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• Nigerian Banks Grapple with High-Value Fraud as Sophisticated Cyberattacks Drive Massive Financial Losses

  Published: Apr 23, 2026

  Section: Africa

  A new report reveals that while the total volume of banking fraud in Nigeria decreased by 4 percent in 2025, the financial impact per incident has surged. Internet banking has emer...

• Microsoft Warns of ‘Guided Execution’ Playbook as Attackers Impersonate IT Helpdesks via Teams

  Published: Apr 23, 2026

  Section: Companies & Industry

  Microsoft has identified an emerging enterprise intrusion technique where threat actors exploit cross-tenant communication in Microsoft Teams to impersonate IT helpdesk personnel....

• North Korean Cyber-Infiltration of Axios Project Exposed as Weeks-Long Social Engineering Operation

  Published: Apr 7, 2026

  Section: Asia

  A sophisticated cyberattack targeting the popular open-source project Axios has been traced back to North Korean state-sponsored actors. The breach, which successfully compromised...

• FBI Issues Flash Warning Identifying Iranian State Actors Using Encrypted Messaging Apps To Distribute Windows Malware

  Published: Mar 31, 2026

  Section: US & Canada

  The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released an urgent advisory regarding a sophisticated cyber campaign orchestrated by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security. State-bac...

• New ClickFix Variant Abuses Windows Terminal to Bypass Run Dialog Protections and Deploy Lumma Stealer

  Published: Mar 10, 2026

  Section: Science & Tech

  A sophisticated evolution of the "ClickFix" social engineering attack has been observed bypassing traditional detection by instructing victims to execute malicious commands directl...

• Dutch Intelligence Warns of Russian Hackers Targeting Diplomats and Military via Signal and WhatsApp

  Published: Mar 9, 2026

  Section: Europe

  Russian state-sponsored hackers are conducting a global campaign to compromise the individual messaging accounts of diplomats, military personnel, and journalists. Rather than expl...

• Chinese Authorities Launch Crackdown on Criminal Networks Exploiting ChatGPT for Sophisticated Fraud

  Published: Feb 25, 2026

  Section: Science & Tech

  Law enforcement agencies in China have initiated a targeted campaign to dismantle criminal organizations utilizing ChatGPT and other generative AI models to facilitate large-scale...

• Identity Breach: Optimizely Probes Vishing Attack on Internal Systems

  Published: Feb 24, 2026

  Section: Science & Tech

  Global ad tech firm Optimizely has launched an investigation into a sophisticated voice phishing (vishing) incident that allowed a threat actor to gain unauthorized access to certa...