In 2025 Scammers Have Stolen $835M from Americans Using Fake Customer Service Numbers

They call it “the business-impersonator scam”. And it’s fooled 396,227 Americans in just the first nine months of 2025 — 18% more than the 335,785 in the same nine months of 2024. That’s according to a Bloomberg reporter (who also fell for it in … Continue reading In 2025 Scammers Have Stolen $835M from Americans Using Fake Customer Service Numbers

Browser agents don’t always respect your privacy choices

Browser agents promise to handle online tasks without constant user input. They can shop, book reservations, and manage accounts by driving a web browser through an AI model. A new academic study warns that this convenience comes with privacy risks tha… Continue reading Browser agents don’t always respect your privacy choices

Android Malware Operations Merge Droppers, SMS Theft, and RAT Capabilities at Scale

Threat actors have been observed leveraging malicious dropper apps masquerading as legitimate applications to deliver an Android SMS stealer dubbed Wonderland in mobile attacks targeting users in Uzbekistan.
“Previously, users received ‘pure’ Trojan AP… Continue reading Android Malware Operations Merge Droppers, SMS Theft, and RAT Capabilities at Scale

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Anubis: Open-source web AI firewall to protect from scraper bots

Anubis is an open-source tool designed to protect websites from automated scraping and abusive traffic by adding computational friction before a request is served. Maintained by TecharoHQ, the project targets a growing problem for site operators who wa… Continue reading Anubis: Open-source web AI firewall to protect from scraper bots

Session tokens give attackers a shortcut around MFA

In this Help Net Security video, Simon Wijckmans, CEO at cside, discusses why session token theft is rising and why security teams miss it. He walks through how web applications rely on browsers to store session tokens after login often in cookies or b… Continue reading Session tokens give attackers a shortcut around MFA

NIST issues guidance on securing smart speakers

Smart home devices, such as voice-activated digital assistants, are increasingly used in home health care, with risks involved. An attacker could change a prescription, steal medical data, or connect a patient to an impostor. To reduce cybersecurity ri… Continue reading NIST issues guidance on securing smart speakers