Fake Crypto Exchange Ads on Facebook Spread Malware

Bitdefender exposes Facebook ad scams using fake crypto sites and celebrity lures to spread malware via malicious desktop…...

Fake AI Tools Push New Noodlophile Stealer Through Facebook Ads

Scammers are using fake AI tools and Facebook ads to spread Noodlophile Stealer malware, targeting users with a…...

Fake SSA Emails Trick Users into Installing ScreenConnect RAT

Cybercriminals are using fake Social Security Administration emails to distribute the ScreenConnect RAT Remote Access Trojan and compromise…...

Fake Student Fraud in Community Colleges

Reporting on the rise of fake students enrolling in community college courses: The bots' goal is to bilk state and federal financial aid money by enrolling in classes, and remaining enrolled in them, long enough for aid disbursements to go out. They often accomplish this by submitting AI-generate...

Elevating Cyber Threat Intelligence against Disinformation Campaigns with LLM-Based Concept Extraction and the FakeCTI Dataset

The swift spread of fake news and disinformation campaigns poses a significant threat to public trust, political stability, and cybersecurity. Traditional Cyber Threat Intelligence CTI approaches, which rely on low-level indicators such as domain names and social media handles, are easily evaded ...

Malicious code in fake-linter-no-schema (npm)

The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware f20fce888f575adb89ec821dd8a1a50867576b07e0bf0d5f418fdc1d732e8e0d Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered...

MAL-2025-3605 Malicious code in fake-linter-no-schema (npm)

The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware f20fce888f575adb89ec821dd8a1a50867576b07e0bf0d5f418fdc1d732e8e0d Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered...

A week in security (April 27 – May 3)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: On world password day, Microsoft says fewer passwords, more passkeys Apple AirPlay SDK devices at risk of takeover—make sure you update The 3 biggest cybersecurity threats to small businesses Zero-day attacks on browsers and smartphones drop, says Google Fake Socia...

200+ Fake Retail Sites Used in New Wave of Subscription Scams

Bitdefender uncovers a massive surge in sophisticated subscription scams disguised as online shops and evolving mystery boxes. Learn…...

Claude AI Exploited to Operate 100+ Fake Political Personas in Global Influence Campaign

Artificial intelligence AI company Anthropic has revealed that unknown threat actors leveraged its Claude chatbot for an "influence-as-a-service" operation to engage with authentic accounts across Facebook and X. The sophisticated activity, branded as financially-motivated, is said to have used i...

Fake Social Security Statement emails trick users into installing remote tool

Fake emails pretending to come from the US Social Security Administration SSA try to get targets to install ScreenConnect, a remote access tool. This campaign was flagged and investigated by the Malwarebytes Customer Support and Research teams. ScreenConnect, formerly known as ConnectWise Control...

Omise: Facebook Username Takeover via Broken Link in Footer

The Facebook username associated with the broken link in the footer was available for takeover. This could have allowed an attacker to create a fake Facebook page and mislead users into trusting it...

WooCommerce Users Targeted by Fake Patch Phishing Campaign Deploying Site Backdoors

Cybersecurity researchers are warning about a large-scale phishing campaign targeting WooCommerce users with a fake security alert urging them to download a "critical patch" but deploy a backdoor instead. WordPress security company Patchstack described the activity as sophisticated and a variant ...

North Korean Hackers Spread Malware via Fake Crypto Firms and Job Interview Lures

North Korea-linked threat actors behind the Contagious Interview have set up front companies as a way to distribute malware during the fake hiring process. "In this new campaign, the threat actor group is using three front companies in the cryptocurrency consulting industry – BlockNovas LLC...

Booking.com Phishing Scam Uses Fake CAPTCHA to Install AsyncRAT

Fake Booking.com emails trick hotel staff into running AsyncRAT malware via fake CAPTCHA, targeting systems with remote access…...

Lumma Stealer – Tracking distribution channels

Introduction The evolution of Malware-as-a-Service MaaS has significantly lowered the barriers to entry for cybercriminals, with information stealers becoming one of the most commercially successful categories in this underground economy. Among these threats, Lumma Stealer has emerged as a...

Text scams grow to steal hundreds of millions of dollars

Text scams alone cost US citizens at least $470 million in 2024, according to new data from the US Federal Trade Commission FTC. Because many scams go unreported, though, this dollar amount might be considerably more. The FTC illustrated this with a graph comparing the reported losses to the numb...

Chinese Smishing Kit Powers Widespread Toll Fraud Campaign Targeting U.S. Users in 8 States

Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a "widespread and ongoing" SMS phishing campaign that's been targeting toll road users in the United States for financial theft since mid-October 2024. "The toll road smishing attacks are being carried out by multiple financially motivated threat actors...

Node.js Malware Campaign Targets Crypto Users with Fake Binance and TradingView Installers

Microsoft is calling attention to an ongoing malvertising campaign that makes use of Node.js to deliver malicious payloads capable of information theft and data exfiltration. The activity, first detected in October 2024, uses lures related to cryptocurrency trading to trick users into installing ...

Cyber Signals Issue 9 | AI-powered deception: Emerging fraud threats and countermeasures

Introduction | Security snapshot | Threat briefing Defending against attacks | Expert profile Microsoft maintains a continuous effort to protect its platforms and customers from fraud and abuse. From blocking imposters on Microsoft Azure and adding anti-scam features to Microsoft Edge, to fightin...