New Threats, News
April 21, 2025
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State-sponsored hackers embrace ClickFix social engineering tactic

Bleeping Computer reports: ClickFix attacks are gaining traction among threat actors, with multiple advanced persistent threat (APT) groups from North Korea, Iran, and Russia adopting the technique in recent espionage campaigns. ClickFix is a social engineering tactic where malicious websites impersonate legitimate software or document-sharing platforms. Targets are lured via phishing or malvertising and shown […]

Malware Ransomware, Miscellaneous News
February 27, 2025
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EncryptHub breaches 618 orgs to deploy infostealers, ransomware

Bleeping Computer reports that “EncryptHub,” a/k/a “Larva-208,”  has been targeting organizations worldwide with spear-phishing and social engineering attacks: According to a report by Prodaft, which was published internally last week and made public yesterday, since June 2024, when EncryptHub initiated operations, it has compromised at least 618 organizations. After gaining access, the threat actors install Remote Monitoring and […]

Data Breach News
December 16, 2024
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Hackers Exploiting Microsoft Teams to Gain Remote Access to User’s System

Tricking users into clicking on links or downloading malicious files continues to pose a major threat to home users and businesses. Cyber Security News reports: Hackers leveraged Microsoft Teams to manipulate a victim into granting remote access to their system. The attack, analyzed by Trend Micro, highlights the growing sophistication of social engineering tactics used by cybercriminals. […]

Data Breach News
October 25, 2024
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Black Basta ransomware poses as IT support on Microsoft Teams to breach networks

Some groups have really honed their social engineering skills. Bleeping Computer reports on Black Basta: The BlackBasta ransomware operation has moved its social engineering attacks to Microsoft Teams, posing as corporate help desks contacting employees to assist them with an ongoing spam attack. Black Basta is a ransomware operation active since April 2022 and responsible for hundreds […]