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β€ŠE-ZPass toll payment texts return in massive phishing wave

An ongoing phishing campaign impersonating E-ZPass and other toll agencies has surged recently, with recipients receiving multiple iMessage and SMS texts to steal personal and credit card information. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/toll-payment-text-scam-returns-in-massive-phishing-wave/
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β€ŠThis $16 AdGuard plan protects your whole family from malicious ads

You have until April 27 at 11:59 p.m. PT to grab lifetime access to AdGuard's privacy and ad-blocking tools for just $15.97 (reg. $169)β€”remember to enter code FAMPLAN at checkout for this limited-time discount. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/this-16-adguard-plan-protects-your-whole-family-from-malicious-ads/
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β€ŠMalicious VSCode extensions infect Windows with cryptominers

Nine VSCode extensions on Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Marketplace pose as legitimate development tools while infecting users with the XMRig cryptominer to mine Ethereum and Monero. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-vscode-extensions-infect-windows-with-cryptominers/
β€ŠSix arrested for AI-powered investment scams that stole $20 million

Spain's police arrested six individuals behind a large-scale cryptocurrency investment scam that used AI tools to generate deepfake ads featuring popular public figures to lure people. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/six-arrested-for-ai-powered-investment-scams-that-stole-20-million/
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β€ŠEncryptHub's dual life: Cybercriminal vs Windows bug-bounty researcher

EncryptHub, a notorious threat actor linked to breaches at 618 organizations, is believed to have reported two Windows zero-day vulnerabilities to Microsoft, revealing a conflicted figure straddling the line between cybercrime and security research. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/encrypthubs-dual-life-cybercriminal-vs-windows-bug-bounty-researcher/
β€ŠAWS rolls out ML-KEM to secure TLS from quantum threats

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has added support for the ML-KEM post-quantum key encapsulation mechanism to AWS Key Management Service (KMS), AWS Certificate Manager (ACM), and AWS Secrets Manager, making TLS connections more secure. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/aws-rolls-out-ml-kem-to-secure-tls-from-quantum-threats/
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