The 2026 World Cup scam economy is already running before the first whistle

The FIFA World Cup 2026 is scheduled to begin June 11 across the US, Canada, and Mexico. The web is filling with sites impersonating ticket vendors, telecoms, sticker publishers, toy manufacturers, immigration services, and crypto projects, all linked to the World Cup brand. Together, they map ou...

Global Crackdown Arrests 276, Shuts 9 Crypto Scam Centers, Seizes $701M

A coordinated international operation involving U.S. and Chinese authorities has arrested at least 276 suspects and shut down nine scam centers used for cryptocurrency investment fraud schemes targeting Americans, resulting in millions of dollars in losses. The crackdown was led by the Dubai...

Silver Fox uses the new ABCDoor backdoor to target organizations in Russia and India

In December 2025, we detected a wave of malicious emails designed to look like official correspondence from the Indian tax service. A few weeks later, in January 2026, a similar campaign began targeting Russian organizations. We have attributed this activity to the Silver Fox threat group. Both...

Malicious Package

Overview @meme-sdk/trade is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code, and its content was not yet removed from the official package manager. While this package might be attempting to impersonate a valid organization, there is no connection between that organization and this packa...

Malicious Package

Overview @solana-launchpad/sdk is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code, and its content was not yet removed from the official package manager. While this package might be attempting to impersonate a valid organization, there is no connection between that organization and this...

Malicious Package

Overview @validate-ethereum-address/core is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code, and its content was not yet removed from the official package manager. While this package might be attempting to impersonate a valid organization, there is no connection between that organizatio...

New DHL Phishing Scam Uses 11-Step Attack Chain to Steal Passwords

Forcepoint’s X-Labs reports an 11-step DHL phishing scam that uses fake OTP codes and EmailJS to harvest user credentials and device telemetry...

Fake CAPTCHA scam turns a quick click into a costly phone bill

Researchers have documented a long‑running campaign that uses fake CAPTCHA pages to trick mobile users into sending dozens of international SMS messages in the background. If you’ve spent any time on today’s web, CAPTCHAs may seem like background noise: click a few traffic lights, prove you’re...

Fake CAPTCHA IRSF Scam and 120 Keitaro Campaigns Drive Global SMS, Crypto Fraud

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a telecommunications fraud campaign that uses fake CAPTCHA verification tricks to dupe unsuspecting users into sending international text messages that incur charges on their mobile bills, generating illicit revenue for the threat actors who lea...

Fake CAPTCHA Scam Abuses Verification Clicks to Send Costly International Texts

Research from Infoblox reveals a massive Click2SMS fraud scheme using fake CAPTCHAs and back button hijacking to trick victims into sending costly international texts...

Meta Is Sued Over Scam Ads on Facebook and Instagram

A lawsuit from the Consumer Federation of America accuses Meta of misleading consumers about its efforts to combat scams advertisements on its platforms...

Grinex crypto exchange shuts down, blames Western agencies for $13.7M breach

Grinex exchange collapses after $13.7M breach, blames Western spies as Chainalysis flags possible exit scam and sanctions evasion network links claims...

This old-school scam is still working

When we read about this new malware tactic, or that novel social engineering approach, it’s easy to forget that there are scammers out there making a living from ancient methods. Recently, one of our researchers received this variation on the good old Nigerian advance-fee scam. From: Mrs.Inga-Bri...

“iCloud storage is full” scam is back, and now it wants your payment details

A few months ago, we reported on a fake cloud storage alert that triggered a redirect chain to an app that has since been delisted from the Apple Store. The threat of losing your photos is a powerful lure, so scammers are now using it to steal personal and financial details. The Guardian warns...

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...

A week in security (April 6 – April 12)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Fake Claude site installs malware that gives attackers access to your computer ClickFix finds a new way to infect Macs Scammers pose as Amazon support to steal your account NSFW app leak exposes 70,000 prompts linked to individual users 30,000 private Facebook imag...

Android Banking Trojan Linked to Cambodia Scam Compounds Hits 21 Countries

Android banking trojan linked to Cambodia scam compounds uses forced labour to target users in 21 countries, bypassing security to steal funds...

GraphAlgo Scam: Lazarus Hackers Register Real US LLCs to Spread Malware

ReversingLabs has discovered a fresh wave of the graphalgo campaign in which North Korean Lazarus hackers are using fake Florida LLCs, mimicking SWFT Blockchain, and using GitHub typo-squatting to target developers with malware...

Scammers pose as Amazon support to steal your account

Cybercriminals using the so-called "spray and pray" tactic love to impersonate well-known brands. Especially ones with huge customer bases. Amazon reportedly has around 310 million active customers, so they certainly qualify as a brand worth impersonating. And it shows in the sheer volume of scam...

Traffic violation scams swap links for QR codes to steal your card details

As soon as people start to get to grips with a certain type of scam, criminals deploy new tactics to keep stealing money. Now people have learned to distrust links in text messages, scammers have changed the bait, and in 2026 the “new link” is often a QR code tucked inside a fake notice. The late...