Cybercriminals exploit fear and urgency to trick consumers

Cybercriminals remained active in spying and information stealing, with lottery-themed adware campaigns used as a tactic to obtain people’s contact details, according to Avast. Threats using social engineering to steal money, such as refund and invoice fraud and tech support scams, increased during Q4 of 2022. Threat researchers also discovered zero-day exploits in Google Chrome and Windows. These vulnerabilities have since been patched. “At the end of 2022, we have seen an increase in human-centered … More →

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