Hackers Distribute Vidar Malware By Tricking Users with Fake Windows 11 Downloads
Hackers are tricking users with fake Windows 11 installers loaded with Vidar info stealer spreading through newly registered phishing …
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Fake domains offer Windows 11 installers – but deliver malware instead
Security researchers have found a new collection of phishing domains offering up fake Windows 11 installers that actually deliver …
Hackers Trick Users with Fake Windows 11 Downloads to Distribute Vidar Malware
Fraudulent domains masquerading as Microsoft’s Windows 11 download portal are attempting to trick users into deploying trojanized …
Fake Cyberpunk Ape Executives target artists with malware-laden job offer
The wacky world of ape jpegs are at the heart of yet another increasingly bizarre internet scam, which contains malware, stolen accounts, a …
Fake USA for UNHCR site wants your Ukraine donations in Bitcoin
Since Russia began invading Ukraine in late February, many organizations have set up donation pages to aid the most heavily affected: …
New Scam Utilizing AI-Generated Images to Represent Fake Law Firm
Hackread.com earlier reported a website designed by software engineer Philip Wang that can create realistic faces of people who don’t …
The Fake Federal Agents Case Baffling US Intelligence Experts
Guns. Luxury apartments. Duped Secret Service personnel. Did the FBI uncover a foreign plot, or something more ridiculous? …
Fake versions of real smartphone apps are being used to spread malware. Here’s how to stay safe
Cyber criminals are copying legitimate smartphone applications and injecting them with malicious code to spy on users and steal personal …
Fake Cops Scammed Apple and Meta to Get User Data
Just ask the people of Mariupol, a city in southeastern Ukraine, where Russia’s devastating attacks have cut off the flow of information in …
Fake Esports voting sites looking to phish Steam users
We’ve seen Esports occasionally become the focus of gaming or Steam scams. One particular tactic of note was to claim joining an official …
Fake Royal Mail chatbot offers up…a new iPhone?
Royal Mail scams are always popular techniques for people up to no good. We’ve covered them several times over the last year or …
Fake antivirus updates used to deploy Cobalt Strike in Ukraine
Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team is warning that threat actors are distributing fake Windows antivirus updates that install …
Fake Valorant cheats on YouTube infect you with RedLine stealer
Korean security analysts have spotted a malware distribution campaign that uses Valorant cheat lures on YouTube to trick players into …
SharkBot Banking Malware Spreading via Fake Android Antivirus App on Google Play Store
The threat actor behind a nascent Android banking trojan named SharkBot has managed to evade Google Play Store security barriers by …