Fake QR Codes on Parking Meters

The City of Austin is warning about QR codes stuck to parking meters that take people to fraudulent payment sites...

‘Elephant Beetle’ Lurks for Months in Networks

Researchers have identified a threat group that’s been quietly siphoning off millions of dollars from financial- and commerce-sector companies, spending months patiently studying their targets’ financial systems and slipping in fraudulent transactions amongst regular activity. The Sygnia Incident...

Researchers Uncover Hacker Group Behind Organized Financial-Theft Operation

Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps of an organized financial-theft operation undertaken by a discreet actor to target transaction processing systems and siphon funds from entities primarily located in Latin America for at least four years. The malicious hacking group has been codename...

Threat Advisory: E-commerce Bots Use Domain Registration Services for Mass Account Fraud

While researching a recent large-scale bot campaign with CQ Prime Threat Research team lead, Dean Lendrum, we found attackers using domain parking and monetization services to register multiple domains, creating a large number of fake eCommerce accounts per domain. TL; DR ------ Analysis of...

New Android Malware Targeting Brazil's Itaú Unibanco Bank Customers

Researchers have discovered a new Android banking malware that targets Brazil's Itaú Unibanco with the help of lookalike Google Play Store pages to carry out fraudulent financial transactions on victim devices without their knowledge. "This application has a similar icon and name that could trick...

New Android Malware Targeting Brazil's Itaú Unibanco Bank Customers

Researchers have discovered a new Android banking malware that targets Brazil's Itaú Unibanco with the help of lookalike Google Play Store pages to carry out fraudulent financial transactions on victim devices without their knowledge. "This application has a similar icon and name that could trick...

Logistics giant warns of scams following ransomware attack

German logistics giant Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has issued a warning that data was stolen from the company when it was hit with a ransomware attack on December 9, 2021. It is not entirely clear what type of data was extracted, but the company says it is warning partners and customers to doubl...

JFrog: Impersonation attack via Broken link in "blog-author" page

A social media platform link of "Twitter" on https://jfrog.com/blog-author/john-peterson/ was broken and could've allowed a user to impersonate a reseller and attack / scam your customers. This happened because the account of twitter either deleted or changed their username. I thought I'd report ...

Meta Sues Hackers Behind Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Phishing Attacks

Facebook's parent company Meta Platforms on Monday said it has filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. state of California against bad actors who operated more than 39,000 phishing websites that impersonated its digital properties to mislead unsuspecting users into divulging their login credentials...

Yelp: Fraudulent claim of business.

Vulnerability description not provided...

Fake job interviews plague major game developers like Riot Games and Rockstar

If you’re job hunting at the moment, be on your guard. The pandemic is still around. Lots of people are in need of employment. Scammers are all too happy to string folks along with bogus employment offers, as is the case here. How have they managed to snare prospective job hunters? Riding on the...

Interpol Arrests Over 1,000 Cyber Criminals From 20 Countries; Seizes $27 Million

A joint four-month operation coordinated by Interpol, the international criminal police organization, has culminated in the arrests of more than 1,000 cybercriminals and the recovery of $27 million in illicit proceeds. Codenamed "HAECHI-II," the crackdown enabled law enforcement units from across...

The dangers of “connected” healthcare: predictions for 2022

For a second consecutive year, the time for Kaspersky to make its predictions for the healthcare sector comes amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, the virus still dominates most aspects of our lives, and, of course, the pandemic remained the biggest and most-discussed topic in...

Spam and phishing in Q3 2021

Quarterly highlights Scamming championship: sports-related fraud This summer and early fall saw some major international sporting events. The delayed Euro 2020 soccer tournament was held in June and July, followed by the equally delayed Tokyo Olympics in August. Q3 2021 also featured several F1...

Hackers Stealing Browser Cookies to Hijack High-Profile YouTube Accounts

Since at least late 2019, a network of hackers-for-hire have been hijacking the channels of YouTube creators, luring them with bogus collaboration opportunities to broadcast cryptocurrency scams or sell the accounts to the highest bidder. That's according to a new report published by Google's...

ForgeRock AM XML Injection Vulnerability

ForgeRock Access Management is a comprehensive, unified solution from ForgeRock USA designed to quickly enable a superior experience tailored to the unique needs of users and employees.ForgeRock Access Management AM prior to 7.0.2 versions contained an XML injection vulnerability that could be...

CVE-2021-37154

In ForgeRock Access Management AM before 7.0.2, the SAML2 implementation allows XML injection, potentially enabling a fraudulent SAML 2.0 assertion...

CVE-2021-37154

In ForgeRock Access Management AM before 7.0.2, the SAML2 implementation allows XML injection, potentially enabling a fraudulent SAML 2.0 assertion...

CVE-2021-37154

In ForgeRock Access Management AM before 7.0.2, the SAML2 implementation allows XML injection, potentially enabling a fraudulent SAML 2.0 assertion...

Hurricane-Related Scams

CISA warns users to remain on alert for malicious cyber activity targeting potential disaster victims and charitable donors following a hurricane. Fraudulent emails—often containing malicious links or attachments—are common after major natural disasters. Exercise caution in handling emails with...