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Task scams: Why you should never pay to get paid

We Live Security

Here’s how to avoid getting played by gamified job scams. In 2024 alone, employment scams reported to the FBI made fraudsters over $264 million. Many of these are so-called “task scams,” where victims are actually tricked into paying a “deposit” in order to get paid. It might sound unbelievable.

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Protecting Retailers Against Cyber Risks on Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

By using AI to compose phishing messages, bad actors can avoid many of the telltale signs that indicate a scam, such as spelling and grammar errors and awkward phrasing. The 2024 Imperva DDoS Threat Landscape Report shows that the first half of this year saw 111% more DDoS attacks than the same period in 2023.

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International Women’s Day: accelerating action against online harms

BH Consulting

An investigation for BBCs Panorama programme found a spike in known misogynistic and abusive accounts on Twitter near key dates around Elon Musks takeover of the platform in 2023. Even common internet frauds like romance scams, also have different outcomes based on gender.

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Solid Data Security: The Foundation of a Safe Digital World

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

A host of threats continue to put enterprise data at risk. In fact, according to the 2024 Thales Data Threat Report , more than 80% of organizations reported at least one breach in the last year, while ransomware attacks grew more frequent, with 28% of organizations reported experiencing an attack in 2024, compared to 22% in 2023.

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2025 Cybersecurity Predictions: Not Getting Easier; But There is Hope

SecureWorld News

Expect to see AI-enabled phishing campaigns, deepfake scams, and automated attacks grow in complexity. Critical infrastructure in the crosshairs: Rising geopolitical tensions could lead to threat actors demonstrating their capabilities in response to economic or political pressures.

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Ensuring Secure Container Deployments with Image Signature Verification

Trend Micro

Tags Cloud | Compliance & Risks | How To | Articles, News, Reports Authors Eduardo Golcman Trend Micro Stefano Olivieri Trend Micro Fernando Cardoso Director, PM & PMM - Trend Vision One Cloud Security Felipe Costa Trend Micro Contact Us Related Articles QR Codes: Convenience or Cyberthreat?

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 503 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

CISA adds Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Driver and Adobe ColdFusion flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog ConnectOnCall data breach impacted over 900,000 individuals Report claims that Serbian authorities abused Cellebrite tool to install NoviSpy spyware Multiple flaws in Volkswagen Group’s infotainment unit allow for vehicle compromise (..)