INTERPOL Pushes for "Romance Baiting" to Replace "Pig Butchering" in Scam Discourse INTERPOL is calling for a linguistic shift that aims to put to an end to the term “pig butchering,” instead advocating for the use of “romance baiting” to refer to online scams where victims are duped into investing Read more…
New Investment Scam Leverages AI, Social Media Ads to Target Victims Worldwide Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new kind of investment scam that leverages a combination of social media malvertising, company-branded posts, and artificial intelligence (AI) powered video testimonials featuring famous personalities, ultimately leading to financial and data Read more…
Fake Recruiters Distribute Banking Trojan via Malicious Apps in Phishing Scam Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a sophisticated mobile phishing (aka mishing) campaign that’s designed to distribute an updated version of the Antidot banking trojan. “The attackers presented themselves as recruiters, luring unsuspecting victims with job offers,” Zimperium zLabs Read more…
Deepfake lovers swindle victims out of $46M in Hong Kong AI scam The police operation resulted in the seizure of computers, mobile phones, and about $25,756 in suspected proceeds and luxury watches from the syndicate’s headquarters. Police said that victims originated from multiple countries, including Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan, Read more…
Crypto Scam App Disguised as WalletConnect Steals $70K in Five-Month Campaign Sep 28, 2024Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Mobile Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious Android app on the Google Play Store that enabled the threat actors behind it to steal approximately $70,000 in cryptocurrency from victims over a period of Read more…
Chinese Nationals Arrested for Laundering $73 Million in Pig Butchering Crypto Scam The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged two arrested Chinese nationals for allegedly orchestrating a pig butchering scam that laundered at least $73 million from victims through shell companies. The individuals, Daren Li, 41, and Yicheng Zhang, Read more…
Massive Sign1 Campaign Infects 39,000+ WordPress Sites with Scam Redirects A massive malware campaign dubbed Sign1 has compromised over 39,000 WordPress sites in the last six months, using malicious JavaScript injections to redirect users to scam sites. The most recent variant of the malware is estimated to have infected no less than Read more…
Exit Scam: BlackCat Ransomware Group Vanishes After $22 Million Payout The threat actors behind the BlackCat ransomware have shut down their darknet website and likely pulled an exit scam after uploading a bogus law enforcement seizure banner. “ALPHV/BlackCat did not get seized. They are exit scamming their affiliates,” security researcher Fabian Wosar said. Read more…
TimbreStealer Malware Spreading via Tax-themed Phishing Scam Targets IT Users Mexican users have been targeted with tax-themed phishing lures at least since November 2023 to distribute a previously undocumented Windows malware called TimbreStealer. Cisco Talos, which discovered the activity, described the authors as skilled and that the “threat actor has previously used similar Read more…
Patchwork Using Romance Scam Lures to Infect Android Devices with VajraSpy Malware Feb 05, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Cyber Extortion The threat actor known as Patchwork likely used romance scam lures to trap victims in Pakistan and India, and infect their Android devices with a remote access trojan called VajraSpy. Slovak Read more…