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A Fake MCP Server Just Exposed Your WhatsApp History

Jun 10, 2026 By SafeBreach In SafeBreach
A security researcher introduced a malicious MCP server into an environment that already had a legitimate WhatsApp integration—and watched it silently expose message history without any user approval. The technique is called a rug pull. The server advertised one behavior at installation. On second usage, it switched to something else entirely. The approval was real. The thing you approved was not. This is what trust decay looks like in practice—and it passes every classical security check.
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Fake Search Ads and Brand Impersonation: Why Takedown Alone Misses the Real Risk

Jun 9, 2026 By Ran Arad In Memcyco
Fake search ads are paid search placements that impersonate trusted brands, services, or login destinations to redirect users into fraudulent journeys. For enterprises, the risk is not only that attackers buy visibility. It is that they intercept customers at the exact moment those customers are trying to reach the real brand. That makes fake search ads different from many other phishing entry points. The user is not responding to a suspicious message.
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What Is 'Business Identity Theft'? Corporate Security and Vendor Risk Management

What Is 'Business Identity Theft'? Corporate Security and Vendor Risk Management

Jun 8, 2026 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
Business identity theft occurs when criminals hijack a company's commercial credentials-such as its tax ID or registration details-to open fraudulent lines of credit, intercept vendor payments, or execute supply chain attacks. You do not just lose money. You lose your operational integrity.
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Mythos access may be limited, but banking threats are there for all to see

Jun 4, 2026 By Bijan Sanii In INETCO
Originally published in Vancouver Tech Journal, June 2, 2026. Bijan Sanii is CEO and founder at INETCO It may seem reassuring that JPMorganChase, the largest U.S. bank, is among the 12 launch partners involved in Anthropic’s Project Glasswing. But given the stark cybersecurity warning the initiative represents, including a single financial institution is nowhere near enough.
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How to Detect Brand Impersonation: Key Signals for Security Teams

Jun 4, 2026 By Eran Tsur In Memcyco
Brand impersonation detection is the process of identifying fake domains, cloned brand experiences, and exposure signals that show attackers are using a trusted brand to deceive customers, employees, or partners. For security teams, the harder problem is not finding every impersonation asset. It is knowing which signals indicate live user exposure and which ones should change the response.
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The new reality for acquirers: blocking transactions that trigger card scheme penalties

Jun 3, 2026 By Joe Kitos In INETCO
Picture this: Your payments team starts the week with what looks like a routine performance review. Authorization rates are slightly off. A handful of merchants are seeing more retries than usual. Declines are climbing in one segment of the portfolio. But nothing looks catastrophic…yet. Then the warning signs start stacking up. An AI-driven BIN attack has quietly pushed enumeration activity higher. A few merchants are generating abnormal dispute patterns.
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Athletes Are Increasingly Targeted by Social Engineering Attacks

Jun 3, 2026 By KnowBe4 Team In KnowBe4
Scammers are increasingly targeting athletes with advanced social engineering attacks, the Guardian reports. The Guardian cites a recent report from Ernst & Young that found that athletes and teams have lost nearly $1 billion to fraud over the past twenty years, and more than 40% of these losses were reported in the past six years.
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Warning: Scammers are Exploiting Geopolitical Unrest

Jun 3, 2026 By KnowBe4 Team In KnowBe4
Scammers are taking advantage of the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine to exploit people’s emotions, according to researchers at ESET. “Geopolitical turmoil often leads to human misery, which tends to pull at the heartstrings,” ESET says. “Legitimate charities may solicit donations to help their efforts to support innocent citizens caught in the crossfire.
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