AI voice-cloning scams are now cheap and convincing, and a Hiya report from March says one in four Americans received a deepfake voice call in the past 12 months. A further 24% say they cannot tell a cloned voice from a real one. The article describes virtual kidnapping scams, in which attackers clone a relative's voice from a few seconds…
Bitdefender documented Midnight Mimosa, an Android malware campaign that embeds a platform-signed malicious system app in the firmware of low-cost, MediaTek-based handsets and counterfeit flagship models before they reach buyers. Thousands of infected devices were observed in more than 150 countries over roughly two years. The implant dri…
This ESET WeLiveSecurity article explains email bombing (also called form, list or subscription bombing) and cites a September report of a Virginia woman flooded with hundreds of emails in 24 hours. The flood hid a genuine bank alert about a fraudulent laptop purchase. Attackers use bots to sign a harvested email address up to many legiti…
The weekly InfoStealers report for 12-19 October 2026 summarises stealer-log telemetry on compromised machines, credentials and sessions. The United States ranks 8 by country of infection with 438 machines. Gmail is the most affected email provider with 1,225,748 users, followed by Hotmail (90,554) and Yahoo (33,493). Sessions and saved c…