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Taking on the Next Generation of Phishing Scams

Google Security

Posted by Daniel Margolis, Software Engineer, Google Account Security Team Every year, security technologies improve: browsers get better , encryption becomes ubiquitous on the Web , authentication becomes stronger. But phishing persistently remains a threat (as shown by a recent phishing attack on the U.S.

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U.S. Energy Company Targeted by QR Code Phishing Campaign

SecureWorld News

In May 2023, a phishing campaign was launched that targeted a major U.S. The emails in the campaign purported to be from Microsoft, and they claimed that the recipient needed to update their account security settings or activate two-factor authentication (2FA)/multi-factor authentication (MFA) within 72 hours.

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Watch out for the Steam skin “free knife” scam

Malwarebytes

A certain type of scam is showing signs of activity at the moment and it’s likely to claim some victims before the week is out. Are skins used in scams? One of the oldest scams around is skin phishing. Account compromise, and/or malware usually follows. What does this particular scam involve?

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Discord Shame channel goes phishing

Malwarebytes

is this a new discord scam or something? Tips to keep your Discord account secure. Should you land on a regular phishing page and hand over login details, the attacker will still need your 2FA code to do anything with your account. The post Discord Shame channel goes phishing appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Final Fantasy 14 players targeted by QR code phishing

Malwarebytes

What’s being talked about at the moment is the QR code-centric phishing attack. How the QR code phish attack works. Many of the accounts sending these messages appear to have been hijacked themselves. What waits for them is a screenshot of a faked Tweet from the official Final Fantasy 14 account. Avoiding the scam.

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Gmail blocked 18 Million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures in a week

Security Affairs

Google says that the Gmail malware scanners have blocked around 18 million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures in just one week. Google announced that its anti-malware solutions implemented to defend its Gmail users have blocked around 18 million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures within the last seven days.

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Hackers stole over $250,000 in Ethereum from Bored Ape Yacht Club

Security Affairs

The hacker conducted a phishing attack, they set up a phishing site that impersonated the official BAYC site claiming that BAYC, MAYC and OthersideMeta holders were able to claim a free NFT for a short period of time. This then granted the scam the appearance of authenticity and made it easier to dupe the NFT holders.”

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