100+ Tax Scams Flood Inboxes in Early 2026 – Criminals Get Sneakier
Proofpoint nailed more than 100 tax scams in early 2026. Criminals aren't just phishing – they're deploying malware, stealing creds, and posing as execs for W-2s.
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Proofpoint nailed more than 100 tax scams in early 2026. Criminals aren't just phishing – they're deploying malware, stealing creds, and posing as execs for W-2s.
Picture this: your company's defenses crumbling under relentless cyberattacks, while a pool of battle-tested, self-taught cyber talent in LatAm goes begging. It's not hype—it's the next frontier for desperate security teams.
Six zero-days. Fifty-plus flaws. Microsoft's February 2026 Patch Tuesday is a frantic scramble against hackers who've already broken in. Developers, your AI sidekicks just got a rude security wake-up.
A single SMS audio file. Zero taps. Full code execution on Pixel 9. Project Zero didn't just find bugs—they chained them into a nightmare for Android's vaunted security.
Attacks land in 27 seconds flat. CrowdStrike's Charlotte AI says it'll arm security teams with AI agents that think faster than hackers. Yeah, right—let's see the receipts.
Folks figured VM NAT was bulletproof userspace sleight-of-hand. Wrong. This revived 2017 exploit blueprint shows guests corrupting heaps to hijack the host process.
Imagine visiting a news site and boom—your iPhone's secrets spill out. DarkSword, a stealthy new hacking tool, is doing just that to millions.
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