All news on the topic: Phishing

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Microsoft and Coinbase dismantle AI phishing service EvilTokens targeting 12,000 inboxes
Microsoft and Coinbase helped dismantle EvilTokens, an AI phishing service tied to more than 12,000 compromised inboxes worldwide.
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Anthropic disrupts Russian cyber campaign using AI to evade detection
Anthropic on Thursday revealed it disrupted a campaign mounted by a Russian state-sponsored threat actor that abused Claude for developing an AI-assisted workflow to get ahead of the detection curve.
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Russia-linked hackers used Claude in major cyberespionage campaign
A Russia-linked hacker group has used Claude for a large-scale espionage campaign against Ukrainian state structures, military drone manufacturers, and organizations in Europe.
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Security guard sold illegal zombie knives to schoolchildren
A security guard who imported hundreds of illegal zombie knives and sold them online, including to people he knew were schoolchildren, is facing jail.
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Singapore investigates 231 people over scams that caused $3.2m in losses
Singapore police are investigating 231 people suspected of acting as scammers or money mules in more than 721 fraud cases that caused about S$4.1 million (US$3.2 million) in losses, authorities said Thursday.
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Trezor data breach exposes home addresses of nearly 12,000 crypto wallet buyers
The ShipMonk leak tied thousands of crypto users to their delivery locations as violent crypto attacks and home invasions rise.
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FBI warns hackers are targeting social media accounts to steal intimate photos and videos
You shouldn’t store any sexually explicit photos or videos on social media accounts or other platforms that are accessible via the internet. Doing so makes you a target for hackers.
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AI now drives 55% of cybercrime across Africa, INTERPOL warns
AI now powers more than half of reported cybercrimes across 26 African nations as phishing and mobile fraud transition into industrialized criminal enterprises, according to INTERPOL.
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Scattered Spider hackers plead guilty over cyberattack that crippled London’s transport network
Two men pleaded guilty in the United Kingdom this week to criminal charges stemming from an August 2024 cyberattack that crippled Transport for London, the entity responsible for the public transport network in the Greater London area.
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Cybercrime now makes up over 30% of recorded crime in much of Asia-Pacific
Cybercrime now accounts for more than 30 percent of all recorded crime in more than half of the Asia and South Pacific countries surveyed by Interpol, according to the agency’s regional threat assessment.
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Google sues China-based phishing network accused of $1.9bn scam operation
A lawsuit filed by Google against an alleged China-based phishing network may help the company seize reachable infrastructure and make fraud harder for criminals, but is unlikely to stop the broader scam ecosystem, a cybersecurity expert told OCCRP on Tuesday.
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FBI warns Silent Ransom Group is targeting US law firms with fake IT support scams
A cyber extortion group is targeting U.S. law firms by impersonating IT workers, stealing sensitive files, and threatening to publish the data if the firms do not pay, the FBI warned in a recent alert.
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From phishing to crypto theft: how one site fueled global scams
Dutch police arrested eight men on suspicion of identity fraud, forgery and cybercrime this week in connection with a multi-million-dollar fake ID platform.
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After the Coinbase data leak, users receive fake letters by mail — a new offline phishing attack
Victims of the Coinbase data breach face a new threat as scammers exploit stolen information in a bold offline phishing campaign.
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HMRC lost £47 million in massive phishing attack — over 100,000 accounts compromised
Organised criminals stole 47 million pounds ($63.76 million) from Britain’s tax office last year by using phishing tactics to access more than 100,000 customer accounts and falsely claim payments from the government.
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How Qatar hacked the World Cup: British detectives commissioned cyberattacks on critics of the tournament
Private investigators linked to the City of London are using an India-based computer hacking gang to target British businesses, government officials and journalists.