Webroot

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Cybercrime isn’t just a futuristic Hollywood plotline, it’s a real threat that targets everyone—from wide-eyed kids to seasoned adults and wise grandparents. Identifying scams Before we dive headfirst into the cyber safety tips, let’s equip ourselves with the ultimate weapon: knowledge. And guess what?

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Scams VPN Passwords Phishing 99

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 8, 2023

Faced with customers trying to use WormGPT to create ransomware and phishing scams, the 23-year-old Portuguese programmer who created the project now says his service is slowly morphing into “a more controlled environment.” AN OPEN BOOK Reached via Instagram and Telegram, Morais said he was happy to chat about WormGPT.

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Malware Cybercrime Advertising Phishing 220

Hot for Security

MAY 25, 2021

As travel restrictions begin to ease, the UK’s national reporting center for fraud and cybercrime is warning the British public to watch out for holiday fraud. The agency’s report reveals that 56% of accounts were linked to booking airline tickets online and just 29% to holiday accommodation. Avoid holiday fraud this year.

Advertising 111

Advertising Scams Media Cybercrime 111

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

In each attack, the victims saw their email and financial accounts compromised after suffering an unauthorized SIM-swap, wherein attackers transferred each victim’s mobile phone number to a new device that they controlled. A booking photo of Noah Michael Urban released by the Volusia County Sheriff. Twilio disclosed in Aug.

Social Engineering 327

Social Engineering Mobile Cybercrime Passwords 327

Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

But by all accounts, few attacks from those gangs have come close to the amount of firepower wielded by a pro-Russia group calling itself “ NoName057(16).” He also co-runs SURBL , an anti-abuse service that flags domains and Internet address ranges that are strongly associated with spam and cybercrime activity, including DDoS.

DDOS 274

DDOS Internet Internet Government 274

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 25, 2022

Folks, Who wants to dive deep into some of my latest commercially available research and stay on the top of their OSINT/cybercrime research and threat intelligence gathering game that also includes their team and organization? Dancho Danchev’s “Intell on the Criminal Underground – Who’s Who in Cybercrime for ” Presentation – [PDF].

Cybercrime 96

Cybercrime Hacking Scams Ransomware 96

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Google rolled out emergency fixes to address actively exploited Chrome zero-day Samsung discloses a second data breach this year The Prynt Stealer malware contains a secret backdoor. users China-linked APT40 used ScanBox Framework in a long-running espionage campaign Russian streaming platform Start discloses a data breach impacting 7.5M

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Data breaches Malware Surveillance Ransomware 63

Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2024

“My slice”, the details of the Italian campaign Last year, a highly targeted phishing campaign that I renamed “My slice” (derived from the name of a variable in the javascript code of the landing page) targeted e-mail account holders of Italian organisations. This would prevent e-mails from being sent and received.

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Phishing Education Social Engineering Media 100

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Fortunately, disclosure campaigns against this type of scam by public institutions and private companies are constant and frequent. Posteinfo, confirm your identity Using spoofing techniques, a text message ostensibly from Posteinfo collected in the history of legitimate messages invites identity confirmation to avoid bank account suspension.

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Phishing Scams Education Passwords 107

BH Consulting

JUNE 13, 2023

Verizon points out that cybercrime risk crosses all sectors regardless of industry vertical, but it provides 10 sectoral snapshots to help readers understand the threats in more depth. Finance fraud and phishing scams increase in Ireland, too Financial fraud and scams in Ireland have risen by 560 per cent in three years.

Social Engineering 52

Social Engineering Data breaches Scams DDOS 52

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. And this positive upswing could be reinforced by stricter adherence to, not just the letter, but the spirit of data security laws already on the books in several nations.

Computers and Electronics 113

Computers and Electronics Data privacy Encryption Media 113

SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Additionally, digital trust involves several interconnected elements, including: • Security of Systems and Data • Privacy of Data • Transparency of Operation • Accountability when things go wrong • Reliability But why is digital trust suddenly important? What are the origins of the need for a trust framework?

Technology 90

Technology Artificial Intelligence Cybercrime Government 90

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2018

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Data breaches 51

Data breaches Advertising Surveillance Hacking 51

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 79

Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Social Engineering Engineering 79

Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2019

I started this research on September 2016, when I started writing my my book, “The Prison of the Humanity – from the deep web to 4.0 It is very easy to access to the Tor network or browse content on other anonymizing networks like I2P. the new digital prisons” THE ICEBERG. Its files are not indexable by search engines.

Marketing 77

Marketing Engineering Scams Internet 77