Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2020

The dark web marketplace Empire Market has been down for at least 3 days, two of the possible reasons, an exit scam or a prolonged DDoS attack. The cause is still unclear, someone blames a prolonged denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, while some users suspect an exit scam. DDoS attack or exit scam? Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2020

However, you can defend against the scams by taking certain protective measures that are listed below: Do not give your personal information: A common theme for most coronavirus phishing emails seems to be the inquiry for personal information such as Social Security Number or login information. Twitter Handle: [link]. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

According to a filing (PDF) by the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), the weakness that exposed the documents was first introduced during an application software update in May 2014 and went undetected for years. According to the FBI, BEC scams are the most costly form of cybercrime today.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The fraudsters behind the often laughable Nigerian prince email scams have long since branched out into far more serious and lucrative forms of fraud, including account takeovers, phishing, dating scams, and malware deployment. The FBI says BEC scams netted thieves more than $12 billion between 2013 and 2018.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2019

DOJ charged 80 people, most of them are Nigerian nationals, with participating in massive BEC and romance scams that collected millions of dollars. Federal authorities arrested 80 people accused participating in massive BEC and romance scams that raked millions of dollars from victims worldwide. SecurityAffairs – BEC, scam).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Money Transfer Scam – Scammers hack the victims’s email accounts, monitor conversations between the buyers and title agents, send instructions on where to wire the money. The con in question is a money transfer scam with all the likeness of a typical transaction. Security Affairs – Money Transfer Scam, cybercrime).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2019

In the wake of the New Zealand mosque shooting, the CISA recommends users to remain vigilant on possible scams and malware attacks. In the wake of the New Zealand mosque shooting, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recommends users to remain vigilant on possible scams and malware attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 28, 2024

He was paroled in 2009, and in 2014 moved his family to a home in Lancaster County, Pa. One key reason thread hijacking is so successful is that these attacks generally do not include the tell that exposes most phishing scams: A fabricated sense of urgency. The FBI hasn’t responded to LancasterOnline’s tip.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 28, 2021

In terms of actual attacks which took place, we see the rise of mobile as a way in for Olympics scams. Email spam promising free airline tickets to see the games is a timeless social media scam also repackaged for this sporting event. Here, you’d get nothing but survey scams. 2014 Sochi. What a combo! 2016 Rio de Janeiro.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Security experts from Cisco Talos have uncovered two recent sextortion scam campaigns that appear to leverage on the Necurs botnet infrastructure. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. .” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

in a simple as effective scam scheme. This is a blatant scam which is being promoted by Twitter and by other potencially hacked or impersonating VERIFIED accounts. Twitter has also substantially improved how we tackle cryptocurrency scams on the platform. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2019

“I read the documentation and I know you are a wealthy person who may be concerned about reputation,” reads the scam email message sent to the victims. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Last year, researchers at Minerva Labs spotted the botnet being used to blast out sextortion scams. The account didn’t resume posting on the forum until April 2014. Shotliff said he sold his BHProxies account to another Black Hat World forum user from Egypt back in 2014. 5, 2014 , but historic DNS records show BHproxies[.]com

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Nepal police arrested more than 100 Chinese nationals over a suspected cyber scam, this is the largest-ever operation involving foreigners. Nepal authorities have arrested more than 100 Chinese nationals that were in the country on tourist visas, they are suspected to be involved in a cyber scam. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

This is a very strange and anomalous scam attempt, the hackers used a mix of appealing info and political data. Why mention Avenatti in a scam attempt? Stay Tuned… ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. .

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Security experts from Digital Shadows have conducted an interesting study about the technique adopted by crooks to infiltrate company emails, so-called BEC scam. According to the FBI , the number of business email account (BEC) and email account compromise (EAC) scam incidents worldwide reached 78,000 between October 2013 and May 2018.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Exit scam – Bad news for Grey Market users, one of its administrators revealed that another administrator had emptied the cold storage wallets. you can mark Market as scam exited and ban all our official accounts” reads the message published by the Market admin. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs –. Iran, hacking).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The post Ritz hotel diners were victims of a sophisticated scam appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Ritz hotel).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2019

