution using adversarial machine learning algorithms to improve detection and defense.
AI-Powered Phishing Attacks Target Gmail's 2.5 Billion Users
AI-driven phishing attacks targeting Gmail's 2.5 billion users are increasing, using deepfake technology and LLMs to create realistic and difficult-to-detect malware; Unit 42 research offers a potential solution using adversarial machine learning algorithms to improve detection and defense.
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44% Bias Score
FlowerStorm: New 2FA Bypass Threat Emerges After Rockstar 2FA Collapse
Sophos reports the collapse of the Rockstar 2FA exploit service, but a similar threat, FlowerStorm, has emerged, sharing significant similarities. FlowerStorm has been active since June 2024 and targets Google and Microsoft users via phishing attacks.
FlowerStorm: New 2FA Bypass Threat Emerges After Rockstar 2FA Collapse
Sophos reports the collapse of the Rockstar 2FA exploit service, but a similar threat, FlowerStorm, has emerged, sharing significant similarities. FlowerStorm has been active since June 2024 and targets Google and Microsoft users via phishing attacks.
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44% Bias Score