SecureList

JULY 11, 2022

In terms of topics and techniques, text-based fraud can be divided into several types: Dating scams. Let’s take a look at these types of scams and see why they work. Dating scams. Example of a dating scam e-mail. Dating scams are the least common type of message-based fraud. 419 scam with transactions.

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Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Whether you’re a crypto-skeptic or a crypto-maximalist, it cannot be denied that the mostly unregulated cryptocurrency ecosystem is no stranger to fraud. It has links to multiple types of cyber crime, including ransomware, carding, phishing, and malware development.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 12, 2024

This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web sites. This provides the best overall picture of ransomware activity, but the true number of attacks is far higher. Our prediction?

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Hot for Security

MARCH 2, 2021

Internet scams are everywhere, inflicting billions of dollars in reported losses from victims each year. Anyone can fall for online scams, as tactics are tailored to the interests of all age groups. Let’s take a closer look at some of the most common scams: Coronavirus-related scams. IRS and Bank-related scams.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

Experts spotted a new macOS Backdoor named SpectralBlur linked to North Korea Merck settles with insurers regarding a $1.4

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 3, 2023

Controversially, Blue accounts gained the same visual checkmark as verified accounts despite not using the same identity verification process. This resulted in an early wave of imitation accounts causing confusion. Twitter recently announced that all legacy accounts would lose their checkmark on April 1.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2021

According to the 2020 Internet Crime Report , the top three crimes reported by victims in 2020 were phishing scams, non-payment/non-delivery scams, and extortion. The novelty this year is represented by scams exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic. Notably, 2020 saw the emergence of scams exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 14, 2022

The CFO commonly carries out such tasks and arranges a wire transfer using the account information provided on the invoice. In actuality, the request is coming from a BEC fraud ring, and the payment details direct the funds to an account controlled by the attackers. Scenario 2. Scenario 3. Planned attacks.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 13, 2023

These scams usually offer the victims large returns with minimal risk. Crypto-investment fraud saw an incredible growth in 2022, both in number of scams and in the amount of damage done. Within those complaints, cryptocurrency investment fraud rose from $907 million in 2021 to $2.57 Hacked social media accounts.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 25, 2018

The sextortion email scam last month that invoked a real password used by each recipient and threatened to release embarrassing Webcam videos almost certainly was not the work of one criminal or even one group of criminals. In early June 2018, uscourtsgov-dot-com was associated with a Sigma ransomware scam delivered via spam.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Lazarus group uses fake cryptocurrency apps to plant AppleJeus malware. Scams to avoid this festive season. Rackspace confirms it suffered a ransomware attack. Epic Games introduces safer accounts for kids. "Baby dumped at the gate" post is a Facebook hoax. Watch out for this triple threat PayPal phish. Ho, ho, no!

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 11, 2021

Let’s start at the beginning… In an apparent scream for mercy, 21 hours ago the Poly Network Team reached out via Twitter to “hacker(s)” that had managed to transfer roughly $600 million in digital tokens out of its control and into separate cryptocurrency wallets. Freezing accounts. A rough time for cryptocurrencies.

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Digital Shadows

JUNE 7, 2021

It’s been a pretty big year so far for cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrencies’ current total market cap sits just above $1.7 The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase recently launched an IPO, India has reversed a ban on cryptocurrencies, and ransomware groups continue to demand payment in anonymity-based cryptocurrency.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Among the most common ways that thieves extract cash from stolen credit card accounts is through purchasing pricey consumer goods online and reselling them on the black market. Most reshipping scams promise employees a monthly salary and even cash bonuses. Services like SWAT are known as “Drops for stuff” on cybercrime forums.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 9, 2022

Over 50 countries sign the “Declaration for the Future of the Internet” Watch out for these 3 small business cybersecurity mistakes. The post A week in security (May 2 – 8) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 9, 2021

Cybercriminals are targeting Coinbase platform users with phishing campaings in an attempt to steal their account credentials and drain their cryptocurrency wallets, Bitdefender Antispam Lab has learned. We recently detected an unusual activity on your coinbase account,” one of the fraudulent messages reads. percent from Japan.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 2, 2022

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Why MITRE matters to SMBs Apple’s child safety features are coming to a Messages app near you Why software has so many vulnerabilities, with Tanya Janca: Lock and Code S03E09 Watch out for this SMS phish promising a tax refund Rogue ads phishing for cryptocurrency: Are you secure? URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL!!!”

