Recent Technology Cyber Attacks

The article discusses Google’s new selfie-video account recovery, but it also highlights a real deepfake-enabled fraud case. In that incident, a finance employee joined a video call showing deepfake versions of coworkers and was persuaded to send multiple wire transfers, illustrating how realistic…

Researchers showed that hidden instructions in an Azure DevOps pull request description can trick an AI coding assistant into taking unintended actions using the reviewer’s own access. In a proof of concept, the AI agent was manipulated to pull confidential data from another project and post it…

An attacker called the victim pretending to be their mobile carrier, built trust with a “customer satisfaction survey,” then asked the victim to read back an SMS one-time passcode and a long-standing account passcode. The attacker had already initiated (and days earlier executed) a SIM swap, then…

Researchers showed that an attacker can hide instructions inside an Azure DevOps pull request description so an AI coding agent follows the attacker’s directions instead of the reviewer’s. Because the agent acts with the reviewer’s permissions, it can access other projects and leak sensitive…

AI firm ORO says a suspected North Korean attacker hijacked a real conference contact’s Telegram account and lured an employee into joining a fake Microsoft Teams call link. After the call “had no working audio,” the victim approved what looked like a Teams update, which installed a malicious…

Researchers found thousands of malicious GitHub repositories designed to look like real developer tools, including hundreds posing as AI “Skills” and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. In a technique dubbed “AgentBaiting,” attackers rely on AI assistants to discover these repos and pass the…

Cofense observed a real phishing campaign impersonating Google Ads Sync Accounts (MMC) with a fake “maintenance/system upgrade” notice. The email pressures recipients to click “Complete Sync Account,” sending them through lookalike sites and a fake Google sign-in pop-up that captures credentials.…

Researchers found a new macOS infostealer, “ClickLock Stealer,” that uses ClickFix-style fake verification pages to trick people into running Terminal commands. After infection, it shows a realistic macOS password prompt and can effectively lock the Mac until the victim enters the correct password,…

Italy’s privacy regulator fined telecom operator WINDTRE after two breaches where attackers used simple social engineering, not hacking tools. The attackers posed as support technicians and talked retail store staff into giving them system access, leading to theft of customer data. The case shows…

Researchers say a North Korea-aligned group is targeting Web3 and crypto professionals with fake recruiter outreach and “mandatory” online skill tests. During the test, victims are tricked into copying a terminal command to “fix” a camera/mic error, which installs remote-access malware and can lead…

Researchers found an exposed malware delivery server that contained phishing lures, testing notes, and live delivery logs for an active campaign. The live operation targeted Windows users in Mexico using a fake government ID (CURP) lookup site that triggered a WebDAV-based download flow and…

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…

Italy’s privacy regulator fined telecom operator WINDTRE €1.7M after two breaches where attackers used social engineering, posing as support technicians, to persuade store staff to grant system access. The intruders then pulled personal data for over 365,000 customers, including payment-related…

A suspected North Korean IT worker allegedly got hired by Consensys (MetaMask’s parent) using an alias and contributed to MetaMask’s core wallet code for about a month. The person was later removed, and Consensys says an investigation found no stolen assets, no data theft, and no malicious code…

Researchers found real-world campaigns that trick people into downloading fake games, mods, cracks, or software installers. The download looks legitimate and shows an installer screen, but it silently runs a multi-stage infection that ultimately installs the Amatera Stealer to steal passwords and…

Researchers report a real North Korea–linked social engineering campaign where attackers posed as recruiters and sent fake job offers and coding assessments. The “test” materials hid a multi-stage malware payload inside SVG flag images, aiming to steal browser logins and crypto wallet data and…

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…

North Korea–linked actors used fake developer job offers inside a Slack community to trick targets into running a “coding assessment” project. The repository looked legitimate but secretly assembled malware hidden in SVG flag images, leading to credential, file, crypto-wallet, and clipboard theft…

Apple warns that scammers are using FaceTime calls, often with spoofed caller ID, to impersonate Apple or banks and pressure people into sharing passwords, security codes, and financial details. The callers use personal information to sound legitimate, then create urgency to keep victims from…