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The FBI’s “phantom hacker” scam stacks three fake callers to empty seniors’ savings

Seniors across the United States are losing entire retirement accounts to a phone scam that deploys not one but three ...

Scammers are using a fake captcha hack to steal your personal information: 'Verify you're human.' Here's the big red flag to watch for

Hackers are using this insidious scam to get unwitting victims to install malware themselves.
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New ChocoPoC RAT Targets Vulnerability Researchers via Fake PoC Exploit Repos

Fake CVE exploit repos pull frint and skytext packages to steal researcher credentials, with servers still live as of July 1.

Fake military IDs, bogus résumés: How North Korean and Chinese hackers use AI tools to infiltrate companies and other targets

From bogus résumés to fake IDs, North Korean and Chinese hackers are using AI chatbots to infiltrate companies and carry out ...

Millions in Brazil Get Fake Government Mobile Alert After Hack

Brazil’s Integration and Regional Development Ministry and federal police are investigating an intrusion into the civil defense alert system that sent messages containing the word “misanthropy” to the ...

Google and FBI warn of ransomware group that sends fake IT workers to hack victims in person

Cybercriminals, part of a gang known as Silent Ransom Group, have sent people pretending to be IT support employees to law firms' offices, where the criminals have stolen data using USB drives or ...