A sophisticated phishing campaign targeting PayPal’s massive user base has emerged, utilizing deceptive “Set up your account profile” emails to compromise user accounts through an ingenious secondary user addition scheme. The attack leverages advanced email spoofing techniques and psychological manipulation tactics to bypass traditional security awareness measures, representing a significant evolution in financial fraud methodologies. […]
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Malicious actors have found a new way to slip harmful links into X’s promoted posts by tricking Grok, the platform’s AI assistant. Although X explicitly bans links in paid promotions to curb malvertising, scammers now harness Grok’s content amplification to “grok” these URLs into wide circulation. AI Bypass Sparks New Threat X prohibits any URLs […]
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Emerging quietly in mid-2025, the XWorm backdoor has evolved into a deceptively sophisticated threat that preys on both user confidence and system conventions. Initial reports surfaced when organizations noted a sudden uptick in obscure .lnk-based phishing emails masquerading as benign documents. Security teams quickly observed that these shortcuts triggered hidden PowerShell routines rather than opening […]
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A highly sophisticated phishing campaign is targeting PayPal users with a deceptive email designed to grant scammers direct access to their accounts. The attack, which has been circulating for at least a month, uses a clever trick that bypasses traditional phishing detection methods by leading victims to the official PayPal website. The scam begins with […]
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Security researchers revealed that three unauthorized TLS certificates were issued in May 2025 for 1.1.1.1, the widely used public DNS service run by Cloudflare and APNIC. These certificates, improperly issued by the Fina RDC 2020 certificate authority, could allow attackers to intercept and decrypt encrypted DNS queries. In turn, this might expose users’ browsing histories […]
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