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The FBI issued a Public Service Announcement through IC3 cautioning that threats against election workers endanger individuals and jeopardize the stability of the US electoral process ahead of the November 2026 midterm election. The FBI defines election workers broadly: elected and appointed officials, staff, volunteers, contractors, vend…
The FBI and CISA issued a joint Public Service Announcement warning that malicious cyber actors may use phishing and smishing against election officials, candidates and political organizations ahead of the 2026 U.S. midterm elections. These targets are attractive because of their access to voter registration data, current government offic…
Scammers continue to exploit Bitcoin/crypto ATMs as an irreversible payment channel in impersonation fraud. According to the FBI, 13,460 such complaints in 2025 resulted in $389 million in losses, a 23% rise in volume and 58% rise in losses over 2024. Victims over 50 lost more than $302M, and those over 60 accounted for $257.4M. The scam …
Authorities in North Macedonia have filed charges against the alleged administrator of OLVX, a cybercrime marketplace that sold stolen personal data, credentials and malicious tools from 2023 to 2025. The suspect is a 20-year-old North Macedonian national, identified only as "E.A.", and is charged with computer fraud, misuse of personal d…
Proofpoint reported at its Protect 2026 conference that generative AI is removing the behavioral tells (awkward language, reused templates, repeated infrastructure) that email filters have relied on. Attackers can now produce fluent, personalized, unique messages for each recipient, which weakens behavior-only detection. The vendor cites …
The FBI warns that scammers are likely to exploit the 2026 US Midterm Election to run financial fraud schemes against victims across the United States. The PSA updates alert I-102924-PSA from 29 October 2024. Scammers use candidates' names, images, logos and slogans to solicit fake campaign contributions, sell merchandise that is never de…
Trend Micro disclosed its part in a multinational law enforcement operation against the LockBit ransomware group, working with the FBI and the NCA. Per the vendor, undercover infiltration helped prevent the release of the group's next malware product, LockBit-NG-Dev, and Trend customers received protection before LockBit had finished test…
ESET warns that QR-code phishing ("quishing") is a growing way to slip past corporate email security. According to the ESET Threat Report H1 2026, malicious QR codes were embedded in 11% of all phishing emails in the first half of 2026. The codes hide destination URLs from filters that cannot extract and inspect them, and they move the vi…
Sen. Ron Wyden sent a letter to CISA and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) urging federal adoption of Encrypted Client Hello (ECH). ECH hides the name of the website a user visits from anyone monitoring network traffic. His office identified at least 350 federal sites that do not use ECH. Wyden warned that hackers and foreign adve…
Resilience's report Cyber risk in energy and utilities analyzes cyber insurance claims filed between Jan. 1, 2023 and Sept. 5, 2026. Email compromise made up 21% of energy and utilities claims, against 10% across the rest of the portfolio. Ransomware was only 9% of claims but about 70% of incurred losses including reserves. In several cas…
