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USA
Cloudflare Email Security( CES) has observed a sharp rise in crypto related scams exploiting recent events like the launch of a Trump NFT. These scams primarily impersonate legitimate Bitcoin Wallets, such as Ledger and Binance, utilising advanced techniques like AI-chatbots to masquerade as support agents in attempts to gain access to the target’ s wallet.
These schemes feature professional-looking websites and emails impersonating legitimate Bitcoin platforms, enticing users to interact with malicious links and approve fraudulent transactions. This surge in scams highlights how quickly actors adapt to public interest, using high-profile figures and events to lend credibility to the deception.
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Following a series of geopolitical discussions and commentary by prominent politicians, Italy reportedly found itself the target of increased cyberattacks in recent weeks – particularly DDoS attacks – seemingly drawing the ire of multiple pro-Russian hacktivist groups, including NoName057( 16).
Reports of attacks against Italian organisations, namely public sector institutions, initially lasted for around two weeks. This came after Italian President Sergio Mattarella compared Russia’ s actions in Ukraine to the Third Reich.
However, NETSCOUT’ s ASERT threat intelligence team observed that during the period of apparent increased threat actor activity, there was no noticeable uptick in DDoS attacks against Italy compared to previous weeks.
They concluded:‘ Although there was an uptick in cyberattack claims against Italy on social media, there is no clear evidence suggesting that the period of increased attention towards Italian organisations has had a severe impact on DDoS trends in the country.’
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