Malwarebytes

AUGUST 11, 2021

Let’s start at the beginning… In an apparent scream for mercy, 21 hours ago the Poly Network Team reached out via Twitter to “hacker(s)” that had managed to transfer roughly $600 million in digital tokens out of its control and into separate cryptocurrency wallets. Gox theft in 2014. Freezing accounts. Insecure code.

Cryptocurrency 138

Cryptocurrency Scams Accountability Hacking 138

Malwarebytes

APRIL 28, 2021

We’re no strangers to the Twitter customer support DM slide scam. This is aided by imitation accounts modelled to look like the genuine organisation’s account. The victim is typically sent to a phishing page where accounts, payment details, identities, or other things can be stolen. Shall we take a look?

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Phishing Cryptocurrency Accountability Scams 121

Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2020

Twitter confirmed that hackers accessed the direct message (DM) inboxes of some of the accounts that were recently compromised. Last week, the social media giant Twitter revealed that hackers compromised 130 accounts in the attack that took place on July 15 and downloaded data from eight of them. ” wrote Krebs.

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Accountability Advertising Cryptocurrency Social Engineering 89

Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2020

“Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren filed 30 felony charges against the teen this week for “scamming people across America” in connection with the Twitter hack that happened on July 15.” bitcoins were amassed by attackers in “accounts associated with Clark”) from the unaware followers of the hacked accounts.

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Hacking Computers and Electronics Scams Accountability 96

Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2019

” The FBI provided the following answers to those interested in have more info on the sextortion scams: What is sextortion? This could be the possibility of a modeling contract; online game credits or codes; or money, cryptocurrency, and gift cards. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2020

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Scams Phishing Advertising DDOS 81

Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2020

The Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange is forcing users to reset their passwords following a data leak. . Another bad news for the community of the virtual currencies communities, the Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange has forced its users to reset their passwords following a data leak. . charlysatoshi. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Passwords Cryptocurrency Data breaches Advertising 57

Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2019

West carried out phishing scams against hundreds of companies since 2015, he stole financial data of tens of thousands of customers and then sold that information on cybercrime underground forums. He predominately used ‘phishing’ email scams to obtain the financial data of tens of thousands of customers. .”

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Cryptocurrency Scams Cybercrime Phishing 78

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

He gained access to his phone number and used it impersonate the executive and steal $500,000 from two accounts he had at Coinbase and Gemini. The man is suspected to have scammed more than six executives in the Bay Area. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads a CNBC report.

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Cryptocurrency Identity Theft Social Engineering Advertising 80

Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2020

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Group-IB assisted Paxful, an international peer-to-peer cryptocurrency marketplace, in countering web-bot and social engineering attacks. Group-IB Secure Portal also managed to identify over 100,000 accounts with three or more logins from the same device. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Cryptocurrency Social Engineering eCommerce Engineering 57

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

. “A conservative estimation of USD 1 billion was transacted in the market since its creation in 2014. Transactions were paid in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.” The AlphaBay Market went down on July 4th, 2017 without any explanation, many users that purchased products on the marketplace fearer the Exit-Scam.

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Marketing Cryptocurrency Scams Advertising 75

Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2020

Once obtained a new SIM, crooks can operate with the victim’s mobile account, intercepting or initiating calls, accessing SMSs (including authorizations codes sent by bank and cryptocurrency exchanges) and to authorize transactions. Fraudsters are always coming up with new ways to steal money from the accounts of unsuspecting victims.

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Banking Cybercrime Mobile Accountability 111

Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2020

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Spyware Hacking Advertising Antivirus 92

Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

We’ve noted the gradual emergence of Bitcoin ATMs in scams previously; here, cryptocurrency ATMs are more popular as a payment method to SSNDOB than other dubious online services. Joker’s Stash, trading since 2014 , received more than $100,000 in Bitcoin from SSNDOB. Tips for locking down after an SSN breach.

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DDOS Cryptocurrency Scams Data breaches 104

Identity IQ

JANUARY 17, 2023

Every year, up to 10% of Americans fall for a scam, which often leads to the exposure of their personal data, according to Legaljobs. Other types of data that you should consider private include: Your bank account number and card details. Login information for online accounts you have. IdentityIQ. Credit card details.

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Data privacy Identity Theft Accountability Banking 95

Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

Google introduced 31 new ads policies in 2018, aiming at protecting users from scams and other fraudulent activities (i.e. Google also revealed it was able to identify threat actors behind bad ads with the help of improved machine learning technology, it terminated nearly one million bad advertiser accounts. “We took down 2.3

Phishing 80

Phishing Advertising Scams Cryptocurrency 80

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

A bug in Instagram exposed user accounts and phone numbers. France and Germany will block Facebooks Libra cryptocurrency. Crooks hacked other celebrity Instagram accounts to push scams. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Once again thank you! Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The platform is a part of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency. The hackers were able to make off with $190 million in crypto by swapping account numbers. billion in stolen cryptocurrency in DeFi (decentralized finance) projects this year. CertiK’s Security Suite has tools to identify and avoid scams.

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Cybersecurity Threat Detection Cryptocurrency eCommerce 117

SecureList

AUGUST 5, 2021

In Q2 2021, corporate accounts continued to be one of the most tempting targets for cybercriminals. A fake notification about a Microsoft Teams meeting or a request to view an important document traditionally takes the victim to a phishing login page asking for corporate account credentials. Parcel scam: buy one, get none.

Phishing 118

Phishing Banking Scams Computers and Electronics 118

Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2018

The experts developed the tools starting from the analysis of 88 million Twitter accounts and over half-a-billion tweets, one of the largest random datasets of Twitter accounts analyzed to date. Practical data science techniques can be used to create a classifier that could help researchers in finding automated Twitter accounts.

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Accountability Advertising Cryptocurrency Scams 51

SC Magazine

MAY 20, 2021

A miasma of state-connected and adjacent hacking groups are charged with carrying out ransomware attacks, cryptocurrency scams and other moneymaking schemes to help the heavily isolated and cash-strapped country evade economic sanctions and fund the regime.

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Hacking Media Malware Cryptocurrency 103

Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2019

This data may include your personal and secretive details like emails, social media accounts, passwords, bank details, and other crucial stuff. The hackers act as the middle man between you and your designated sites and record essential details of your accounts. She is a small business owner, traveler and investor of cryptocurrencies.

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Hacking VPN Passwords Internet 102

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

They were helped in one of their attacks by members of the group Anunak , which had not conducted at attack of this kind since 2014. At present, only three criminal groups— Buhtrap2 , RTM , and Toplel —steal money from the accounts of legal entities in Russia. They account for 80% of all financial phishing sites.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2020

Thus, the number of phishing attacks on cloud storages nearly doubled last year, while Internet providers have seen the three-fold increase in the number of phishing scams targeting them. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Balance of power. Pierluigi Paganini.

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