The Last Watchdog

JUNE 9, 2022

That said, here are what I consider to be the Top 5 online threats seniors face today: •Computer tech support scams. These scams take advantage of seniors’ lack of computer and cybersecurity knowledge. Once they get remote access, fraudsters hack confidential details of older adults and scam them. Romance Scam.

Identity Theft 274

Identity Theft Scams Insurance Internet 274

Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

Worse still, the DFS found, the vulnerability was discovered in a penetration test First American conducted on its own in December 2018. But in Wednesday’s filing, the DFS said First American was unable to determine whether records were accessed prior to Jun 2018.

Insurance 300

Insurance Financial Services Penetration Testing Scams 300

SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Having been in the field for so long, we have witnessed some major changes in the cybercrime world’s modus operandi. This report shares our insights into the Russian-speaking cybercrime world and the changes in how it operates that have happened in the past five years. million USD) monthly.

Cybercrime 140

Cybercrime Banking Malware Ransomware 140

Krebs on Security

JUNE 30, 2021

A counterfeit check image [redacted] that was intended for a person helping this fraud gang print and mail phony checks tied to a raft of email-based scams. the “car wrap” scam ). ” A typical confirmation letter that accompanies a counterfeit check for a car wrap scam.

Scams 245

Scams Banking Accountability Cybercrime 245

Krebs on Security

JULY 20, 2021

Levashov has been in federal custody since his extradition to the United States and guilty plea in 2018, and was facing up to 12 more years in prison. Severa created and then leased out to others some of the nastiest cybercrime engines in history — including the Storm worm , and the Waledac and Kelihos spam botnets. A native of St.

Antivirus 298

Antivirus Cybercrime Identity Theft Scams 298

Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2021

A Latvian woman has been charged for their alleged role in a transnational cybercrime organisation. As touched on above, the group hired experts in a variety of cybercrime fields. Big scams, big numbers. The wire transfers listed range from $44,900 to $230,400 across most of 2017 to 2018. What happened this week, you ask?

Cybercrime 105

Cybercrime Malware Banking Phishing 105

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

authorities today announced criminal charges and financial sanctions against two Russian men accused of stealing nearly $17 million worth of virtual currencies in a series of phishing attacks throughout 2017 and 2018 that spoofed websites for some of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges.

Cryptocurrency 345

Cryptocurrency Phishing Accountability Cybercrime 345

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

” The operation was carried out in coordination with the FBI and authorities in Australia, which was particularly hard hit by phishing scams perpetrated by U-Admin customers. U-Admin was sold by an individual who used the hacker handle “ Kaktys ” on multiple cybercrime forums. The U-Admin phishing panel interface.

Phishing 272

Phishing Scams Banking Mobile 272

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. 30, 2018 through Oct. 26, 2018 — 58 days’ worth of spam.” Security Affairs – sextortion, cybercrime). ” reads the analysis published by Talos.

Scams 81

Scams Data breaches Education Advertising 81

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The FBI’s Internal Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released the FBI 2019 Internet Crime Report , a document that outlines cybercrime trends over the past year. The figure that most of all capture our attention is that victims of cybercrime activities lost $3.5 BEC scams resulted in more than $1.7 Billion in 2019. million.

Internet 110

Internet Internet Scams Cybercrime 110

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. SecurityAffairs – money mules, cybercrime). ” reads the advisory.

Scams 52

Scams Banking Accountability Advertising 52

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.

Marketing 57

Marketing Scams DDOS Accountability 57

Threatpost

APRIL 23, 2019

Overall, in 2018 the FBI received more than 351k reported scams with losses exceeding $2.7 billion.

Scams 60

Scams Cybercrime Hacking 60

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

New research indicates that half of all phishing scams are now hosted on Web sites whose Internet address includes the padlock and begins with “[link]. That’s up from 25 percent just one year ago, and from 35 percent in the second quarter of 2018. But not all phishing scams get flagged so quickly.

