Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2023

CyberNews analyzed a classic cryptocurrency romance scam, also known as CryptoRom, explaining how scammers hid the money CryptoRom scammers hid the money with several layers of obfuscation, but the Cybernews research team discovered that the stolen funds ended up in Binance accounts. Here’s how we did it. Cybernews researcher team said.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2024

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) recently observed threat actors using sophisticated social engineering tactics to target IT help desks in the health sector. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, IT help desks)

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Below are the recommendations provided by Armorblox to identify phishing messages: Augment native email security with additional controls; Watch out for social engineering cues; Follow multi-factor authentication and password management best practices; Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

Perhaps we thought, who would want to hack a completely unknow person like me? The truth is technology has grown at an exponential rate and so has cybercrime. Cybercrime doesn’t just affect big businesses and national governments. Impersonation Scams. The objective is to get a response and build a friendship online.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 16, 2020

billion in BEC scam-related losses the year before. “BEC/EAC is a sophisticated scam targeting both businesses and individuals performing a transfer of funds,” explained the report. ” The report warned that the methods used by hackers to perpetrate BEC scams were becoming more complicated and difficult to detect.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

According to Statista.com, the impact of cybercrime is expected to reach almost $13 trillion this year. With 85% of campaigns targeting victims with phishing emails containing malicious links, another form of a social engineering attack, education and cyber vigiliance remain a high priority. You should always stop and verify.

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SecureList

JUNE 26, 2023

According to a report by the Barracuda cybersecurity company, in 2021, businesses with fewer than 100 employees experienced far more social engineering attacks than larger ones. One of the methods often utilized to hack into employees’ smartphones is so-called “ smishing ” (a combination of SMS and phishing).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

A sextortion scam campaign attempts to trick victims into believing that the adult site Xvideos.com was hacked and that crooks recorded its visitors. The creativity of cybercriminals is inexhaustible, a new variant of sextortion scam appeared in the threat landscape. SecurityAffairs – cybercrime, spam). xxx is your pass.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 26, 2023

A new potential cybercrime tool called "FraudGPT" appears to be an AI bot exclusively being used for offensive purposes, such as crafting spear phishing emails, creating cracking tools, carding, and more nefarious activities. It's the cybercrime economy's version of next-gen product development for the phishing kit model.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2021

The so-called “mastermind” behind the 2020 Twitter hack that compromised the accounts of several celebrities and public figures—including President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk—pleaded guilty to several charges on Tuesday in a Florida court. Nearly two weeks later, Clark was arrested at his apartment in Tampa.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Frank Abagnale, one of the world's most respected authorities on forgery, embezzlement, secure documents, cybercrime, and scams—and subject of the 2002 movie Catch Me If You Can — kicked off Vision 2023: Looking Ahead at Cyber Threats , a half-day educational event held live and recorded on December 13th.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2020

Related: Coronavirus scams leverage email As we get deeper into dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, the need for authorities and experts to communicate reliably and effectively with each other, as well as to the general public, is vital. That, of course, presents the perfect environment for cybercrime that pivots off social engineering.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2021

INTERPOL published the African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2021, a report that analyzes evolution of cybercrime in Africa. A new report published by INTERPOL, titled the African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2021 , sheds the light on cybercrime in Africa.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 2, 2021

BEC attacks start because an actor steals information, then uses social engineering techniques to get the victim to transfer funds into a false account. It begins with an email correspondence the victim is expecting related to a financial transaction, then that information is compromised through hacking or other means.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

This quirk made the attack look more trustworthy and added a layer of flexibility to these scams. In many cases, the crooks hack managed service providers (MSPs) first and then use this access to compromise the partnering organizations. Forward outlook Ransomware is a dynamic and increasingly hybrid segment of cybercrime.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

Allen said a typical voice phishing or “vishing” attack by this group involves at least two perpetrators: One who is social engineering the target over the phone, and another co-conspirator who takes any credentials entered at the phishing page and quickly uses them to log in to the target company’s VPN platform in real-time.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2020

These restrictions have created a burgeoning underground market for reshipping scams, which rely on willing or unwitting residents in the United States and Europe — derisively referred to as “ reshipping mules ” — to receive and relay high-dollar stolen goods to crooks living in the embargoed areas.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2024

Resecurity has uncovered a cybercriminal faction known as “ GXC Team “, who specializes in crafting tools for online banking theft, ecommerce deception, and internet scams. These methods are commonly employed in wire fraud and well-known bogus invoice scams. billion on organizations.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Here’s a look at some of the more notable cybercrime stories from the past year, as covered by KrebsOnSecurity and elsewhere. 24, Russia invades Ukraine, and fault lines quickly begin to appear in the cybercrime underground. Tank, seen here performing as a DJ in Ukraine in an undated photo from social media.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Although the main types of threats (phishing, scams, malware, etc.) These schemes can be very similar to the streaming scams that we have been observing for the past several years. This summer for instance, cyberthieves stole 2 million dollars’ worth of items from an account that they hacked.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 23, 2021

