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The GitHub Cover-Up Test That Exposed a Bigger Security Problem
A reported attempt to hide malicious code in a real repository, paired with a fake account, shows how software trust can be strained long before any payload is confirmed to have landed.
The Phone Number Was the Trap: How a Robinhood Impersonation Campaign Escapes Email Defenses
A callback-phishing lure uses fake account sign-in alerts to pull targets off the inbox and into a live voice scam, where trust is easier to exploit and harder to automate away.
When Fake Accounts Learn to Sound Human, Influence Gets Harder to Spot
AI is being used to make influence accounts look more believable, shifting some campaigns away from blunt flooding and toward quieter persona manipulation.