March Madness is the annual men’s and women’s NCAA Division I basketball tournament, where 68 teams play in a single-elimination bracket for the US national championship. But March Madness doesn’t just bring buzzer beaters and busted brackets. It also kicks off a short, intense season for scammers who know fans are distracted, emotional, and often in […]

This week on the Lock and Code podcast… Forget the runaway train thrillingly shot in Buster Keaton’s 1926 film “The General,” and never mind the charging locomotive rescued by actors Denzel Washington and Chris Pine in the 2010 film “Unstoppable,” as there’s a far more frequent (and far less heart-pounding) railcar drama happening across California’s […]

We’ve identified a campaign using business-related lures, such as job interviews, project briefs, and financial document, to distribute malware, including the PureHVNC Remote Access Trojan (RAT). It’s not the malware that’s new, but how the attack starts. Instead of the usual phishing email or fake download page, attackers are using Google Forms to kick off […]

New York City lawmakers are pushing to ban private businesses from using biometric tools like voice and facial recognition software to track the public. While the desire to use surveillance technology in stores to fight shoplifting is understandable, lawmakers and privacy advocates are worried that the data could be repurposed to profile customers. The New […]

Tax season is also peak season for identity theft. Criminals use stolen personal data to file fake tax returns and claim refunds before the real taxpayer does. Here’s how the fraud works, and how to protect yourself. What is Stolen Identity Refund Fraud (SIRF)? Stolen Identity Refund Fraud (SIRF) is a type of tax fraud […]

Researchers at Google have identified an iOS exploit chain, named DarkSword, that has been used since late last year by multiple actors to infect iPhones with malware in targeted attacks. DarkSword combines six vulnerabilities in iOS and Safari to deploy malware on the device. It demonstrates, once again, how important it is to keep up with […]

Apple has released a Background Security Improvement to patch a flaw that could allow malicious websites to bypass browser protections and access data from other sites. What is it? The patched WebKit vulnerability is described as: “A cross-origin issue in the Navigation API was addressed with improved input validation.” WebKit vulnerabilities refer to security flaws in […]

Researchers have published a proof-of-concept (PoC) that uses custom fonts to fool many popular Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistants, including ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, Leo, Grok, Perplexity, Sigma, Dia, Fellou, and Genspark. Imagine a book where the visible text is harmless, but hidden between the lines is a second message written in special, human-only ink. Humans […]

We mapped a sprawling fake shop operation of over 20,000 domains, dozens of shared IP addresses and identical storefronts with different names pasted on top. They exist for one purpose: to steal your payment details and personal data. The thread that ties them all together is a browser tab title most people would never think […]

Introduction In this installment of our SOC Files series, we will walk you through a targeted campaign that our MDR team identified and hunted down a few months ago. It involves a threat known as Horabot, a bundle consisting of an infamous banking Trojan, an email spreader, and a notably complex attack chain. Although previous […]