Krebs on Security

AUGUST 4, 2023

One frustrating aspect of email phishing is the frequency with which scammers fall back on tried-and-true methods that really have no business working these days. The file included in this phishing scam uses what’s known as a “right-to-left override” or RLO character.

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Phishing Scams Computers and Electronics Software 214

Malwarebytes

APRIL 6, 2022

A flurry of bogus domains and scam techniques are spreading their wings. It was rife during the earthquake and tsunami of 2011 , with bogus Red Cross websites and email addresses set up to part people from their money. Reports indicate a big run on phishing and scams. Cryptocurrency scamming is rampant.

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Scams Cryptocurrency Backups Phishing 111

CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

According to the sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders, threat actors, probably funded by Kremlin, hacked the email account of Stewart McDonald via a spear-phishing act. Second is the news related to the leak of sensitive details belonging to over 20 million users created between the time frame of 2011 and 2019.

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Cyber Attacks Ransomware Accountability Scams 105

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As a matter of fact, the most-reported crime in the 2021 Internet Crime Report report was phishing , a social engineering scam wherein the victim receives a deceptive message from someone in an attempt to get the victim to reveal personal information or account credentials or to trick them into downloading malware. Social Tactics.

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Social Engineering Energy and Utilities Phishing Scams 117

Krebs on Security

JULY 20, 2021

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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Antivirus Cybercrime Identity Theft Scams 305

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Ayesha fled Libya shortly after the Battle of Tripoli back in 2011. The scammers can’t even get this right; Aisha has had four children , but two of them were killed during the fighting in 2011. What’s the impact of the scam here? Many of these scams involve you sending scanned copies of passports or other forms of ID.

Identity Theft 97

Identity Theft Scams Banking Government 97

Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2020

Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company, observed the growth of the lifespan of phishing attacks in the second half of 2019. Figure 1 The distribution of web-phishing among target categories . CERT-GIB’s findings indicate that phishing attack perpetrators have revised their so-called target pool. Target reshuffle.

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Phishing Spyware Banking Malware 55