CAPTCHAs were designed to separate humans from bots. Now scammers are using them to persuade humans to install malware.The FTC is warning about fake verification pages that instruct users to run ...

Traditional phishing techniques are in decline as a result of the disruption of the Tycoon2FA phishing-as-a-service (PHaaS) ...

Russia’s Sandworm hacking group is using fake CAPTCHA prompts to infect Ukrainian devices with malware across ten-plus ...

Security firm Group-IB has uncovered ClickLock Stealer, a new Mac threat that hijacks normal system behavior to pressure ...

UA, has warned that Russian hackers are using fake CAPTCHA checks to trick people into compromising their own PCs.

I write about a lot of scams that regulators, the BBB, and other organizations try to protect consumers from; and, sadly, continue to be unpleasantly surprised by how inventive the crooks are. Now ...

Anyone who has clicked through a website and been asked to confirm they are not a robot now faces a new risk. The Federal Trade Commission published a consumer alert in June 2026 warning that scammers ...

FBI has issued an urgent warning over a fast-spreading phishing campaign. (Stock photo) Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash The FBI has issued an urgent warning over a fast-spreading phishing ...

Cyber criminals are using fake CAPTCHA pages to trick users into running malware on their own devices. IBT Creative/ Canva A routine online security check is being weaponised by cyber criminals, ...

- We identified a previously undocumented modular IoT botnet framework named TuxBot v3 Evolution, self-identified on infected devices as "Akiru." - The framework was recovered from internal telemetry ...

Cybercriminals are increasingly relying on social engineering instead of traditional exploits, and Australian authorities are warning that a spreading “ClickFix” campaign is a prime example. The ...