Phishing 277

Phishing Scams Cryptocurrency Internet 277

Krebs on Security

APRIL 10, 2020

Most people who who filed a tax return in 2018 and/or 2019 and provided their bank account information for a debit or credit should soon see an Economic Impact Payment direct-deposited into their bank accounts. More importantly, it appears one doesn’t really need to supply one’s AGI in 2018.

Computers and Electronics 339

Computers and Electronics Banking Accountability Scams 339

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 9, 2021

Also, this greenhorn criminal clearly had bought into BriansClub’s advertising, which uses my name and likeness in a series of ads that run on all the top cybercrime forums. com was hosted at a company in Moscow with just a handful of other domains phishing popular cybercrime stores, including Jstashbazar[.]com, com, vclub[.]cards,

Phishing 354

Phishing Cybercrime Accountability Advertising 354

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

— ProtonMail (@ProtonMail) November 16, 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? The post Protonmail hacked … a very strange scam attempt appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

Scams 97

Scams Hacking Data collection Advertising 97

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The top-level domain for the United States — US — is home to thousands of newly-registered domains tied to a malicious link shortening service that facilitates malware and phishing scams, new research suggests. As far back as 2018, Interisle found.US The findings come close on the heels of a report that identified.US

Phishing 270

Phishing Telecommunications Malware Scams 270

Krebs on Security

MAY 18, 2020

is cybercrime forum. “We can examine your (or not exactly your) PHP code for vulnerabilities and backdoors,” reads his offering on several prominent Russian cybercrime forums. The cybercrime actor “upO” on Exploit[.]in RedBear’s profile on the Russian-language xss[.]is

Malware 316

Malware Cybercrime Ransomware Marketing 316

Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2023

Sports fashion retail JD Sports discloses a data breach that explosed data of about 10M customers who placed orders between 2018 and 2020. UK sports fashion chain JD Sports disclosed a data breach that exposed customer data from orders placed between November 2018 and October 2020. The affected JD Sports group brands are JD, Size?,

Data breaches 90

Data breaches Retail Passwords Scams 90

SecureWorld News

MAY 2, 2022

Another day, another dollar, another phishing scam that'll make you holler. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the conviction of a California man who stole more than $23 million from the Department of Defense (DOD) through a complex phishing scam. On October 10, 2018, the DOD transferred $23.5

Phishing 85

Phishing Computers and Electronics Banking Scams 85

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

In May 2015, KrebsOnSecurity briefly profiled “ The Manipulaters ,” the name chosen by a prolific cybercrime group based in Pakistan that was very publicly selling spam tools and a range of services for crafting, hosting and deploying malicious email. One of several current Fudtools sites run by The Manipulaters.

Software 239

Software Phishing Cybercrime Accountability 239

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

This quirk made the attack look more trustworthy and added a layer of flexibility to these scams. RaaS rollout 2015 – 2018. The GandCrab RaaS that appeared in early 2018 was one of the last high-profile threats targeting individuals on a large scale. Targeting enterprises Late 2018 – present day.

Ransomware 243

Ransomware Hacking Encryption Penetration Testing 243

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

a very strange scam attempt. a very strange scam attempt. a very strange scam attempt. a very strange scam attempt. Paper Copy. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Banking 51

Banking Scams Advertising Cybercrime 51

Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

These services can be used in a legitimate manner for several business purposes — such as price comparisons or sales intelligence — but they are massively abused for hiding cybercrime activity because they can make it difficult to trace malicious traffic to its original source. FORUM ACTIVITY? su between 2016 and 2019.

VPN 305

VPN Computers and Electronics Antivirus Software 305

Krebs on Security

JUNE 18, 2021

However, documents from New York financial regulators show First American was unable to determine whether records were accessed prior to Jun 2018 (one year prior to fixing the weakness). According to the FBI, BEC scams are the most costly form of cybercrime today.

