Stealthy WordPress Skimmers Infiltrate Database Tables

Stealthy Credit Card Skimmer Targets WordPress Checkout Pages via Database Injection Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new wave of credit card skimmers targeting WordPress e-commerce sites. This campaign injects malicious JavaScript into the wp_options table...

Fake CrowdStrike Job Offers Used to Distribute Cryptominer

https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/recruitment-phishing-scam-imitates-crowdstrike-hiring-process Cybercriminals are targeting developers with a new phishing campaign that impersonates CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company. The campaign tricks victims into...

Phishing Texts Trick iMessage Users into Disabling Security

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/phishing-texts-trick-apple-imessage-users-into-disabling-protection Cybercriminals are employing a new tactic in their smishing (SMS phishing) campaigns: tricking Apple iMessage users into replying to texts, thereby...

Neglected Domains Fuel Rise in Malicious Email Campaigns

https://thehackernews.com/2025/01/neglected-domains-used-in-malspam-to.html Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a concerning trend where cybercriminals are increasingly exploiting neglected domains to evade email security measures and deliver malicious payloads....

Desperate Job Seekers Targeted by WhatsApp Employment Scams

https://www.theage.com.au/national/broke-desperate-jobseekers-are-falling-for-gold-mine-employment-scams-in-droves-20250105-p5l26q.html Australians struggling to find work are falling victim to sophisticated employment scams operating on platforms like WhatsApp,...

Cybersecurity in 2024: Top Stories that Rocked the Digital World

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-biggest-cybersecurity-and-cyberattack-stories-of-2024 The year 2024 was marked by an unprecedented wave of cybersecurity incidents, from devastating data breaches to crippling ransomware attacks. As new threat actors...