Malwarebytes

MAY 3, 2022

A real world scam which sucks the fun out of craft fairs has caused nothing but stress for victims. This isn’t an isolated case; this specific scam targeted people all across the UK. How does this fake vendor fair scam work? The really interesting thing about all this is that fake fair scams aren’t some weird anomaly.

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Scams Media Social Engineering Small Business 121

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Newbies get a taste of what phishing tools can do, pull off their first scam and wish for more, which is when they will be offered paid content. “To attract larger audiences, scam operators advertise their services, promising to teach others how to phish for serious cash.” ” continues the report.

Phishing 89

Phishing Scams Social Engineering Banking 89

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Business email compromise scam (BEC) continues to target organizations worldwide, crooks stole $742,000 from Ocala City in Florida. The City of Ocala in Florida is the last victim in order of time of a profitable business email compromise scam (BEC) attack, fraudsters redirected over $742,000 to a bank account under their control.

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SecureList

APRIL 5, 2023

Once a URL is entered, the bot will generate several scam links targeting users of the service. Archive with phishing kits posted in a Telegram scam channel Contents of a free phishing kit archive Phishers also share stolen personal data with their subscribers, tagging it with information on whether it was verified or not.

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Phishing Marketing Scams Accountability 114

Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2020

These restrictions have created a burgeoning underground market for reshipping scams, which rely on willing or unwitting residents in the United States and Europe — derisively referred to as “ reshipping mules ” — to receive and relay high-dollar stolen goods to crooks living in the embargoed areas.

Cybercrime 308

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Marketing Scams 308

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

He gained access to his phone number and used it impersonate the executive and steal $500,000 from two accounts he had at Coinbase and Gemini. The man is suspected to have scammed more than six executives in the Bay Area. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads a CNBC report.

Cryptocurrency 81

Cryptocurrency Identity Theft Social Engineering Advertising 81

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Group-IB assisted Paxful, an international peer-to-peer cryptocurrency marketplace, in countering web-bot and social engineering attacks. Group-IB Secure Portal also managed to identify over 100,000 accounts with three or more logins from the same device. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Cryptocurrency Social Engineering eCommerce Engineering 58

Malwarebytes

APRIL 14, 2022

Spam which claims your account has been locked out and needs to be fixed are common. your account, ?y?o?u?’?l?l? Clicking the big grey “verify account” button should, in theory, lead you to an Apple phishing page. Clicking the big grey “verify account” button should, in theory, lead you to an Apple phishing page.

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Phishing Social Engineering Marketing Accountability 112

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. For example, one website offered users to obtain a COVID vaccination certificate by entering their British National Health Service (NHS) account credentials.

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Phishing Scams Accountability Energy and Utilities 90

Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Scams could present themselves in many forms. For instance, financially-motivated threat actors often plant in malicious URLs spoofing these events to fraudulent sites, hoping to maximize their chances of scamming naive internet users for a quick (illicit) profit.

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Cyber threats Media Social Engineering Mobile 52

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

They profited from a scam, popular some time before, which sold “magic pills” — counterfeit drugs and dietary supplements purported to cure even serious chronic diseases. This scam’s elderly victims spent hundreds and thousands of dollars on the products, borrowing from friends and taking loans. Pierluigi Paganini.

Banking 82

Banking Scams Social Engineering Advertising 82

The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

Since the earliest iterations of email spam and predatory pop-up advertisements, consumers have been bombarded with common-sense advice to keep their anti-virus software updated, use strong passwords and be very cautious about clicking on email attachments and webpage links.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The subject of investments gained significant relevance in 2021, with banks and other organizations actively promoting investment and brokerage accounts. They used official advertisements and provided a synopsis of the film on the website. Hurry up and lose your account: phishing in the corporate sector.

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Phishing Scams Accountability Banking 65

Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2020

These individuals said they were only customers of the person who had access to Twitter’s internal employee tools, and were not responsible for the actual intrusion or bitcoin scams that took place that day. ever so anxious” said he was 19 and lived in the south of England with his mother. They would take a cut from each transaction.”

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Hacking Accountability Scams Media 292

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

This means that stealing someone’s phone number often can let cybercriminals hijack the target’s entire digital life in short order — including access to any financial, email and social media accounts tied to that phone number. Each advertises their claimed access to T-Mobile systems in a similar way.

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Mobile Phishing Authentication Advertising 312

SecureList

AUGUST 23, 2021

Analysts predict that mobile gaming will account for $90.7 The statistics show downloaders accounted for an overwhelming majority (87.24%) of the software being spread. Another common type of software spread as games is adware, which shows illicit advertising against users’ wish.

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Adware Mobile Phishing Malware 112

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

At present, only three criminal groups— Buhtrap2 , RTM , and Toplel —steal money from the accounts of legal entities in Russia. They account for 80% of all financial phishing sites. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. France is in second place, followed by Germany. Pierluigi Paganini.

Cyber Attacks 82

Cyber Attacks Banking Cyber threats Phishing 82

Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2020

The social media giant Twitter confirmed that hackers compromised 130 accounts in last week hack and downloaded data from eight of them. The social media platform Twitter suffered one of the biggest cyberattacks in its history, multiple high-profile accounts were hacked. You send $1,000, I send you back $2,000.”.

Accountability 101

Accountability Social Engineering Media Hacking 101

SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In their campaigns to infect mobile devices, cybercriminals always resort to social engineering tools, the most common of these passing a malicious application off as another, popular and desirable one. We had recorded apps featuring aggressive advertising appearing in Google Play before, but 2020 proved rich in this kind of cases.

