phishing

A sprawling trove of over 16 billion login credentials tied to platforms like Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL), and Facebook (NASDAQ:META) has surfaced online, marking one of the most extensive exposures of personal data in history, according to cybersecurity researchers tracking...

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc. USA, a generic pharmaceutical manufacturer in Mahwah, New Jersey, agreed to pay $25 million for allegedly conspiring to fix the price of a generic drug. The U.S. government alleged under the False Claims Act that Glenmark gave and received payments between 2013 and...

Hackers have managed to steal $580,000 with the promotion of fake airdrops by accessing the wallets of cryptocurrency users through phishing emails. What Happened: Rug pull survivor turned detective ZachXBT posted a "Community Alert" regarding phishing emails ...

Blockchain security firm SlowMist announced a new phishing attack involving a fake Skype app that stole crypto funds from an unsuspecting victim. Industry titans BlackRock, DTCC, OCC, State Street, Société Générale, Hedera,...

Amid the rising popularity of social finance platforms and the increasing challenges faced by the crypto industry, security breaches remain a pressing concern. What Happened: In a recent incident, friend.tech wallet fell prey to a phishing scam, resulting in the loss of 22 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH)...

Crypto analytics firm Nansen reported a breach involving one of its third-party vendors. The hack exposed 6.8% of user emails and some blockchain addresses. What Happened: Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik told Benzinga, "Our team has been working day and night in the last 48 hours to mitigate the...

A new hacking trend seems to have caught even Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) YouTube off guard. Threat actors are now spoofing the platform’s email address to hack unsuspecting users.  What Happened: On Wednesday, the Team YouTube account on Twitter informed users...

MetaMask, a popular Web3 wallet provider, has issued a warning to its users about rumors circulating on social media regarding an imminent AirDrop. Reports of the AirDrop have been circulating on Twitter, with some users falling for the scam. What Happened: Cryptocurrency influencers have...

Recent phishing scams are targeting Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows zero-day vulnerability to install Qbot malware without displaying the customary security alerts. What Happened: On Saturday, a report shared by Bleeping Computer stated that new phishing attacks were using a...

A financial cybercrime group calling itself the Disneyland Team has been leveraging visually confusing phishing domains that spoof popular bank brands using Punycode.  What Happened: Alex Holden, the founder of cybersecurity consulting firm Hold Security, has analyzed the group's operation...

Leading firms in the cryptocurrency space were hit by a hack that successfully compromised HubSpot, a customer relations platform that helped those companies manage their customers and data. What Happened: New reports reveal that the HubSpot breach resulted in the leak of personal...

The world's largest digital marketplace for crypto collectibles and non-fungible tokens, OpenSea, announced that it is investigating a scam targeting users of its NFT platform. OpenSea posted a tweet saying that it appears to be the target of a phishing attack originating outside...

This article by Patricia Miller was originally published on Cannabis & Tech Today and appears here with permission. The cannabis industry is still a new one, full of rapid growth that includes building new teams, new vendor relationships, and new protocols. The newness and...

The Milwaukee Bucks basketball players have become victims of a major security breach, and the technical sophistication of the breach is likely something your grandparents could handle. The franchise has confirmed that players’ 2015 IRS W-2 information, including names, addresses, Social...