THIS WEEK · ENTERTAINMENT
25,266 fresh phishing URLs this week (+3% 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.
ICL
IClickFix
Impersonation attempts
46%3,870
OTH
Other
Impersonation attempts
25%2,102
CLE
ClearFake
Impersonation attempts
8%656
KIM
Kimsuky
Impersonation attempts
7%615
STR
StrelaStealer
Impersonation attempts
3%252
COB
Cobalt Strike
Impersonation attempts
3%229
UNK
Unknown malware
Impersonation attempts
2%199
ALL
Allegro
Impersonation attempts
2%144
VID
Vidar
Impersonation attempts
2%131
ROB
Roblox
Impersonation attempts
2%127
IMPERSONATION INDEX · 7-DAY WINDOW · N = 8,325 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