Recent Media and Entertainment Cyber Attacks

Researchers tracked a large scam wave abusing interest in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, including fake merchandise stores, cloned ticket sites, and bogus “free streaming” pages. The most harmful scams used near-perfect ticket-site clones to steal login details, credit card data, and one-time passwords…

Researchers reported a real spearphishing campaign that impersonates DocuSign emails to trick tech executives into clicking “Review Document” links and entering login details. The emails use compromised legitimate business mailboxes and realistic context (including copied email threads) to appear…

Attackers used fake Steam forum replies that looked like helpful troubleshooting steps for real gaming/PC problems. The posts tricked users into running PowerShell as an administrator, which then downloaded and installed the XMRig crypto miner and set it to run automatically at startup. The…

Check Point reports that scammers are now impersonating ChatGPT/OpenAI in phishing campaigns, reflecting how mainstream the service has become. One documented example used a fake “ChatGPT Plus payment failure” notice that sent victims to a fraudulent payment page designed to capture full credit…

Researchers reported a real phishing campaign targeting Call of Duty Mobile players with a fake “free Call of Duty Points” giveaway site. Victims are tricked into entering their email/password and then a one-time 2FA code, allowing attackers to take over accounts and potentially access linked…

Researchers documented a real phishing operation that used Telegram “secret chats” to send fake security warnings to specific people, including an exiled Belarusian activist and users in Russia and Kazakhstan. Victims were pushed to click a personalized link and enter Telegram’s one-time login code…

A sextortion email campaign is using real leaked email addresses from ShinyHunters-related data dumps to make threats sound credible. The scammers impersonate the “ShinyHunters hacking group,” claim they recorded victims via webcam, and demand $2,000 in Bitcoin within 48 hours. Reporting indicates…

A phishing campaign targets Call of Duty Mobile players by promising free Call of Duty Points (CP). Victims are tricked into entering their email, password, and then their 2FA code on a fake site that impersonates an official promotion. The attackers use the captured credentials to take over…

A newly identified Russia-linked threat actor (“Laundry Bear”) is targeting Western organisations with a zero-click technique that can compromise Zimbra webmail simply by viewing a malicious email. The campaign has reportedly stolen sensitive data across multiple sectors and may evolve to target…

Zenity Labs described a real phishing-based technique (“AgentForger”) that could silently create an autonomous AI agent inside an OpenAI workspace after a single click. The planted agent can keep running on a schedule, read and act across connected tools like Outlook/Slack/Drive, and execute new…

Government agencies say a Russian-linked group sent specially crafted HTML emails that exploit a Zimbra webmail flaw, so simply viewing the message can trigger data theft, no click required. The campaign has targeted multiple Western sectors since July 2025 and focuses on stealing email content and…

Researchers reported that scammers set up cloned piracy sites within hours of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey release to trick people looking for pirated copies. The scams used a fake “Browser Issue Detected” pop-up to push users into malicious ad redirects and a Windows .exe file disguised as a…

Scammers quickly set up fake piracy pages for Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” to trick people into either clicking a fake browser “Fix It Now” warning or downloading a “movie” that is actually a Windows program. The goal is to route victims through malicious advertising redirects or get them to…

Federal investigators arrested a Florida man accused of helping push malware disguised as video games, which infected about 8,000 devices and enabled theft from cryptocurrency wallets. The games were promoted through social platforms and direct messages aimed at people believed to hold significant…

Researchers linked DigiCert’s April 2026 breach to a GoldenEyeDog sub-group that tricked support staff into running a malicious file delivered through a customer support chat. The attackers then abused DigiCert’s support portal features to intercept EV code-signing certificate “initialization…

Researchers described two active social-engineering-driven malware campaigns: one uses trojanized “popular” remote-user apps (e.g., Zoom/WebEx lookalikes) to trick people into installing credential and crypto-stealing malware, and another uses hundreds of imposter GitHub repositories to lure…

Cisco Talos reports a real campaign by a Russian-speaking group (UAT-11795) targeting users in the U.S. and Europe with trojanized installers for popular tools like Zoom, Webex, and MobaXterm. Victims are socially engineered via a “ClickFix” style trick into running a command that silently…

Researchers and the FBI warn that criminals are luring World Cup fans to convincing fake FIFA ticket websites, often via social media ads and shared links. The scam steals payment details in real time during checkout, including card data and one-time passcodes (OTPs), while victims believe they are…

Cisco Talos reports a real, financially motivated campaign where victims are tricked via a “ClickFix” style lure into running a command that downloads a weaponized HTA file. That HTA then installs trojanized versions of legitimate software (e.g., WebEx/Zoom/MobaXterm) that deploy Starland RAT and…

The article highlights how attackers can quickly build convincing executive “profiles” from public information and use them to manipulate employees. It cites the 2023 MGM Resorts incident where attackers allegedly used an executive’s LinkedIn details to impersonate them in a help desk phone call…