Phishers Spoof USPS, 12 Other Natl’ Postal Services
Recent weeks have seen a sizable uptick in the number of phishing scams targeting U.S. Postal Service (USPS) customers. Here's…
FTC warns of ‘staggering’ losses to social media scams since 2021
The Federal Trade Commission says Americans have lost at least $2.7 billion to social media scams since 2021, with the…
New Malwarebytes Survey: Consumers Lack Trust in New Tech
PRESS RELEASE SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Malwarebytes, a global leader in real-time cyber protection, today...
USPS Anchors Snowballing Smishing Campaigns
Researchers found 164 domains connected to a single threat actor located in Tehran.
Will the Supreme Court’s conservatives bring out the ‘bulldozer’ on the consumer protection agency?
When the Supreme Court ruled against the federal agency that protects consumers from financial scams in 2020, it let the…
Amazon sends Mastercard, Google Play gift card order emails by mistake
Amazon mistakenly sent out purchase confirmation emails for Hotels.com, Google Play, and Mastercard gift cards to customers, making many worried…
Don’t Get Burned by CAPTCHAs: A Recipe for Accurate Bot Protection
Traditional CAPTCHAs, such as reCAPTCHA, no longer protect online businesses adequately. Real users hate them. Bots bypass them. It's time…
Fake celebrity photo leak videos flood TikTok with Temu referral codes
TikTok is flooded with videos promoting fake nude celebrity photo leaks used to push referral rewards for the Temu online…
Will Generative AI Kill the Nigerian Prince Scam?
A linguist analyzes whether GPT will improve the notoriously agrammatical scam — or finally render it a thing of the…
China-Linked Actor Taps Linux Backdoor in Forceful Espionage Campaign
"SprySOCKS" melds features from multiple previously known badware and adds to the threat actor's growing malware arsenal, Trend Micro says.