Fake Hogwarts Legacy cracks lead to adware, scams

Hogwarts Legacy, the much-anticipated Harry Potter video game, has finally landed on major gaming platforms. But, as with all games like this, it comes with a steep price tag, so it's no surprise to suddenly see websites peddling "cracked" versions of the game for free. These sites are easily...

Geo Targetly URL Shortener Abused in Phishing Scam

By Deeba Ahmed Threat actors are targeting unsuspecting users with tailored phishing scam attacks based on victims' location, making it more convincing than ever. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Geo Targetly URL Shortener Abused in Phishing Scam...

CERT-UA Alerts Ukrainian State Authorities of Remcos Software-Fueled Cyber Attacks

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine CERT-UA has issued an alert warning of cyber attacks against state authorities in the country that deploy a legitimate remote access software named Remcos. The mass phishing campaign has been attributed to a threat actor it tracks as UAC-0050, with...

Up to 10 million people potentially impacted by JD Sports breach

Were at the start of February, and news of breaches keeps on coming. In this case, though, while the news that 10 million JD Sports customers may have been impacted by a cyber attack has only just arrived, the data potentially accessed in that attack is already several years old. The danger zone ...

U.S. Federal Agencies Fall Victim to Cyber Attack Utilizing Legitimate RMM Software

At least two federal agencies in the U.S. fell victim to a "widespread cyber campaign" that involved the use of legitimate remote monitoring and management RMM software to perpetuate a phishing scam. "Specifically, cyber criminal actors sent phishing emails that led to the download of legitimate...

CISA, NSA, and MS-ISAC Release Advisory on the Malicious Use of RMM Software

Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, the National Security Agency NSA, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center MS-ISAC released joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA Protecting Against Malicious Use of Remote Monitoring and Management Software. The...

Sophisticated SMS Phishing scam Dupes Zendesk Staff

By Habiba Rashid Although the company did not put out an official notice or announcement on its website, impacted customers were emailed with details regarding the security incident. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Sophisticated SMS Phishing scam Dupes Zendesk Staff...

PSA: Your Site Isn’t Hacked By This Bitcoin Scam, Keep the Money

On January 19th, 2023, a member of the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team received an email from their personal blog, claiming the site had been hacked, and we received two reports from Wordfence users who received the same message. The email claimed that the site had been hacked due to a...

Korean Word Processor Scam Alert Orcus RAT Lurking in Cracked Versions

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Orcus RAT, formerly known as Schnorchel, first appeared in April 2016 and allows for remote control of infected systems. Intruders are attempting to deploy a variant of Orcus RAT along with XMRig...

Exploring the Vulnerabilities of Seaport: A Technical Analysis of a Fake Signature Attack on Non-Fungible Tokens

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact This finding aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the sc4m trend, which emerged in August 2022, and has since been a prevalent issue in the WEB3 space. Despite efforts to combat this phenomenon, bad actors continue to engage in illicit activities,...

In the Fight Against Scams, ‘Cyber Ambassadors’ Enter the Chat

Police in the Indian state of Telangana have found a novel way to help people avoid getting swindled online: grassroots education...

RedZei Chinese Scammers Targeting Chinese Students in the U.K.

Chinese international students in the U.K. have been targeted by persistent Chinese-speaking scammers for over a year as part of an activity dubbed RedZei aka RedThief. "The RedZei fraudsters have chosen their targets carefully, researched them and realized it was a rich victim group that is ripe...

QR Code Scam

An enterprising individual made fake parking tickets with a QR code for easy payment...

A week in security (December 12 - 18)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Indiana sues TikTok, describes it as "Chinese Trojan Horse" Iranian hacking group uses compromised email accounts to distribute MSP remote access tool Electronic Sales Suppression Tools are cooking the books Silence is golden partner for Truebot and Cl0p ransomware...

Virtual kidnapping scam strikes again. Spot the signs

Warnings abound of a major new piece of fraud doing the rounds which uses your relatives voice as part of a blackmail scam. What happens is the victim receives a call from said relatives number, and theyre cut off by blackmailers who have them held hostage. The only way to get them back safely is...

The weirdest security stories of 2022

Theres been a lot of weird and frankly bizarre attacks over the course of 2022, nestled in amongst the usual ransomware outbreaks and data breaches. Whether were talking social media, email, or even malware, theres been a mind bending tale of tall behaviour in almost every corner. Its time to...

Phishing Scams: How To Recognize A Scam Email, VOIP call, or Text

By Owais Sultan A phishing scam is not only about stealing your login credentials, but it can also install malware, including ransomware, which is why it is essential to learn how to tackle this growing threat. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Phishing Scams: How To...

"Baby dumped at the gate" post is a Facebook hoax

Every so often, bizarre but oddly believable scams do the rounds on Facebook. And so we have the latest: A tragic tale of a lost baby left outside the gate of someones house. The abandoned baby Facebook hoax springs into action A post made to Facebook December 1st by someone claiming to be in the...

Watch out for this triple threat PayPal phish

ZDNet reports an interesting form of PayPal scam sent to one of their own writers. The scam is a so-called "triple threat" phish, in that it gives the scammer three different ways to potentially collect some ill gotten gains from potential victims. The idea is that if one of the three tactics...

Meta Fined €265 million in Facebook Data Scraping Case in the EU

By Habiba Rashid The incident led to the publication of data on Irish police, sitting judges, prison officers, social workers, journalists, and others, leading to a spike in scam calls and texts in Ireland. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Meta Fined €265 million in Facebo...