Joseph Steinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Criminals are impersonating attorneys and law firms as part of sophisticated versions of classic “Nigerian Prince” scams. Nigerian Prince type scams have existed for decades, and are conceptually similar to much older scam variants, including some that proliferated en masse after the French Revolution.

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Scams Artificial Intelligence Technology Banking 359

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In just a year, they were able to steal a total of 11.72M USD (10M EUR) from hundreds of victims of phishing attacks and other fraudulent activities such as SIM swapping (also known as SIMjacking ), business email compromise (BEC) , and money muling.

Cybercrime 75

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Cryptocurrency Phishing 75

SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

According to the freshest data on DeFi, every hour 15 newly deployed scams against smart contracts are detected. The level of cybersecurity after the pandemic and the initial adoption of remote work by organizations en masse has become better. At this rate, 2022 will likely surpass 2021 as the biggest year for hacking on record.

Cryptocurrency 88

Cryptocurrency Mobile Ransomware Banking 88

Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 22, 2021

You probably are already familiar with these concepts, but you may also know all of these by their more common name: a scam. Oftentimes, you’re not even being targeted individually, but rather swept up in a wider attempt to gather information. Who’s at risk?” Unfortunately, anyone and everyone at a targeted company who has an email address.

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Phishing Authentication Education Passwords 98

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2019

client.hi.service-ssl-check.com Expired September 3 Yahoo (German) login.yahoo.com.manage-account.src-ym.lang-en-us.session-services.com Expired August 3 AOL (German) login.aol.com.account.challenge.oauth.session-services.com Expired August 3. ip.session-services.com Expired August 3 Concern Worldwide login.microsoftonline.com.common.oauth2.co.session-services.com

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Phishing Mobile Advertising Scams 47

Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

One might even say passwords are the fossil fuels powering most IT modernization: They’re ubiquitous because they are cheap and easy to use, but that means they also come with significant trade-offs — such as polluting the Internet with weaponized data when they’re leaked or stolen en masse. Take a deep breath.

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Passwords Password Management Phishing Scams 351

SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

For instance, somewhat surprisingly, since 2019 vishing (voice phishing, i.e. phone scams) has enjoyed a renaissance. Russia’s mature mobile banking industry coupled with IP-telephone technologies made it very easy and profitable to set up hard-to-trace call centers that scam regular users out of their money.

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Cybercrime Banking Malware Ransomware 137

Malwarebytes

MARCH 28, 2023

But what opened opportunities for scamming is a system's tendency for abuse. Some create scripts or bots to report accounts en masse. BaaS offerings are often used by those with "money to throw around," an ex, a business rival, someone nursing a grudge, or a mix of these. These groups use several methods to get accounts taken down.

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Accountability Scams Cryptocurrency Banking 95

Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2019

It doesn't run with en-US locale but starts an activity with fr-FR on x64. The spam campaign is targeting customers of the French ISP Orange and include links that points to scam sites. The malware records the victim’s screen when they are visiting adult-related sites. run in June. Interesting sample! What is it?

Malware 88

Malware Advertising Scams Passwords 88

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 2, 2022

While most Google accounts we could find are anonymous throwaway accounts that are a dead end to attribution efforts, an internet search of a few account names tie some of the authors to older, more primitive phishing campaigns, and also show a history of engaging in cryptocurrency investment/recovery scams. Figure 6 shows more details.

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Phishing Energy and Utilities Authentication Accountability 52

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Clark was arrested in late July and charged with masterminding the hijacking of the Twitter accounts of A-list celebrities, and then Tweeting from those accounts to pull off a Bitcoin scam. His caper is worrisome on two counts. This duped the rally organizers into bragging about receiving 1 million reservation requests.

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