Krebs on Security

MAY 28, 2025

The main clientele for HeartSender were organized crime groups that tried to trick victim companies into making payments to a third party, and its alleged proprietors were publicly identified by KrebsOnSecurity in 2021 after they inadvertently infected their computers with malware.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 31, 2025

“The Saim Raza-run websites operated as marketplaces that advertised and facilitated the sale of tools such as phishing kits, scam pages and email extractors often used to build and maintain fraud operations,” the DOJ explained.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Here are 50 ways to avoid getting scammed on Black Friday — and beyond. Credit cards offer markedly better fraud protections than debit cards , which connect directly to your bank account. Virtual credit cards similarly allow online shoppers to mask their financial accounts. Vary login credentials across accounts.

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Hot for Security

APRIL 19, 2021

A recent study analyzing the most effective social media phishing scams shows that LinkedIn-related emails were among the most successful entry points in the first quarter of 2021. Another key takeaway from the report is that users are less inclined to fall for coronavirus-related phishing scams as of late.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The trouble is, there’s little to stop criminals from leveraging newly registered or hacked LinkedIn business accounts to create their own ad campaigns using Slinks. Urlscan also found this phishing scam from Jan. Here’s the very first Slink created: [link] which redirects to the homepage for LinkedIn Marketing Solutions.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Case in point: we’re already seeing scams targeting World Cup fans more than a year out from the event. In Q3 2021 , online stores were in second place by share of recorded phishing attacks (20.63%). The second most popular was, for most of 2021, eBay, followed by Alibaba and Mercado Libre. and entertainment (eg.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

. “According to this actor, he had originally intended to send his targets—all senior-level executives—phishing emails to compromise their accounts, but after that was unsuccessful, he pivoted to this ransomware pretext,” Abnormal’s Crane Hassold wrote. How much money are we talking about?

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

We don’t know much about the source of the November 2021 incident, other than GoDaddy’s statement that it involved a compromised password, and that it took about two months for the company to detect the intrusion. What else do we know about the cause of these incidents?

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Scammers who had already stolen someone’s bank account credentials could enter the target’s phone number and name, and the service would initiate an automated phone call to the target that warned them about unauthorized activity on their account. More on SMSRanger in an upcoming post. Just hang up, full stop.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 13, 2021

A fair few cryptocurrency scams have been doing the rounds across 2021. Scammers set up fake customer support style accounts, then direct potential victims to phishing pages hosted elsewhere. Fake Elon Musk cryptocurrency scams. Rogue SpaceX crypto scams were doing the rounds back in June of this year. Conclusion.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Today, we are showing readers just what that evolution looked like, in our State of Malware 2021 report. When COVID-19 cases first began spiking in several countries, cybercriminals preyed upon people’s fears mercilessly, with an avalanche of coronavirus phishing emails and scams. In short, in 2020, cyberthreats evolved.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Scattered Spider members are part of a broader cybercriminal community called “The Com,” where hackers brag about high-profile cyber thefts, typically initiated through social engineering tactics like phone, email, or SMS scams to gain access to corporate networks. ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Romance scams continue to plague users, but their costs have risen to staggering heights, according to a Malwarebytes survey carried out last month via our weekly newsletter. However, with the return to in-person gatherings, our survey results show romance scams have hardly petered out. They conduct research, and follow a playbook.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 2, 2025

According to cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock, the hack was made possible by a set of stolen credentials compromised in 2021. Identity theft and account takeover: By impersonating customers using leaked support tickets, hackers can gain unauthorized access to accounts.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 21, 2022

The term “pig butchering” refers to a time-tested, heavily scripted, and human-intensive process of using fake profiles on dating apps and social media to lure people into investing in elaborate scams. In a more visceral sense, pig butchering means fattening up a prey before the slaughter. “The scale of this is so massive.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2021

Overall, fraud accounts for 73% of all online attacks: 56% are scams (fraud that results in the victim voluntarily disclosing sensitive data) and 17% are phishing attacks (theft of bank card details). As of early 2021, there were more than 12,500 threat actors made money with fake delivery services.

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Identity IQ

APRIL 3, 2023

Romance Scams and Relationship Scams: What’s the Difference? IdentityIQ Romance Scams Romance scams are a type of fraud that involves criminals using deception to take advantage of victims looking for companionship. Romance scams can be very costly for victims. They can often use fake profiles and photos.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The year 2021 was eventful in terms of digital threats for organizations and individuals, and financial institutions were no exception. share in 2020 to the second most common in 2021 with 12.2%. The mass change in cybercriminals’ objectives and methods seen in 2020 continued in 2021. Phishing: In 2021, 8.2%

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Moreover, they are seen collecting card details to help the victims get the money transferred into the account of HSI Department of Texas quickly. The post Passport scam foxing Texas populace with data collection appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Operators behind the Squid Game cryptocurrency have exit scam making off with an estimated $2.1 Operators behind the Squid Game cryptocurrency have exit scam making off with an estimated $2.1 Gizmodo, which first reported the news , initially warned of a potential scam because investors were not allowed to sell the purchased crypto.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 7, 2024

A partial selfie posted by Puchmade Dev to his Twitter account. That story showed how Punchmade’s social media profiles promoted Punchmade-themed online stores selling bank account and payment card data. Incredibly, Turner acknowledges that PNC told him his account was flagged for attention from law enforcement officials.