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Mobile Malware Adware Banking 132

Spinone

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

The goals can be different – to sell this information to those who may benefit from it, like the advertisers, competitors, data companies; to obtain the banking information and passwords, and so on. Hacking and Social Engineering Attack vector – a specific method used by a hacker to accomplish his malicious goal.

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Passwords Social Engineering Malware Encryption 40

Digital Shadows

AUGUST 17, 2021

The social engineering aspect around phishing works because humans want to be helpful, informed, paid well, get stuff for free sometimes, and generally not end up on the wrong side of management. Unfortunately, aspects of really good social engineering prey on one or more of these human traits (or faults). Figure 2: Spam.

Phishing 52

Phishing Accountability Social Engineering Mobile 52

SecureList

JUNE 26, 2023

According to a report by the Barracuda cybersecurity company, in 2021, businesses with fewer than 100 employees experienced far more social engineering attacks than larger ones. On the phishing page that claims to offer personal banking services, they ask users to log in with their corporate banking account credentials.

Cybercrime 84

Cybercrime Phishing Banking Malware 84

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 11, 2022

There’s not many individual scams which can put “18 years and counting” on their resume. Of course, this was tied into a nonsensical scam about recovering lots of lost money should he be brought safely back. “Mark Ruffalo deepfake romance scam” What a sentence. spaaaaaaaaaace. What a world.

Scams 75

Scams Social Engineering Engineering Accountability 75

Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2020

American citizens lost over $6,000,000 due to these individuals’ BEC fraud schemes, in which they impersonated business executives and requested and received wire transfers from legitimate business accounts.” “Ogunshakin provided Uzuh and other co-conspirators with bank accounts that were used to receive fraudulent wire transfers.

Social Engineering 78

Social Engineering Scams Small Business Banking 78

Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2020

Twitter confirmed that hackers accessed the direct message (DM) inboxes of some of the accounts that were recently compromised. Last week, the social media giant Twitter revealed that hackers compromised 130 accounts in the attack that took place on July 15 and downloaded data from eight of them. ” wrote Krebs.

Accountability 93

Accountability Advertising Cryptocurrency Social Engineering 93

Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

The PerSwaysion campaign proliferates with alarming rates by leveraging compromised accounts’ email data to select further targets who hold important roles in their companies and share business relations with the victims. New round of phishing attempts leveraging current victim’s account usually takes less than 24 hours.

Phishing 94

Phishing Accountability Financial Services Cloud Migration 94

SecureList

APRIL 10, 2023

It is especially important to analyze how this threat originates, because many cybercriminals work in teams, buying and selling Google Play accounts, malware, advertising services, and more. The price depends on the account features, such as the number of already published apps, number of their downloads, etc.

Malware 99

Malware Encryption Mobile Accountability 99

SecureList

AUGUST 5, 2021

In Q2 2021, corporate accounts continued to be one of the most tempting targets for cybercriminals. A fake notification about a Microsoft Teams meeting or a request to view an important document traditionally takes the victim to a phishing login page asking for corporate account credentials. Parcel scam: buy one, get none.

Phishing 116

Phishing Banking Scams Computers and Electronics 116

Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2020

The social media platform Twitter suffered one of the biggest cyberattacks in its history, multiple high-profile accounts were hacked. Twitter explained is was victim of a”coordinated social engineering attack” against its employees who gave attackers the access to its internal tools.

Accountability 97

Accountability Scams Hacking Social Engineering 97

Spinone

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Many of these attacks prey upon human nature by using social engineering tactics to trick a user into inadvertently allowing ransomware onto their system, under the guise of something legitimate. This might be your boss, or somebody from HR, IT, or accounting departments. Step 2 You click on this ad.

Ransomware 83

Ransomware Passwords Encryption Phishing 83

Spinone

MAY 8, 2020

Infiltrate – Another aim of attackers is to infiltrate your organization’s network and slyly stay hidden, moving laterally through the network looking to ultimately compromise an administrator account. Businesses can be compromised for literally “hundreds of days” or even years, without knowing it.

Cyber Attacks 78

Cyber Attacks Phishing Backups Ransomware 78

SecureList

MARCH 7, 2024

To get access to the content (or contest), phishing sites prompted the victim to sign in to one of their gaming accounts. If the victim entered their credentials on the phishing form, the account was hijacked. The information could later be used to steal both funds from victims’ accounts and their identities.

Phishing 95

Phishing Scams Cryptocurrency Accountability 95

Krebs on Security

JULY 16, 2020

Twitter was thrown into chaos on Wednesday after accounts for some of the world’s most recognizable public figures, executives and celebrities starting tweeting out links to bitcoin scams. We know they used this access to take control of many highly-visible (including verified) accounts and Tweet on their behalf.

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Hacking Accountability Mobile Social Engineering 364

Malwarebytes

MAY 21, 2023

ChatGPT can step in to offer insights on identifying the latest scams, avoiding social engineering pitfalls, and setting stronger passwords in concise, conversational text that may be more effective than a lecture or slide presentation.

Cybersecurity 76

Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Social Engineering Engineering 76

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Much of this fraud exploits weak authentication methods used by states that have long sought to verify applicants using static, widely available information such as Social Security numbers and birthdays. Many states also lacked the ability to tell when multiple payments were going to the same bank accounts. protections.

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