Phishing

The Interpol report, "Global financial fraud threat assessment," details how GenAI enhances phishing campaigns by improving content quality, making it harder to detect.

Stolen data includes customer business and contact information, as well as employee and corporate data.

The scam begins with deceptive emails, some mimicking PayPal refund notifications for $200 or generic order confirmations.

Traditional security methods have a hard time keeping pace with rapid exploitation of stolen credentials.

More than 100 fraudulent shipment tracking scam campaigns have been deployed worldwide monthly on average in 2025, compared with nearly nonexistent activity in 2024, according to Infosecurity Magazine.

Intrusions harnessing calendar invites to spread fake invoice notices from U.S. cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes have been launched as part of a new scam campaign, Cybernews reports.

Malicious actors believed to have leveraged the newly emergent Kratos phishing-as-a-service kit in a sophisticated multi-stage attack against a C-suite executive at Swedish exposure management and identity security provider Outpost24, reports SecurityWeek.