FakeGit Campaign Uses 7,600 GitHub Repositories to Spread SmartLoader Malware

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered nearly 7,600 malicious GitHub repositories, out of which more than 800 pose as artificial intelligence AI skills or Model Context Protocol MCP servers to deliver a malware family known as SmartLoader as part of an ongoing campaign codenamed FakeGit...

Changing the narrative on pig butchering scams

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source Newsletter. Love is in the air this week. Wait, is that love? Or is it some tech bro with a housing development company that would totally love to meet in person but can't this week emailing you about an investment opportunity in his...

INTERPOL Pushes for "Romance Baiting" to Replace "Pig Butchering" in Scam Discourse

INTERPOL is calling for a linguistic shift that aims to put to an end to the term "pig butchering," instead advocating for the use of "romance baiting" to refer to online scams where victims are duped into investing in bogus cryptocurrency schemes under the pretext of a romantic relationship. "Th...

How to Prepare for a Cyberattack

Deciphering the Cyber Invasion Terrain We exist in an era deeply entrenched in digital dependence, where cyber invasions present significant risks for companies, government establishments, and solitary users. As we hurdle deeper into the digital era, the art of cyber misdemeanors continues to...

419 scammer offers USD $60 million—and a free child

Scammers often come crawling out of the woodwork in all sorts of places you wouldn't necessarily expect. This is to their advantage when trying to keep suspicion in check; after all, we're pretty much pre-programmed to think 419 scams will only wander into our inboxes. Twitter, though? That's a...