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Hot for Security

JUNE 28, 2021

If so, you were most likely targeted by a cloned Facebook account. You’ll likely run into a scam artist posing as either you or one of your friends while you’re busy checking your social media feed. It may be impossible to predict the exact number of fake and impostor accounts on Facebook.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2022

In 2021 we observed a spike in crypto heists, $4.25 billion worth of cryptos were stolen by cybercriminals in 2021. It is estimated that the cryptocurrencies stolen between January 2011 and December 2021 amount to $12.1 billion were lost due to scams. billion were lost due to scams. Threat actors stole $3.18

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 10, 2022

A group of hackers have launched a cyber scam by posing as the chief executive officer of National Cyber Security Centre, Lindy Cameron. Believing the email content, when the victim sends personal details including bank account numbers, the cyber criminals then try to siphon money from the bank accounts. Hope it does!

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 20, 2022

In fact, according to according to Sean Ragan, the FBI’s special agent in charge of the San Francisco and Sacramento, California, field offices, cryptocurrency scams are big business on LinkedIn. ” How cryptocurrency scams work on LinkedIn. This style of attack is called the “ pig butcher ” scam.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 15, 2023

Now the important question: how many of you got scammed in some sort of way by cryptocurrency or another type of investment? According to the report, investment schemes accounted for over $3.3 Investment schemes also increased significantly from 2021, when they caused $1.9 Oh, yeah, everyone did. Probably some of you.

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Security Through Education

MARCH 22, 2023

What does a government scam, an IT support scam and a romance scam have in common? Let’s see what lessons we can learn from scam artists to better protect ourselves. Thanks to technology and social media, impersonation scams have grown exponentially. billion fake accounts in 2021.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Threat actors have launched a phishing campaign targeting more than 125 TikTok ‘Influencer’ accounts in an attempt to hijack them. Researchers from Abnormal Security uncovered a phishing scam aimed at hijacking at least 125 TikTok ‘Influencer’ accounts. ” reads the report published by Abnormal Security. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 21, 2021

Let's start with a poll: At your place of work, does your employer have the right to access the contents of your corporate email account if necessary? — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) July 19, 2021 The result of the poll is crystal clear but what's much less clear is the answers to the other questions above. Have an affair."

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SC Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

No wonder scam artists are taking notice and jumping on the bandwagon. But in other cases they are attempting to trick users into inputting their account credentials or credit card data, allowing the perpetrators to steal their valuable information. And it’s not hard to speculate when scams could go from here. billion in 2020.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Astonishingly, most of the information steals cases where or are yet to be solved and surged to 55% from 30% between 2020 to 2021. Concernedly, all such siphoned info is being used for launching phishing attacks or to siphon money from bank accounts.

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SecureList

MAY 3, 2021

In Q1 2021, new banking scams appeared alongside ones that are more traditional. In Q1 2021, scammers imitating bank emails began to focus on compensation. The link redirected them to a phishing page requesting their Microsoft account credentials. The link also required entering corporate account credentials.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

That investigation detailed how the 38-year-old Shefel adopted the nickname Rescator while working as vice president of payments at ChronoPay , a Russian financial company that paid spammers to advertise fake antivirus scams, male enhancement drugs and knockoff pharmaceuticals. More urgently, Shefel needs money to stay out of prison.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2022

A report from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) revealed that in 2021 Americans lost $770 million from social media frauds. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) revealed that in 2021 Americans lost $770 million from social media frauds. In fact, 45% of reports of money lost to social media scams in 2021 were about online shopping.”

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Identity IQ

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Major Banks Under Fire for Refusing Reimbursements to Victims of Online Payment Scams IdentityIQ Major U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America, have come under intense scrutiny for their response to online payment scams. Key Takeaways Major U.S.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

9, 2021, using an unpatched critical vulnerability (CVE-2021-40539). That FBI warrant came on the heels of an investigation published by security firm FireEye , which examined an Iranian-based network of inauthentic news sites and social media accounts aimed at the United States., ” Update, 2:00 p.m., com, sachtimes[.]com,

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 29, 2022

According to Twitter , it’s supposed to let people know “that an account of public interest is authentic.” ” That’s great, so long as the account is authentic, but what if, one day, it suddenly isn’t? According to the compromised account’s bio, he is… Support Team Officer Patrick Lyons.

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