A penny stock is a security issued by a small company, generally for less than $5 per share, let’s see how crooks attempt to exploit them for scam s. Although it’s not always the case, opportunities to invest in penny stocks are frequently scams. They’re also sometimes called micro-cap or nano-cap stocks. Cleary, Jr.,

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Warnings abound of a major new piece of fraud doing the rounds which uses your relative’s voice as part of a blackmail scam. The tale is retold by a Tik-Tok user who fell for the scam tactic , who says: "New scam alert. I usually don’t fall for scams but they got me.". Scams go around, come around.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The Apollon market, one of the largest marketplaces, is likely exit scamming after the administrators have locked vendors’ accounts. The Apollon market , one of the darknet’s largest marketplaces, is likely exit scamming, vendors and customers reported suspicious behavior of its administrators. ” continues Darknetstats.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Here it is in real estate : The scam generally works like this: Hackers find an opening into a title company's or realty agent's email account, track upcoming home purchases scheduled for settlements -- the pricier the better -- then assume the identity of the title agency person handling the transaction.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2020

A cybercrime gang focused on Business Email Compromise (BEC) has started using coronavirus-themed scam emails in its attacks. The researchers received a coronavirus-themed scam email that attempted to trick victims into using a different bank account for the payment due to the COVID-19 outbreak. ” reported BleepingComputer.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2020

According to Group-IB’s data, the first scams to sell fake digital passes appeared in late March, when the Moscow authorities tightened self-isolation requirements and restricted travel around the capital city. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2019

” The FBI provided the following answers to those interested in have more info on the sextortion scams: What is sextortion? Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

The FBI published a security advisory to warn of cyber actors using online dating sites to conduct confidence/romance scam and recruit money mules. The FBI published a security advisory to warn of confidence/romance scams turning victims into money mules. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2018

Security experts from Symantec are warning of tech support scams abusing Call Optimization Services to insert phone numbers. Crooks are improving their tech support scams by using Call Optimization Services that are commonly used in legitimate call center operations to perform: Tracking the source of inbound calls.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 20, 2025

DOJ confirms FBI operation that mass-deleted Chinese malware from thousands of US computers TechCrunch The PlugX malware, used by PRC-linked APT dubbed "Twill Typhoon" or "Mustang Panda," had infected millions of computers since at least 2014. Additionally, threat actors have been using HTML smuggling to deliver XWorm malware.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2020

March 24 – New York Attorney General asks domain registrars to crack down on COC scam sites. New York Attorney General asks domain registrars, including GoDaddy, and Namecheap, to crack down on COVID19 scam sites. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

Fraudulent domains are often used for malicious activities, such as phishing and scams. “These domain names can trick people into believing they are legitimate and are often used for phishing, fraud and scams.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2020

April 27 – Group-IB helps to detain operators of scam-service issuing fake passes to move around Moscow amid COVID-19 virus lockdown. April 28 – Experts warn of deliveries scams that use a COVID-19 theme. April 28 – Experts warn of deliveries scams that use a COVID-19 theme. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2020

The Coronavirus-themed attacks continue to increase, experts warn of thousands of COVID-19 scam and malware sites are being created every day. I started seeing a lot of scams and malware related to COVID-19, so I created a feed that is updated every 30 seconds if a new COVID-19 related hostname is discovered in certificate transparency logs.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The most frequently reported complaints were related to phishing attempts, non-payment/non-delivery scams, and extortion. The most frequently reported complaints were p hishing and similar p loys, non-payment/non-delivery scams, and extortion.” BEC scams resulted in more than $1.7 billion in losses.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Exposed data could be abused by threat actors to carry out malicious activities, including identity theft and phone call scams. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Threat actors involved in tech support scams have been running a browser locker campaign from November 2020 until February 2021 on the world’s largest adult platforms including PornHub. In all, we detected close to 100 decoy domain names set up as “advertising landing pages” used to redirect victims to browser locker scams.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The scam artist John Bernard (left) in a recent Zoom call, and a photo of John Clifton Davies from 2015. The story notes that the suspect moved to Kiev in 2014 and lived in a rented apartment with his Ukrainian wife. As described in Part II of this series , John Bernard is in fact John Clifton Davies, a 59-year-old U.K.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The deposit demonstrates that the ransomware operators have a profitable business and trust the hacker forum and don’t fear an exit scam of its administrators. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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