Since 2017, host Jack Rhysider has investigated some of the most noteworthy stories related to the darkside of the internet, specifically hacking, data breaches, and cybercrime. Through interviews and research, Ran connects the dots between the early days of cybercrime and today’s stories of data hacks and breaches.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 13, 2023

Almost three-quarters of breaches (74 per cent) involve the human element through error, social engineering, stolen credentials or misusing privileges. Half of all social engineering attacks involve ‘pretexting’, where criminals fabricate a story to trick the victim. When is a cybersecurity incident a GDPR data breach?

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 23, 2022

Europol has coordinated a joint operation to arrest members of a cybercrime gang and effectively dismantle their campaigns that netted million in Euros. The group was involved in fraud, money laundering, phishing, and scams. Once recipients opened the link, they would be directed to a bogus bank website. .

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In each case, the goal of the attackers was the same: Phish T-Mobile employees for access to internal company tools, and then convert that access into a cybercrime service that could be hired to divert any T-Mobile user’s text messages and phone calls to another device. One of the groups that reliably posted “Tmo up!”

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2022

The increasing popularity of cryptocurrency is attracting cybercrime that is using different means to target the cryptocurrency industry. Experts also warn of scams and other social engineering attacks that cybercriminals use to trick victims into sending funds to the attackers’ wallets. To nominate, please visit:?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 25, 2022

Known for being one of Silicon Valley’s oldest and most notable venture capital firms, Sequoia Capital was hacked in February 2021. This hack exposed some of its investors’ personal and financial information to a third party. The four hacking methods below are the most commonly used to access protected data.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 2, 2024

This past year set a profound stage, from the advent of stringent cyber regulations to the convergence of generative AI, social engineering, and ransomware. This hack served as a stark reminder that the supply chain remains a critical vulnerability in enterprise security.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The Lithuanian State Data Protection Inspectorate has started an investigation into the security breach, according to preliminary data, threat actors had access to the Revolut database through the use of social engineering techniques. Here you will find different useful tips to avoid scams and fraudsters. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Newbies get a taste of what phishing tools can do, pull off their first scam and wish for more, which is when they will be offered paid content. “To attract larger audiences, scam operators advertise their services, promising to teach others how to phish for serious cash.” ” reads the post published by Kaspersky. .

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 23, 2021

So did the 2020 Twitter hack. In the same survey, 44% of respondents said they had seen an increase in scam text messages during the first two weeks of the nationwide quarantine period. Business email compromise is a sticky, multifaceted cybercrime that almost inevitably starts with a phishing attack. Business Email Compromise.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2024

In an adaptive phishing campaign, attackers gather specific information about victims through various sources, such as social media, public websites, and previous data breaches. One of the key elements of these campaigns is social engineering, which aims to psychologically manipulate victims.

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Identity IQ

MAY 7, 2021

Once they have access to an account with sufficient authority, cybercriminals can use that trusted email address to scam other companies into making fraudulent payments or just distribute malware en mass. The Dark Web: The dark web is where hacked accounts and stolen personal data is bought and sold. appeared first on IdentityIQ.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2020

The crooks exploited online tools and technology along with social engineering tactics to target the victims and steal usernames, passwords, and bank accounts. Okpoh, Benson and Kayode conducted romance scams and were involved in money laundering along with Uzuh. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime).

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SC Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in March released its 2020 Internet Crime Report with updated statistics on Business Email Compromise (BEC), Email Account Compromise (EAC), and COVID-19 scams. Organizations must navigate cybercrime at all times. The ever-present phishing challenge. The ever-present phishing challenge.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The massive shift to work from home in response to the Covid-19 pandemic has meant a rush to secure a wider range of home devices and networks, and an instant spike in demand for training and services that protect employees in identifying attempted cyberattacks and scams. Economic stimulus checks were targeted.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

When the pandemic struck, online bad actors took it as an opportunity to double-down on their attacks through ransomware, malware, and social engineering. Fraud and identity theft are on the rise, with online shopping hacks and COVID-related scams popular among cybercriminals. . Article by Beau Peters.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As we mentioned in a previous blog , hackers come in many forms, but their methods can generally be classified into three distinct types of cybercriminals: The Impersonator – Hackers that pretend to be others, often using social engineering and human psychology to trick users. Let’s look at a few primary examples.

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