THIS WEEK · SOCIAL_MEDIA
18,948 fresh phishing URLs this week (+12% vs last).
Aggregated from PhishTank, OpenPhish, URLhaus, Google Safe Browsing, and per-source RSS feeds. Top category this week: Business email compromise. The messages look real. The links don't. Here's what's running, who it targets, and how to spot it before you tap.
By The Fraud News DeskSources OPENPHISH · URLHAUS · SECURITY JOURNALISM (RSS) · PHISHING.DATABASE · ELDER SCAM SOURCES · CISA KEV · PHISHSTATS · THREATFOX · MALWAREBAZAAR · ALIENVAULT OTX · URLSCAN.IOLive data refreshed on page load
FIG. 01 / IMPERSONATION INDEXWho they pretend to be.
Share of reported impersonation attempts this week. Tile size reflects volume.
CLE
ClearFake
Impersonation attempts
32%1,020
UNK
Unknown Stealer
Impersonation attempts
15%488
UNK
Unknown malware
Impersonation attempts
11%343
VSH
VShell
Impersonation attempts
9%296
FAC
Facebook
Impersonation attempts
9%275
ROB
Roblox
Impersonation attempts
7%211
COB
Cobalt Strike
Impersonation attempts
6%188
AIS
Aisuru
Impersonation attempts
4%135
VID
Vidar
Impersonation attempts
4%133
REM
Remcos
Impersonation attempts
4%116
IMPERSONATION INDEX · 7-DAY WINDOW · N = 3,205 REPORTS COMMUNITY
STORY
OF THE WEEK
Someone Pretended to Be My Grandson
A young man called crying, saying 'Grandma, I'm in trouble.' He said he was arrested and needed bail money wired immediately. He begged me not to tell his parents. I was about to go to Western Union when my neighbor suggested I call my grandson directly — he was fine, sitting at home.
“Always verify by calling your family member on their real number”
FightPhishing editorial (migrated from data/community-stories.json)Scammers say 'don't tell anyone' to isolate you · It's okay to hang up and check — a real emergency will still be there