Accountability Cybercrime Scams 
Krebs on Security
JULY 24, 2025
KrebsOnSecurity recently heard from a reader whose boss’s email account got phished and was used to trick one of the company’s customers into sending a large payment to scammers. However, BEC scams were the second most costly form of cybercrime reported to the feds last year, with nearly $2.8
Krebs on Security
MAY 7, 2025
and Pakistan whose employees are accused of using online ads to scam westerners seeking help with trademarks, book writing, mobile app development and logo designs, a new investigation reveals. asserted last year that certain scam firms in Karachi were impersonating the company. In an indictment (PDF) unsealed last month, the U.S.
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Krebs on Security
JANUARY 31, 2025
On January 29, the FBI and the Dutch national police seized the technical infrastructure for a cybercrime service marketed under the brands Heartsender , Fudpage and Fudtools (and many other “fud” variations). “The Cybercrime Team is on the trail of a number of buyers of the tools,” the Dutch national police said.
Krebs on Security
NOVEMBER 1, 2024
We’ll also explore an array of cybercrime services aimed at phishers who target hotels that rely on the world’s most visited travel website. Booking.com did not respond to questions about that, and its current account security advice urges customers to enable 2FA.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Justice Department charged five suspects linked to the Scattered Spider cybercrime gang with wire fraud conspiracy. Justice Department charged five alleged members of the cybercrime gang Scattered Spider (also known as UNC3944 , 0ktapus ) with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. ” reads the press release published by DoJ. .
Krebs on Security
JANUARY 7, 2025
Besieged by scammers seeking to phish user accounts over the telephone, Apple and Google frequently caution that they will never reach out unbidden to users this way. The phishers also abused legitimate Google services to send Tony an email from google.com, and to send a Google account recovery prompt to all of his signed-in devices.
Security Affairs
JUNE 11, 2025
After the operation, the authorities alerted over 216,000 victims to help them quickly secure their accounts and prevent further unauthorized access. ” As part of Operation Secure, Vietnamese police arrested 18 suspects and seized cash, SIMs, and documents tied to a scheme selling corporate accounts. .”
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