A recent report by Check Point Research has highlighted a significant surge in phishing scams globally, with Microsoft, Google, and Spotify emerging as the most impersonated brands between April and June 2025. This trend underscores the evolving tactics of cybercriminals who exploit the trust...
In recent years, cybercriminals have increasingly exploited digital calendars to orchestrate sophisticated phishing attacks, particularly targeting Microsoft 365 users. These scams often involve deceptive calendar invitations that appear legitimate but are designed to steal sensitive information...
North Korean remote IT workers, operating under what Microsoft Threat Intelligence now tracks as Jasper Sleet (previously Storm-0287), exemplify how state-sponsored cyber actors are adapting and evolving their methods to sustain financial, intelligence, and geopolitical objectives. Since 2024...
Collaboration between global tech companies and law enforcement has reached new heights as the digital threat landscape evolves. The recent joint operation between Microsoft, India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and Japan’s Cybercrime Control Center (JC3) marks a significant advance in...
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Cross-border law enforcement efforts achieved a notable breakthrough as Microsoft and international authorities joined forces to dismantle a far-reaching transnational scam network targeting older adults. The collaborative operation exemplifies how coordinated interventions, advanced...
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Microsoft Windows users across the globe are facing a new and insidious threat that exploits a trusted channel—genuine purchase notification emails from Microsoft itself. In a sophisticated campaign first discovered by the security research team at Kaspersky, attackers are leveraging real...
The growing adoption of generative AI in the workplace has ushered in sweeping changes across industries, delivering newfound efficiencies and innovative capabilities. Yet, with each leap toward automation and intelligence, a parallel, shadowy world of cyber threats surges ahead. A recent...
For many individuals, the emotional and financial impact of falling victim to a scam is profound and lasting. This is no longer a marginal issue; digital fraud has become a global epidemic, touching nearly half of all consumers each week, according to 2024 data from the Global Anti-Scam Alliance...
One recent morning, Nick Johnson did what many of us do: scanned his inbox, eyes glazed, sifting spam from signal. Then he spotted what looked like a run-of-the-mill Google security alert—legit sender address, DKIM check passed, sorted neatly with his real security alerts. The message: Google...
Every second, somewhere in the world, someone falls for a convincing—yet surprisingly old-fashioned—online scam. Your email inbox, your bank, your social media timeline: the deluge of phishing links, suspicious friend requests, and fake tech support agents never seems to slow. What stands...
Microsoft’s battle lines in the war against online fraud are drawn in digital code, threat intelligence dashboards, and, perhaps most importantly, in the evolving hearts and minds of users worldwide. The world’s most valuable software company isn’t content to simply rest on its laurels as a...
In an era where digital fraud is evolving faster than your average software update, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is donning its cape as a cybersecurity superhero. The ATO has recently launched a tender for a sophisticated AI-powered fraud detection system—a move that signals not only a...
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Original release date: January 02, 2014 | Last revised: February 05, 2014
Systems Affected
Point of Sale Systems
Overview
Point of Sale Systems
When consumers purchase goods or services from a retailer, the transaction is processed through what are commonly referred to as Point of Sale...
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