A guide to recognizing and avoiding phishing scams
A guide to identifying phishing tactics, securing digital accounts, and handling suspicious communications based on consumer guidance.
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Our coverage: 8 reports since October 8, 2026. Latest: A guide to recognizing and avoiding phishing scams, October 13, 2026.
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Norway fines Xandr $9.6 million over Grindr data sharing
The fine is the largest ever issued by Norway's Data Protection Authority.
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Cisco Talos Warns Autonomous AI Agents Have Already Targeted Public Infrastructure
Cisco Talos says AI-driven agents attacked Hugging Face, DSEWiki and RubyGems, and warns that attackers could soon shift from loud volume-based campaigns to stealthy persistence-focused operations.
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FBI, Secret Service Warn FortiBleed Attackers Are Locking Organizations Out of Fortinet Devices
A joint FBI and US Secret Service advisory says the credential-based campaign against FortiGate firewalls and SSL VPN gateways involves attacker-created accounts and deleted or reset original credentials.
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MonsterCloud Owner Pleads Not Guilty in Federal Fraud Case Over Ransom Payments
Prosecutors in Brooklyn allege Zohar Pinhasi's recovery firm secretly paid ransomware attackers while billing clients far more; he is presumed innocent.
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MonsterCloud Owner Pleads Not Guilty to Wire Fraud Charges Over Alleged Undisclosed Ransom Payments
Prosecutors allege Zohar Pinhasi's firm billed clients more than $19 million while facilitating more than $8 million in ransom payments; he has pleaded not guilty.
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Dutch Arrest in ShinyHunters Probe Followed by FBI Breach Claim and Cl0p Targeting
Days after Dutch police arrested a man once linked to the ShinyHunters handle Umbreon, the group claimed it hit the FBI's own jobs site and turned on the ransomware gang Cl0p, a pattern researchers say can follow arrests of cybercrime group members.
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MonsterCloud CEO Indicted for Secretly Paying Hackers While Billing Victims $19 Million
Zohar Pinhasi faces federal fraud charges for allegedly faking a decryption business while quietly funding the same ransomware gangs he claimed to beat.