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 19, 2021

Internet crime is ever present, and with the ongoing pandemic, levels of scams and fraud were exceptionally high in 2020. It’s striking, not because of the number of complaints but because BEC scams recorded the highest total losses by victims, at roughly $1.8 billion USD. billion USD.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

As the financial threat landscape has been dramatically evolving over the past few years, with the expansion of such activities as ransomware or cryptofraud, we believe it is no longer sufficient to look at the threats to traditional financial institutions (like banks), but rather assess financial threats as a whole.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 5, 2022

Losses continue to mount, and we’re currently facing a scam racking up domestic and international losses of $43 billion. The rise of cryptocurrency in BEC fraud. As with so many forms of online criminal activity, law enforcement is noticing an increase in cryptocurrency use. 6 tips to avoid BEC scams.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

MI5 said the faked LinkedIn accounts are created and operation by nation-state spy agencies, with an intent to recruit individuals or gather sensitive information. The Ransomware Scourge. It will take nothing less than our total collective effort to mitigate the ransomware scourge. ” .

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2023

FiXS, a new ATM malware that is targeting Mexican banks BidenCash leaks 2.1M stolen credit/debit cards Pegasus spyware used to spy on a Polish mayor Hundreds of thousands of websites hacked as part of redirection campaign MQsTTang, a new backdoor used by Mustang Panda APT against European entities Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

authorities arrested a 19-year-old Florida man charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiring with others to use SIM-swapping to steal cryptocurrency. 12 blog post , the attackers used their access to Mailchimp employee accounts to steal data from 214 customers involved in cryptocurrency and finance.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The Iranian hacker group TA453 has recently been using a technique that creates multiple personas to trick victims , deploying “social proof” to scam people into engaging in a thread. Other Iranian-based cyberattacks have included hackers targeting Albanian government systems and spear phishing scams. Spear phishing.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

You even have a Ransomware Incident Response Plan. BEC or Email Account Compromise (EAC) was known as the $26 billion scam in 2019. It's not scary like ransomware and isn't making headlines, but BEC losses are larger than ransomware losses and in 2020 were 40% of all the losses tracked by the IC3. Secret Service.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

We should expect more fraud, targeting mostly BTC , because this cryptocurrency is the most popular. In fact, from January through the end of October, Kaspersky detected more than 2,300 fraudulent global resources aimed at 85,000 potential crypto investors or users who are interested in cryptocurrency mining.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 22, 2021

Business Email Compromise (BEC) and Email Account Compromise (EAC) are scams targeting individuals or organizations performing transfers of funds. This scam is most often used when an attacker compromises legitimate email accounts through social engineering or computer intrusion techniques. Ransomware.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 14, 2021

source: Wales Online) The coming AI hackers (Source: Harvard Business Review) Hackers steal 26m account logins for Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Netflix and more (Source: Metro) This phishing email is pushing password-stealing malware to Windows PCs (Source: ZDNet) Researchers discover Stem Audio smart speaker eavesdropping risk (Source: The Daily Swig).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

users China-linked APT40 used ScanBox Framework in a long-running espionage campaign Russian streaming platform Start discloses a data breach impacting 7.5M 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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Krebs on Security

MARCH 5, 2024

healthcare giant Change Healthcare has made a $22 million extortion payment to the infamous BlackCat ransomware group (a.k.a. On March 1, a cryptocurrency address that security researchers had already mapped to BlackCat received a single transaction worth approximately $22 million. There are indications that U.S.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Some games lock the items, such as outfits, weapons, or valuables, to your account and/or characters. Their accounts and digital items are highly coveted by scammers and account compromisers. Beamers use a variety of tricks to compromise accounts, and then head off to various shady marketplaces.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

To this end, some impressive technology has been created to combat the technological side of the issue, to keep hackers and similar bad actors from accessing data and account privileges they shouldn’t. Finance and insurance companies were particularly vulnerable to the sort of phishing scams we’re talking about.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2020

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

It might be the worst-kept secret in all of cybersecurity: the FBI says don't pay ransomware gangs. corporations report being attacked by ransomware last year. RELATED: Watching a 7-Figure Ransomware Negotiation ]. How to stop or at least stall the exponential growth of ransomware attacks? That's what Art Ehuan does.

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SecureList

MARCH 29, 2023

In the past year, we’ve seen multiple developments in this area – from new attack schemes targeting contactless payments to multiple ransomware groups continuing to emerge and haunt businesses. Meanwhile, cryptocurrency became a prominent target for those seeking monetary gain. of all phishing attacks in 2022.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Cryptocurrency prices were dropping from the end of 2021 and throughout the first half of 2022. From advanced APT campaigns targeting crypto organizations (BlueNoroff, NaiveCopy, etc) to various types of hastily made crypto scams, we observe threat actors diversifying their malicious activity against crypto investors — and not only them.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2020

users Thousands of WordPress WooCommerce stores potentially exposed to hack. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. users Thousands of WordPress WooCommerce stores potentially exposed to hack.

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