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Microsoft warns university employees are being hit by payroll attacks, so stay on your guard

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Payroll pirate is targeting thousands of university employees, with some losing their salaries in attacks.

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Fake VPN checker tool lets hackers bypass antivirus protections

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Hackers are mixing cache smuggling with identity theft and phishing to bypass protections and deploy malware.

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Google says it won't fix this potentially concerning Gemini security issue

By Sead Fadilpašić published

ASCII smuggling is real, but Google says it's your responsibility, not theirs.

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Sunweb confirms data breach, warns customers to be on their guard

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Tourist agency data stolen and then used in phishing attacks.

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Microsoft Outlook will no longer show inline SVG images regularly exploited in phishing attacks

By Wayne Williams published

Microsoft Outlook update removes inline SVG from messages to stop attackers abusing the file format.

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Phishing emails are now so good the majority of people believe they are written by humans or are unsure - and that can't be good news

By Efosa Udinmwen published

Phishing sophistication leaves individuals and organisations exposed, with AI concerns rising and the adoption of secure authentication practices lagging worldwide.

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Portable Lifeprint printer app on iOS and Android leaked millions of user photos and sensitive data - this is what we know

By Wayne Williams published

Researchers warn Lifeprint photo printer app left millions of private photos and sensitive user details exposed online.

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Ransomware hackers claim Oracle app breach, tell victims their data has been stolen

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Hackers claim to have stolen Oracle E-Business Suite data, but no one really knows how real the claims are.

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This new phishing kit turns PDF files into malware - here's how to stay safe

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Regular PDF files can now easily be weaponized and used for malware distribution or credential theft.

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Microsoft blocks phishing scam which used AI-generated code to trick users

By Wayne Williams published

Microsoft says attackers used AI-generated code in a phishing campaign, disguising an SVG file as a PDF document to trick email recipients into opening it.

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