Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: Macworld warns of a sophisticated Apple Pay phishing scam using fake “blocked transaction” emails with official-looking branding and urgent language. Scammers direct victims to fraudulent phone numbers…
Back in February 2025, several media outlets warned of a new threat targeting users of Google’s Gmail email service. Attackers used AI technology to perfect phishing emails and make them look more convincing. To do…
With so much of our lives wrapped up in digital identities and platforms, you might want to spare a thought as to how your loved ones can get into things like your bank accounts or…
If you’ve received emails that appear to come from Mozilla, you should avoid clicking on any links within those emails. According to a Mozilla blog post, there’s an extensive phishing campaign going on right now…
A cybercriminal tricked a Cisco representative into granting them access to steal the personal information of Cisco.com users, the company said on Tuesday. Cisco said it discovered the breach on July 24, blaming the incident…
Google is trying to shove its “AI” into all of its products at once. You can’t use Search, Android, or Chrome without being prompted to try out some flavor of Gemini. But maybe wait a…
iPhone owners beware: a new and surprisingly plausible phishing scam is making the rounds, and could easily catch out the unwary. The message, which has been seen by AppleInsider reporters, claims to be from the…
Here’s something you may not know: Hackers can sign up for phishing-as-a-service platforms. In other words, there are businesses that put together a PhAAS software package that hackers can buy and run phishing schemes. A…
A new report from Menlo Security (PDF) shows a 140 percent increase in browser-based phishing attacks over the past year, as well as a 130 percent increase in zero-hour phishing attacks (i.e., novel attacks that…
LayerX Labs on Tuesday posted its finding on a new phishing attack that originally targeted Windows users, but now can be found on Macs. The phishing attack attempts to get a user’s username and password…