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44% of people encounter a mobile scam every single day, Malwarebytes finds
It’s become so troublesome owning a phone. Malicious texts pose as package delivery notifications, phishing emails impersonate trusted brands, and unknown calls hide extortion attempts, virtual kidnapping schemes, or AI threats. Confusingly, even legitimate businesses now lean on outreach tactics...
SinoTrack GPS Receiver
RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to access device profiles for which they are not authorized through the common web management interface. Access to the device profile may allow an attacker to perform some remote functions on connected...
How and where to report an online scam
If you've been scammed it's really important to report it, if you can, in order to help prevent others falling for the same scam, and give authorities a chance to catch the criminal who did it. The methods in which to report a scam varies according to the country you're in, the platforms you're...
Litecoin Security: How to Spot, Avoid, and Recover from Crypto Scams
It seems not a day goes by without news of another crypto scam targeting unsuspecting holders. Those owning…...
ClickFix Email Scam Alert: Fake Booking.com Emails Deliver Malware
Cofense Intelligence uncovers a surge in ClickFix email scams impersonating Booking.com, delivering RATs and info-stealers. Learn how these…...
Deepfake Scams Are Distorting Reality Itself
The easy access that scammers have to sophisticated AI tools means everything from emails to video calls can’t be trusted...
Scammers are constantly changing the game, but so are we. Introducing Malwarebytes Scam Guard
Mobile scams are becoming increasingly sophisticated, leaving people vulnerable to cybercriminals. We recently reported on the ever-increasing number of scams that are created by AI-supported tools, with attackers crafting highly convincing phishing emails that target both individuals and...
Scattered Spider: Understanding Help Desk Scams and How to Defend Your Organization
In the wake of high-profile attacks on UK retailers Marks & Spencer and Co-op, Scattered Spider has been all over the media, with coverage spilling over into the mainstream news due to the severity of the disruption caused — currently looking like hundreds of millions in lost profits for M&S alon...
A week in security (May 26 – June 1)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Porn sites probed for allegedly failing to prevent minors from accessing content Take back control of your browser—Malwarebytes Browser Guard now blocks search hijacking attempts Deepfake-posting man faces huge $450,000 fine Fake AI video generator tools lure in...
U.S. Sanctions Funnull for $200M Romance Baiting Scams Tied to Crypto Fraud
The U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control OFAC has levied sanctions against a Philippines-based company named Funnull Technology Inc. and its administrator Liu Lizhi for providing infrastructure to conduct romance baiting scams that led to massive cryptocurrency losses. T...
U.S. Sanctions Cloud Provider ‘Funnull’ as Top Source of ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams
Image: Shutterstock, ArtHead. The U.S. government today imposed economic sanctions on Funnull Technology Inc. , a Philippines-based company that provides computer infrastructure for hundreds of thousands of websites involved in virtual currency investment scams known as “pig butchering." In Janua...
Fake AI video generator tools lure in Facebook and LinkedIn users to deliver malware
Cybercriminals are taking advantage of the public’s interest in Artificial Intelligence AI and delivering malware via text-to-video tools. According to researchers at Mandiant, the criminals are setting up websites claiming to offer “AI video generator” services, and then using those fake tools t...
New warning issued over toll fee scams
Over a year ago the FBI warned about what was then a new form of smishing phishing via SMS scam: text messages that demanded payment for toll fees. The FTC sent out a similar warning in January, 2025. Then, in April another wave of toll fee scams began doing the rounds. Now the Departments of Mot...
Top Scams in Affiliate Marketing to Know in 2025
Affiliate marketing is a powerful tool for promoting brands. However, with its popularity gaining traction, more dishonest affiliate…...
Uncovering Black-Hat SEO Based Fake E-Commerce Scam Groups from Their Redirectors and Websites
While law enforcements agencies and cybercrime researchers are working hard, fake E-commerce scam is still a big threat to Internet users. One of the major techniques to victimize users is luring them by black-hat search-engine-optimization SEO; making search engines display their lure pages as i...
Scammers are using AI to impersonate senior officials, warns FBI
The FBI has issued a warning about an ongoing malicious text and voice messaging campaign that impersonates senior US officials. The targets are predominantly current or former US federal or state government officials and their contacts. In the course of this campaign, the cybercriminals have use...
Hazy Hawk Exploits DNS Records to Hijack CDC, Corporate Domains for Malware Delivery
A threat actor known as Hazy Hawk has been observed hijacking abandoned cloud resources of high-profile organizations, including Amazon S3 buckets and Microsoft Azure endpoints, by leveraging misconfigurations in the Domain Name System DNS records. The hijacked domains are then used to host URLs...
AutomationDirect MB-Gateway
RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to make configuration changes, disrupt operations, or achieve arbitrary code execution. 2. RECOMMENDED PRACTICES CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this...
PsyScam: a Benchmark for Psychological Techniques in Real-World Scams
Online scams have become increasingly prevalent, with scammers using psychological techniques PTs to manipulate victims. While existing research has developed benchmarks to study scammer behaviors, these benchmarks do not adequately reflect the PTs observed in real-world scams. To fill this gap, ...