Fake Perplexity extension on Chrome Web Store tracked searches

A malicious extension in the Chrome Web Store is masquerading as the Perplexity AI answer engine, intercepting search traffic and collecting browsing information.
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Fake Interpol investigation emails target small businesses with ransomware

Attackers impersonate Interpol to trick small businesses into downloading ransomware hidden in password-protected archives.

A Fake Microsoft Alert Led To An “IRS Agent” Pickup. Prosecutors Say Cash And Gold Followed

A Tonawanda, New York, resident’s computer screen allegedly flashed a warning that said “Microsoft Security” and told them to ...

Clean GitHub repo tricks AI coding agents into running malware

An agentic coding tool tasked with cloning and setting up a seemingly benign GitHub repository could execute a malicious ...
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Trio sentenced in $73,000 Meijer rewards theft

The last of a trio nabbed in a scheme to steal customer reward points from a West Michigan retailer has been sentenced to probation and ordered to pay nearly $73,000 in restitution.

Opera Just Rolled Out a Way to Block ClickFix Attacks in Its Browser

Opera's new Paste Protect feature blocks you from copying malicious scripts or commands. It lets you bypass blocks on certain sites you trust, too.

Fake CAPTCHA Scam 'ClickFix' Spreads Malware Across 700 Trusted Websites, Tricks Users Into Installing Malware on Windows PCs

Researchers found attackers using fake CAPTCHA pages. Users should never run PowerShell or Windows commands requested by ...

Lost your crypto access code? Be wary, there‘s a scam for that too

A niche type of fraud is lucrative enough for criminals to set up fake websites with dodgy software to harvest your data ...
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Chinese LLMs Broaden the Gap Between Attackers & Defenders

Two new models from Chinese firms compete with top US mainstream and frontier models. Should cyber-defenders be worried?

Here's why QR codes can be dangerous and what to do instead

A attack using QR codes is known as "quishing," a combination of QR code and phishing. The danger isn't the QR code itself; ...

Opera is releasing a new feature that detects and blocks malicious clipboard content

If you tend to copy/paste content from websites, you might be surprised to find yourself under the thrall of a ClickFix ...

Man pleads guilty to writing ‘imposter’ ransom note in Nancy Guthrie case

Derrick Callella will be sentenced on Sept. 10 and could get probation for 10 years.