May 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Web Skimming Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new campaign targeting WordPress sites that disguises the malware as a security plugin. The plugin, which goes by the name “WP-antymalwary-bot.php,” comes with a variety of features to maintain access, hide itself from the admin dashboard, and execute remote code. “Pinging … Read more
I’m listening to a fascinating podcast from the BBC about Whisky Bandits. The scam is that you buy a cask of whisky for thousands of dollars, but the cask you bought does not exist. In other words, you just got a piece of paper saying that you own a cask or, in simpler terms, you … Read more
In a disturbing new development using AI, I can generate a fake passport in minutes that would fool Revolut and Binance for account opening. This was a discovery by Polish researcher Borys Musielak using ChatGPT-4o, who created a fake passport in five minutes You can now generate fake passports with GPT-4o. It took me 5 … Read more
A former strip mall mogul was sentenced to five years in prison for orchestrating a fake WeWork Inc. takeover bid to profit from stock options he bought just before the company’s November 2023 bankruptcy filing. Jonathan Larmore, sentenced on Tuesdayin federal court in Manhattan, was convicted of fraud in October following a weeklong trial — … Read more
Have you had a phone call from police about your cryptocurrency wallet? Be on your guard – you could be about to be scammed. That’s the clear warning issued by police in England, as it was disclosed how nine people have lost a combined £1 million in a phone-related cryptocurrency scam. According to the Kent … Read more