AI-Driven Pushpaganda Scam Exploits Google Discover to Spread Scareware and Ad Fraud

Cybersecurity researchers have unmasked a novel ad fraud scheme that has been found to leverage search engine poisoning SEO techniques and artificial intelligence AI-generated content to push deceptive news stories into Google's Discover feed and trick users into enabling persistent browser...

FBI and Indonesian Police Dismantle W3LL Phishing Network Behind $20M Fraud Attempts

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, in partnership with the Indonesian National Police, has dismantled the infrastructure associated with a global phishing operation that leveraged an off-the-shelf toolkit called W3LL to steal thousands of victims' account credentials and attempt more...

Timeshare owners warned to watch out for cartel-linked scams

If you own a timeshare and have been searching for a way out, you need to know who may be targeting you. In February, the US Treasury Department announced sanctions against a timeshare fraud network linked to a major Mexican drug cartel, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel CJNG. These aren’t your...

WordPress plugin Charitable 数据伪造问题漏洞

WordPress and WordPress plugins are both products of the WordPress Foundation. WordPress is a blog platform developed using the PHP language. This platform allows for the creation of personal blog websites on servers based on PHP and MySQL. A WordPress plugin is an application extension. WordPres...

The democratisation of business email compromise fraud

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Last weekend, I witnessed a crime. Not a notable crime that you might read about in the press, but an unremarkable fraud attempt that nevertheless illustrates how new threat actor capabilities are emerging. I imagine that most people...

Researchers Uncover Mining Operation Using ISO Lures to Spread RATs and Crypto Miners

A financially motivated operation codenamed REF1695 has been observed leveraging fake installers to deploy remote access trojans RATs and cryptocurrency miners since November 2023. "Beyond cryptomining, the threat actor monetizes infections through CPA Cost Per Action fraud, directing victims to...

Synthetic Trust Attacks: Modeling How Generative AI Manipulates Human Decisions in Social Engineering Fraud

Imagine receiving a video call from your CFO, surrounded by colleagues, asking you to urgently authorise a confidential transfer. You comply. Every person on that call was fake, and you just lost $25 million. This is not a hypothetical. It happened in Hong Kong in January 2024, and it is becoming...

A week in security (March 23 – March 29)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Criminals are renting virtual phones to bypass bank security Bogus Avast website fakes virus scan, installs Venom Stealer instead Infiniti Stealer: a new macOS infostealer using ClickFix and Python/Nuitka GlassWorm attack installs fake browser extension for...

Criminals are renting virtual phones to bypass bank security

Researchers at Group-IB warn about criminals using virtual Android devices to bypass modern security solutions. Cloud phones are virtual Android devices that can fully mimic real device fingerprints model, hardware, IP, timezone, sensor data, behavior. This allows them to undermine banks’...

CVE-2026-33661 WeChat Pay callback signature verification bypassed when Host header is localhost

Pay is an open-source payment SDK extension package for various Chinese payment services. Prior to version 3.7.20, the verifywechatsign function in src/Functions.php unconditionally skips all signature verification when the PSR-7 request reports localhost as the host. An attacker can exploit this...

CVE-2026-33661 WeChat Pay callback signature verification bypassed when Host header is localhost

Pay is an open-source payment SDK extension package for various Chinese payment services. Prior to version 3.7.20, the verifywechatsign function in src/Functions.php unconditionally skips all signature verification when the PSR-7 request reports localhost as the host. An attacker can exploit this...

CVE-2026-25443

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Dotstore Fraud Prevention For Woocommerce woo-blocker-lite-prevent-fake-orders-and-blacklist-fraud-customers allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Fraud Prevention For Woocommerce: from n/a through = 2.3.3...

WordPress plugin My Tickets 安全漏洞

WordPress and WordPress plugins are both products of the WordPress Foundation. WordPress is a blog platform developed using the PHP language. This platform allows for the creation of personal blog websites on servers based on PHP and MySQL. A WordPress plugin is an application that can be install...

The March Madness scam playbook

March Madness is the annual men's and women's NCAA Division I basketball tournament, where 68 teams play in a single-elimination bracket for the US national championship. But March Madness doesn’t just bring buzzer beaters and busted brackets. It also kicks off a short, intense season for scammer...

Your tax forms sell for $20 on the dark web

Tax season is also peak season for identity theft. Criminals use stolen personal data to file fake tax returns and claim refunds before the real taxpayer does. Here’s how the fraud works, and how to protect yourself. What is Stolen Identity Refund Fraud SIRF? Stolen Identity Refund Fraud SIRF is ...

EUVD-2026-13081

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Dotstore Fraud Prevention For Woocommerce allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Fraud Prevention For Woocommerce: from n/a through 2.3.3...

CVE-2026-25443

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Dotstore Fraud Prevention For Woocommerce woo-blocker-lite-prevent-fake-orders-and-blacklist-fraud-customers allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Fraud Prevention For Woocommerce: from n/a through = 2.3.3...

CVE-2026-25443 WordPress Fraud Prevention For Woocommerce plugin <= 2.3.3 - Arbitrary Content Deletion vulnerability

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Dotstore Fraud Prevention For Woocommerce woo-blocker-lite-prevent-fake-orders-and-blacklist-fraud-customers allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Fraud Prevention For Woocommerce: from n/a through = 2.3.3...

CVE-2026-25443

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Dotstore Fraud Prevention For Woocommerce allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Fraud Prevention For Woocommerce: from n/a through 2.3.3...

CVE-2026-25443 WordPress Fraud Prevention For Woocommerce plugin <= 2.3.3 - Arbitrary Content Deletion vulnerability

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Dotstore Fraud Prevention For Woocommerce allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Fraud Prevention For Woocommerce: from n/a through 2.3.3...