How phishers hide banking scams behind free Cloudflare Pages
During a recent investigation, we uncovered a phishing operation that combines free hosting on developer platforms with compromised legitimate websites to build convincing banking and…
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Scammers harvesting Facebook photos to stage fake kidnappings, warns FBI
The FBI has warned about a new type of scam where your Facebook pictures are harvested to act as “proof-of-life” pictures in a virtual kidnapping.…
Leaks show Intellexa burning zero-days to keep Predator spyware running
Intellexa is a well-known commercial spyware vendor, servicing governments and large corporations. Its main product is the Predator spyware. An investigation by several independent parties…
How scammers use fake insurance texts to steal your identity
Sometimes it’s hard to understand how some scams work or why criminals would even try them on you. In this case it may have been…
Canadian police trialing facial recognition bodycams
A municipal police force in Canada is now using facial recognition bodycams, it was revealed this week. The police service in the prairie city of…
Canadian police trialling facial recognition bodycams
A municipal police force in Canada is now using facial recognition bodycams, it was revealed this week. The police service in the prairie city of…
Update Chrome now: Google fixes 13 security issues affecting billions
Google has released an update for its Chrome browser that includes 13 security fixes, four of which are classified as high severity. One of these was found…
Attackers have a new way to slip past your MFA
Attackers are using a tool called Evilginx to steal session cookies, letting them bypass the need for a multi-factor authentication (MFA) token. Researchers are warning…
How attackers use real IT tools to take over your computer
A new wave of attacks is exploiting legitimate Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) tools like LogMeIn Resolve (formerly GoToResolve) and PDQ Connect to remotely control…
Fileless protection explained: Blocking the invisible threat others miss
Most antivirus software for personal users scans your computer for malware hiding in files. This is, after all, how most malware is traditionally spread. But…
“Sleeper” browser extensions woke up as spyware on 4 million devices
Researchers have unraveled a malware campaign that really did play the long game. After seven years of behaving normally, a set of browser extensions installed…
Air fryer app caught asking for voice data (re-air) (Lock and Code S06E24)
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… It’s often said online that if a product is free, you’re the product, but what if that…