Fraudsters are taking advantage of the buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) payment model, according to Jim Ducharme, COO of Outseer. On the CyberWire’s Hacking Humans podcast, Ducharme explained that scammers can either impersonate victims or take over their accounts in order to…
Fidelity just published an article titled "Cybersecurity: A growing risk". They note that the threat of Russian cyberattacks highlights vulnerabilities across industries. I'm quoting a small section and I suggest you read the rest of the article here. Why cybersecurity…
Scammers continue to exploit the crisis in Ukraine, according to researchers at Bitdefender. Over the past week, the researchers believe the fraudsters have adjusted their tactics in response to increased media coverage of these scams. “Media coverage on Ukraine charity…
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) describes a cybercriminal group it calls “EXOTIC LILY” that acts as an initial access broker for numerous financially motivated threat actors, including FIN12 and the Conti ransomware gang. EXOTIC LILY uses phishing attacks to gain…
As if stealing all your credentials, cookies, and email wasn’t bad enough, this new version of QakBot inserts itself into your emails, impersonating you to gain access to more victims. I’ve covered QakBot before – in fact, just a few…
Researchers at Avanan warn that attackers are using reCAPTCHAs on their phishing sites to avoid detection by security scanners. “One of the main tasks of reCAPTCHA challenges–those annoying image games you have to play before proceeding to a site– is…
