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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. Cached versions of this site from 2011 show it naming Web Listings Inc. In December 2018, KrebsOnSecurity looked at how dozens of U.S. as a business partner.

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Beware Ukraine-themed fundraising scams

Malwarebytes

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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Why is ‘Juice Jacking’ Suddenly Back in the News?

Krebs on Security

KrebsOnSecurity received a nice bump in traffic this week thanks to tweets from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about “ juice jacking ,” a term first coined here in 2011 to describe a potential threat of data theft when one plugs their mobile device into a public charging kiosk.

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Teach a Man to Phish and He’s Set for Life

Krebs on Security

The file included in this phishing scam uses what’s known as a “right-to-left override” or RLO character. ” Indeed, KrebsOnSecurity first covered RLO-based phishing attacks back in 2011 , and even then it wasn’t a new trick.

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How Internet Savvy are Your Leaders?

Krebs on Security

But it wasn’t until the past week that it become clear how many organizations — including towns, cities and political campaigns — actually have fallen for this brazen scam. As such, it’s likely this phony company has scammed a ridiculous number of consumers over the years, Guilmette observed.

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Crypto security breaches cause $4.25 billion losses worth of cryptos in 2021

Security Affairs

It is estimated that the cryptocurrencies stolen between January 2011 and December 2021 amount to $12.1 In recent months we observed a surge in crypto-scams due to the continuous increase of the value of popular cryptocurrency schema, $7.12 billion were lost due to scams. ” reads the report published by Invezz. .

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No, Colonel Gaddafi’s daughter isn’t emailing to give you untold riches

Malwarebytes

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.