Insurance 281

Insurance Risk Financial Services CISO 281

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Most of the domain names were purchased in August 2018, and all the content – photos, product descriptions, and prices – was copied from the legitimate website. For example, one of the fake websites offers to buy «Red Dead Redemption 2» for PC, while the most anticipated game of 2018 was only released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Scams 57

Scams Computers and Electronics Phishing Advertising 57

SC Magazine

APRIL 16, 2021

million that foundations allocated to peace and security causes in 2018 – the last full year of available data. In 2018, cybersecurity was the 11th most funded cause on the index, compared to 17th when it first made the list in 2015. Kristin Judge, Cybercrime Support Network. percent (or $15.2 million) of the $376.8

Education 87

Education Media Cybercrime Internet 87

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 5, 2022

It is thought to conduct financial cybercrimes as a way to raise money for a regime that has few trading opportunities, because of long-standing international sanctions. Since 2018, one of Lazarus Group's tactics has been to disguise AppleJeus malware as cryptocurrency trading platforms for both Windows and Mac. Be careful. oilycargo[.]com.

Cryptocurrency 73

Cryptocurrency Malware Scams Cybercrime 73

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Justice Department this month offered a $5 million bounty for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a Russian man indicted for allegedly orchestrating a vast, international cybercrime network that called itself “ Evil Corp ” and stole roughly $100 million from businesses and consumers. LOW FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES.

Cybercrime 222

Cybercrime Banking Small Business Accountability 222

Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2023

Those days are behind us, however, as cybercrime is establishing itself as a business in and of itself. Cyber attack instances are steeply rising across all sectors , leaving even the FBI to issue a bulletin about business email compromise (BEC) – the $43 billion scam.

Energy and Utilities 76

Energy and Utilities Cyber threats Risk Cyber Risk 76

Malwarebytes

MARCH 24, 2021

We’ve received a number of similar reports from people that have been scammed or simply wanted to alert us. Pivoting on the associated phone number [+9]19810996265 we uncovered a larger piece of their scamming infrastructure as well as an associate named Swinder Singh. Fake renewal notifications. An active scheme.

Software 145

Software Scams Passwords Banking 145

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Evolution of threat landscape for IoT devices – H1 2018. Adobe issued a critical out-of-band patch to address CVE-2018-12848 Acrobat flaw. Magecart cybercrime group stole customers credit cards from Newegg electronics retailer. Homebuyers Being Targeted by Money Transfer Scam. Ngrok Mining Botnet.

Computers and Electronics 54

Computers and Electronics Cryptocurrency Spyware Data breaches 54

SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to cause a massive wave of poverty, and that invariably translates into more people resorting to crime, including cybercrime. An incident investigation conducted by Kaspersky ICS CERT at one of the attacked enterprises revealed that they exploited a vulnerability in FortiGate VPN servers (CVE-2018-13379).

Cryptocurrency 112

Cryptocurrency Banking Cybercrime Ransomware 112

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Ransomware attacks like the ones carried out by OnePercent Group have been crippling businesses across the country since the FBI first reported a 37% uptick in cybercrime in 2018. How to spot their scam and protect yourself. Ransomware is then downloaded and the breach is underway.

Social Engineering 133

Social Engineering Ransomware Engineering Phishing 133

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Shopin founder charged by SEC for running $42 million scam cryptocurrency ICO. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged the founder of Shopin , Eran Eyal, for allegedly running $42 million scam ICO. Unfortunately, fraudulent ICOs are not a rarity over the years the media reported several cases of exit scams. .

Retail 57

Retail Scams Cryptocurrency Advertising 57

The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

These developments would have, over the next decade or so, steadily and materially reduced society’s general exposure to cybercrime and online privacy abuses. What’s more the FBI reports that Business Email Compromise (BEC) accounted for an estimated $26 billion in cybercrime-related losses over a three year period.

Computers and Electronics 113

Computers and Electronics Data privacy Encryption Media 113