Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

The general manager of Escrow.com said he suspected the call was a scam, but decided to play along for about an hour — all the while recording the call and coaxing information out of the scammer. One multifactor option — physical security keys — appears to be immune to these advanced scams.

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Hacking Social Engineering Phishing Scams 349

Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2022

The cyberattacks against the cryptocurrency industry are a profitable business for threat actors, according to the experts, $12.1 billion worth of cryptocurrencies have been stolen in the last decade. “Cryptocurrency crime stands in direct proportion to the size of the cryptocurrency market. Threat actors stole $3.18

Cryptocurrency 121

Cryptocurrency Scams Marketing Hacking 121

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

How do Phone Company Insiders enable these scams? It goes on to say "From August 2017 until November 2018, DEFIORE worked as a sales representative for Phone Company A. Ireland-based hacker Conor Freeman, aged 20, was charged in that case for seven SIM-swaps that led to the theft of $2,416,352 worth of cryptocurrency.

Cryptocurrency 119

Cryptocurrency Accountability Scams Social Engineering 119

Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2022

The US agency received over 95,000 reports from US consumers victims of social media frauds, this marks an 18-fold increase over 2017 reported losses and more than double compared to 2020. According to the FTC, people with age between 18 to 39, were most exposed to these scams in 2021. Read about romance scams.

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Media Scams Cryptocurrency Marketing 98

Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2019

Grant West, aka ‘Courvoisier,’ is a hacker that was arrested by the police on September 2017 as result of a two-year-long investigation code-named ‘Operation Draba.’ He predominately used ‘phishing’ email scams to obtain the financial data of tens of thousands of customers. The police also seized around £1.6

Cryptocurrency 107

Cryptocurrency Scams Cybercrime Phishing 107

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 5, 2018

A few years ago, the term cryptocurrency was only used among the tech elite and the only type available for purchase was Bitcoin. Fast forward to 2018 when the average consumer is able to invest and has a pick of over 1,800 different kinds of cryptocurrencies to choose from. dollars via crypto hacks and scams.

Cryptocurrency 61

Cryptocurrency Hacking Scams Technology 61

Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2022

According to Russian prosecutors, the scam went like this: Consumers would receive an SMS with links to sites that falsely claimed a number of well-known companies were sponsoring drawings and lotteries for people who enrolled or agreed to answer surveys. In February 2017, Horohorin was released after serving four years in a U.S.

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Banking Marketing DDOS Risk 248

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

Primarily, that includes any social media and email accounts, as well as associated financial instruments such as bank accounts and any cryptocurrencies. On July 15, a number of high-profile Twitter accounts were used to tweet out a bitcoin scam that earned more than $100,000 in a few hours.

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Phishing VPN Social Engineering Media 364

Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

Google introduced 31 new ads policies in 2018, aiming at protecting users from scams and other fraudulent activities (i.e. Google revealed that it took down 2.3 billion bad ads in 2018, including 58.8 million phishing ads for violation of its policies. third-party tech support, ticket resellers, and crypto-currency). “We took down 2.3

Phishing 108

Phishing Advertising Scams Cryptocurrency 108

Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2020

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Hacking 122

Hacking Spyware Advertising Antivirus 122

Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2021

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Data breaches Hacking Cryptocurrency Scams 99

Digital Shadows

JUNE 7, 2021

It’s been a pretty big year so far for cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrencies’ current total market cap sits just above $1.7 The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase recently launched an IPO, India has reversed a ban on cryptocurrencies, and ransomware groups continue to demand payment in anonymity-based cryptocurrency.

Cryptocurrency 52

Cryptocurrency Phishing Advertising Antivirus 52

CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 26, 2022

Some infamous examples of ransomware attacks over the years include: WannaCry: This ransomware attack occurred in May 2017 and had devastating effects worldwide. CryptoLocker: Another cryptocurrency attack took place in 2013 at the hands of a piece of ransomware called CryptoLocker.

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Ransomware Malware Software Education 123

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

According to statistics from the FBI’s 2021 Internet Crime Report , complaints to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) have been rising since 2017. There are dozens if not hundreds of types of scams out there, but we’re going to focus on the scams most likely to affect a business, such as phishing or business email compromise (BEC).

Social Engineering 120

Social Engineering Energy and Utilities Phishing Scams 120

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Security firm Group-IB has estimated that in H2 2017-H1 2018 cyber attacks caused $49.4 Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, has estimated that in H2 2017-H1 2018 cyber attacks caused $49.4 In December 2017, Group-IB published the first report on this group: “MoneyTaker: 1.5

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Cyber Attacks Banking Cyber threats Phishing 108

SecureList

MARCH 31, 2021

This research is a continuation of our annual financial threat reports ( 2019 , 2018 and 2017 ) providing an overview of the latest trends and key events across the financial threat landscape. In 2020, the PayPal brand name (38.7%) was used for scam more than those of any other popular payment system. Its share grew by 12 p.p.

