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Who’s Behind the ‘Web Listings’ Mail Scam?

Krebs on Security

The story concluded that this dubious service had been scamming people and companies for more than a decade, and promised a Part II to explore who was behind Web Listings. A Twitter account for Web Listings Inc. has posts dating back to 2010, and points to even more Web Listings domains, including weblistingsinc.org.

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An 18 year scam odyssey of stranded astronauts

Malwarebytes

There is a semi-mythical scam which comes around every couple of years, like some sort of digital bad luck version of Halley’s Comet. Unfortunately it also threatens to clean out somebody’s bank account. While I’m not aware of someone having lost money to this scam previously, it struck gold in 2022.

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The Olympics: a timeline of scams, hacks, and malware

Malwarebytes

2010 Vancouver. The most interesting incident was probably a fake opening ceremonies website serving infections , via promotion from a bogus Twitter account. In terms of actual attacks which took place, we see the rise of mobile as a way in for Olympics scams. Here, you’d get nothing but survey scams. 2012 London.

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No SOCKS, No Shoes, No Malware Proxy Services!

Krebs on Security

com , a malware-based proxy network that has been in existence since at least 2010. Cached versions of the site show that in 2010 the software which powers the network was produced with a copyright of “ Escort Software.” The various “iboss” email accounts appear to have been shared by multiple parties.

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Spam Kingpin Peter Levashov Gets Time Served

Krebs on Security

Junk email campaigns touting employment or “money mule” scams cost $300 per million, and phishing emails could be blasted out through Severa’s botnet for the bargain price of $500 per million. One was Alan Ralsky , an American spammer who was convicted in 2009 of paying Severa and other spammers to promote pump-and-dump stock scams.

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How Deep Are We in these Fakes?

SecureWorld News

Ever since that seminal 2010 movie, we have had the scary thought of losing touch with reality. Real-life example of scammers using deepfake According to a Reuters report, a con artist in northern China employed highly advanced "deep fake" technology to deceive someone into transferring money to his account.

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Experts found 20 Million tax records for Russian citizens exposed online

Security Affairs

. “The first database contained more than 14 million personal and tax records from 2010 to 2016, and the second included over 6 million from 2009 to 2015.” The exposed data could be used by threat actors to carry out tax scam and frauds. ” continues the experts. ” concludes the experts.