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Scammers are turning your favorite social media platforms into digital hunting grounds — learn how to spot and avoid their latest tactics.

The holiday season may be over, but cybercriminals aren’t done shopping for victims. Check out how you can stay protected from these scams that put your payment details and personal data at risk.

Check Point warns that a large-scale phishing campaign is targeting Facebook accounts with phony copyright infringement notices. The phishing emails have targeted more than 12,000 email addresses at hundreds of companies. Nearly all of the emails targeted individuals in the US, the EU, and Australia, though the researchers also observed some phishing templates written in Chinese and Arabic.

QR codes have revolutionized digital interactions, offering quick access to websites and services and adding a layer of security to many apps. These quick and seemingly innocent codes are everywhere — however, their widespread use has made them a prime target for scammers. The corruption QR codes leaves everyone vulnerable. However, there are simple methods to protect against this threat.

When was the last time you needed a loan? How about the last time you bought a car, opened a new credit card, or started the process of debt consolidation? These are some of the most common reasons consumers begin to explore their options for liquid funds; however, if consumers aren’t careful, they can fall victim to fraudulent crimes that endanger us all.

Scammers are taking advantage of the newfound popularity of the China-based AI app DeepSeek, according to researchers at ESET. DeepSeek released its generative AI tool last month, and it’s since overtaken ChatGPT as the top free app in Apple’s App Store. Users are now spotting lookalike domains designed to deliver malware or steal information. Other scams offer users the opportunity to buy phony stocks in DeepSeek.

According to the British Retail Consortium (BRC), shoplifting in the UK is surging. Reported cases jumped from 3.7 million to 20.4 million within a year. Viral social media clips show brazen daylight shoplifting. Reports quote frustrated shopkeepers afraid to intervene. Experts in retail, law, and economics debate the causes, blaming the economy, policing, organized crime, and justice systems. While physical shoplifting dominates headlines, digital shoplifting is equally bold and costly.

A KnowBe4 Threat Lab publication Authors: Daniel Netto, Jeewan Singh Jalal, Anand Bodke, and Martin Kraemer Executive Summary Attackers exploit redirects that lack safeguarding mechanisms to borrow the domain reputation of the redirect service, obfuscate the actual destination and exploit trust in known sources. Whitelisting URLs, only allowing a predefined set of URLs to be rewritten, is an effective countermeasures against the vulnerability on the server side.