Officials at Nebraska's Broken Bow Public Schools have reported the school district losing $1.8 million following a phishing intrusion that exploited an ongoing construction project, according to Cybernews.
Utilities, business-to-business service providers, and software-as-a-service vendors have been increasingly targeted with redirect intrusions involving the concealment of malicious JavaScript code within Scalable Vector Graphics image files, Hackread reports.
Individuals part of the Gen Z population have been facing escalating cyberattacks weaponizing popular video game titles, with malware impersonating Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty, and Minecraft attempted to be spread at least 19 million times over a year-long period beginning April 2024, GBHackers News reports.
Tech support scam dismantled in law enforcement operation Infosecurity Magazine reports that an Indian tech support scam center that had targeted U.S., UK, and Australian individuals has been disrupted as part of the Operation Chakra V law enforcement operation, which involved India's Central Bureau of Investigation, the FBI, the UK's National Crime Agency, and Microsoft.
Cybersecurity Dive reports that only 50% of organizations' security leaders expressed significant concern about the threat posed by mobile phishing scams even if 60% and 77% disclosed experiencing text- or voice-based executive impersonation scams and one or more intrusions during the last six months, respectively.
Artificial intelligence, Web3, social media, and gaming firms have been spoofed to facilitate the deployment of cryptocurrency draining malware on Windows and macOS systems as part of a social engineering campaign that has been underway since March 2024, The Hacker News reports.
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