Banking 145

Banking Phishing Malware Mobile 145

SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Then there was the money laundering, the cryptocurrency, the digital wallets. Then he led a wealthy bank customer scheme that involved the use of stolen Personally Identifiable Information (Pii) and in-person bank visits. And Alaumary also confessed to recruiting individuals to withdraw stolen cash from ATMs. million CAD (approximately $9.4

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Social Engineering Engineering Banking Cybercrime 96

SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

We are yet to see what will happen to those cybercriminals who were jailed in 2016-2017 and will be released into a world where their skillsets are no longer in demand. Another big focus is organizations and users that possess or operate cryptocurrency — cryptoexchanges, cryptowallets and others are among the juicy targets.

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Cybercrime Banking Malware Ransomware 145

SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

It stole credentials for various financial systems including online banking applications and cryptocurrency wallets in Brazil. Mobile malicious installation packages for Android in 2017 through 2020 ( download ). This is a typical example of the kind of old-school text-message scams that were popular in 2011 and 2012.

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Mobile Malware Adware Banking 145

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

defendants are part of an online community that is at the forefront of a dangerous escalation in coercion and intimidation tactics increasingly used by competing cybercriminal groups to steal cryptocurrency from one another and to keep their rivals in check. McGovern-Allen and the three U.K. Joseph James O’Connor , a.k.a.

Cryptocurrency 301

Cryptocurrency Accountability Scams Hacking 301

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2018

An entrepreneur and virtual currency investor is suing AT&T for $224 million, claiming the wireless provider was negligent when it failed to prevent thieves from hijacking his mobile account and stealing millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies. On June 11, 2017, Terpin’s phone went dead. A copy of his complaint is here (PDF).

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Mobile Cryptocurrency Accountability Authentication 278

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Transactions were paid in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.” The AlphaBay Market went down on July 4th, 2017 without any explanation, many users that purchased products on the marketplace fearer the Exit-Scam. . “A conservative estimation of USD 1 billion was transacted in the market since its creation in 2014.

Marketing 125

Marketing Cryptocurrency Scams Advertising 125

Adam Levin

JANUARY 2, 2019

It’s still a relatively uncommon exploit, but if you are visibly in possession of something hackers want–whether it’s a cool “OG” handle on social media, cryptocurrency or the codes to launch nuclear war–the assaults on attractive targets will increase in 2019.

Cybersecurity 157

Cybersecurity Identity Theft Passwords Password Management 157

SecureList

AUGUST 5, 2021

Parcel scam: buy one, get none. Therefore, any offer to buy them is evidently a scam. Another traditional scam aims to persuade the user that they are the lucky winner of a tidy sum. Investments and public property scams. or cryptocurrency secured by these resources. In other words, ownerless parcels are not sold.

Phishing 130

Phishing Banking Scams Computers and Electronics 130

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

From mining cryptocurrency to launching DDoS attacks against networks, there are countless ways in which malware can access and utilize victim’s computers and data. Shortly after a ransomware attack, cybercriminals will demand a ransom amount, usually in cryptocurrency, in exchange for the cipher key.

Malware 107

Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 107

Lenny Zeltser

JULY 25, 2018

Personalized Porn Extortion Scam. Consider the case of an extortion scam in which the sender claims to have evidence of the victim’s pornography-viewing habits. ” A variation of this technique was documented by Stu Sjouwerman at KnowBe4 in 2017. Data Breach Lawsuit Scam.

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Scams Social Engineering Passwords Big data 60

Spinone

JANUARY 20, 2020

The most preferred method of ransom payment is cryptocurrency because it is hard to track. The example – NotPetya cyberattack against Ukraine in 2017. There are two ways phishing scams operate: The email/SMS contains a link leading to a scam website. Most antiviruses don’t protect against ransomware.

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Ransomware Encryption Antivirus Backups 59

SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Thus, during the World Cup a brand-new scam appeared: it offered users to win a newly released iPhone 14 for predicting match outcomes. These sites referenced public figures and humanitarian groups, offering to accept cash in cryptocurrency, something that should have raised a red flag in itself.

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Phishing Scams Accountability Cryptocurrency 113

SecureList

MAY 26, 2021

Exploit.MSOffice.CVE-2017-11882.gen. Cryptocurrency. The number of cryptocurrency-related phishing detections tripled. Another particularly interesting type of phishing we observed in the EU is a mixture of cryptocurrency and COVID-19 themes: fake sites offering COVID-19 vaccines for cryptocurrency.

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Phishing Malware Ransomware Adware 142

Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The massive shift to work from home in response to the Covid-19 pandemic has meant a rush to secure a wider range of home devices and networks, and an instant spike in demand for training and services that protect employees in identifying attempted cyberattacks and scams. Economic stimulus checks were targeted.

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IoT Artificial Intelligence Technology Scams 130

SecureList

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The original “Nigerian” spam emails were sent in the name of influential and wealthy individuals from Nigeria, hence the name of the scam. However, the distinctive characteristics of the messages that placed them in the “Nigerian” scam category remained unchanged: The user is encouraged to reply to an email.

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Scams Banking Social Engineering Phishing 93