Tag Archives: Phishing

Roughly nine years ago, KrebsOnSecurity profiled a Pakistan-based cybercrime group called “The Manipulaters,” a sprawling web hosting network of phishing and spam delivery platforms. In January 2024, The Manipulaters pleaded with this author to unpublish previous stories about their work, claiming the group had turned over a new leaf and gone legitimate. But new research suggests that while they have improved the quality of their products and services, these nitwits still fail spectacularly at hiding their illegal activities.

In May 2015, KrebsOnSecurity published a brief writeup about the brazen Manipulaters team, noting that they openly operated hundreds of web sites selling tools designed to trick people into giving up usernames and passwords, or deploying malicious…

Security researchers have observed a highly sophisticated phishing campaign targeting employees of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as well as popular crypto exchanges Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, and Gemini.

The as-yet-unidentified threat actor is going after people’s login credentials for Okta, researchers from Lookout found.

The Innovative Role of Security Mechanisms in the Fight Against This Digital Threat

In the dynamically shifting terrain of cybersecurity threats, the phenomenon of SMS phishing—often termed “smishing”—stands out as an increasingly critical issue.

This particular style of phishing, characterized by the crafty dispatch of misleading text messages designed to pilfer personal information, has seen its prevalence swell in tandem with the ubiquitous adoption of mobile phones. As the schemes of cybercriminals gain in sophistication, the urgency for pioneering and effective security strategies has reached an unprecedented zenith. One notable instance is like Guardio prevents SMS phishing, marking a crucial advancement in the continuous fight against these digital…

Since late yesterday, a new phishing attack has targeted customers of MyHost and our sister company, SiteHost. The emails have SiteHost’s name and logo on them, and they attempt to trick you into giving away passwords and credit card information.

If you have received any emails from the fake address info@sitehost-service.com, or with the subject line “Note on service renewal”, they are not from us. Please mark them as spam or delete them, and block the sender if you can.

Phishing attacks like these contain official-looking links to fake websites. In this case, the scam website asks people for their login information and then their credit card details.

These attacks are likely to evolve over time, so we are asking everyone to be extra-cautious when it comes to your MyHost account…

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