
EU probes Booking.com over fake listings and data exposure risks
European Commission investigates Booking.com’s compliance with Digital Services Act after finding substandard risk assessments for scams.
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European Commission investigates Booking.com’s compliance with Digital Services Act after finding substandard risk assessments for scams.

Microsoft and partners took down a cybercrime hub that sold phishing templates and stolen accounts, disrupting a network that sent over a billion messages.

Attackers hide phishing sites inside legitimate cloud services to bypass traditional security filters and mimic trusted domains.

Attackers often use browser automation to steal session cookies, bypassing multi-factor authentication entirely by hijacking your active login state.

Casbaneiro banking trojan delays control traffic until victims visit targeted financial sites, complicating detection efforts in Latin America.

Attackers clone trusted brand interfaces so perfectly that visual inspection fails, forcing you to verify every link by hovering and checking the domain structure.

Most successful attacks rely on psychological urgency rather than technical flaws, bypassing even the most advanced security filters through simple human error.