Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

A recent spate of SMS phishing attacks from one cybercriminal group has spawned a flurry of breach disclosures from affected companies, which are all struggling to combat the same lingering security threat: The ability of scammers to interact directly with employees through their mobile devices. Image: Cloudflare.com. 2, and Aug.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

The COVID-19 epidemic has brought a wave of email phishing attacks that try to trick work-at-home employees into giving away credentials needed to remotely access their employers’ networks. For now at least, they appear to be focusing primarily on companies in the financial, telecommunications and social media industries.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

Through the first two months of 2023 alone, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Scamwatch reported more than 19,000 phishing reports with estimated financial losses of more than $5.2 What is phishing? This is part of what makes phishing attacks so dangerous.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

At the start of this week, word got out that hackers claimed to have seized personal data for as many as 100 million T-Mobile patrons. This stolen booty reportedly included social security numbers, phone numbers, names, home addresses, unique IMEI numbers, and driver’s license information. Could be phished credentials.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 16, 2023

The email, with an HTML file attachment, contains a short message: Please note: [redacted] <=> For information please continue to check here or use our free mobile=app. Opening the attached HTML file reveals a Microsoft email phishing page. Updates status are made no more than once a day. File early. Avoid the pressure pitch.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2019

These smaller institutions, much like the giants, are hustling to expand mobile banking services. Yet, they are much less well equipped to detect and repel cyber attackers, who are relentlessly seeking out and exploiting the fresh attack vectors spinning out of expansion of mobile banking.

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Hot for Security

JUNE 15, 2021

Our mobile devices are not just a means to communicate with others. They’ve evolved into a data storage device, a video and sound recorder, as well as an easy way to access our bank accounts. Today, memory cards for mobile devices offer a large storage capacity for your contacts, messages, files, videos and photos.

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SecureList

MAY 6, 2024

A significant share of scam, phishing and malware attacks is about money. With trillions of dollars of digital payments made every year, it is no wonder that attackers target electronic wallets, online shopping accounts and other financial assets, inventing new techniques and reusing good old ones. million detections compared to 5.04

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 28, 2024

The post Apple OTP FAIL: ‘MFA Bomb’ Warning — Locks Accounts, Wipes iPhones appeared first on Security Boulevard. Rethink different: First, fatigue frightened users with multiple modal nighttime notifications. Next, call and pretend to be Apple support.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 16, 2021

A phishing campaign that Microsoft security researchers have been tracking for about a year highlights not only the ongoing success of social engineering efforts by hackers to compromise systems, but also the extent to which the bad actors will go to cover their tracks while stealing user credentials. Invoice-Themed Lures.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Most of us have been trained to be wary of clicking on links and attachments that arrive in emails unexpected, but it’s easy to forget scam artists are constantly dreaming up innovations that put a new shine on old-fashioned telephone-based phishing scams. After the unauthorized charges, he had just $300 remaining in his account.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The scam is a so-called “triple threat” phish, in that it gives the scammer three different ways to potentially collect some ill gotten gains from potential victims. For this phish attempt, the scammers make use of legitimate services to make it all look a bit more convincing. A genuine (but bogus) money request.

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In 2020, Kaspersky mobile products and technologies detected: 5,683,694 malicious installation packages, 156,710 new mobile banking Trojans, 20,708 new mobile ransomware Trojans. Pandemic theme in mobile threats. The mobile malware Trojan-Ransom.AndroidOS.Agent.aq The year in figures. Trends of the year.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Researchers reported Tuesday that they found two email phishing attacks targeting at least 10,000 mailboxes at FedEx and DHL Express that look to extract a user’s work email account. In the FedEx attack, the final phishing page spoofs an Office 365 portal packed with Microsoft branding. Brand impersonation.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

Approximately 83 percent of organizations said they faced a successful phishing attempt in 2021, up from 57 percent in 2020. This guide breaks down the different types of phishing attacks and provides examples to help organizations better prepare their staff to deal with them. What is Phishing? Spear Phishing.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 2, 2022

New research from security firm CloudSEK shows that more than 3,200 mobile applications were leaking Twitter API (Application Program Interface) keys, which can be used to gain access and take over user accounts. Of those, 230 were leaking all four authorization credentials and could be used to fully take over Twitter accounts.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 24, 2023

Today, bad actors are ruthlessly skilled at cracking passwords – whether through phishing attacks, social engineering, brute force, or buying them on the dark web. In fact, according to Verizon’s most recent data breach report, approximately 80 percent of all breaches are caused by phishing and stolen credentials.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 16, 2023

But after the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the focus of hackers has shifted more towards the smart phones with more phishing and social engineering attacks recorded in a 2nd quarter of 2022. trillion by 2025, and among the guestimate, half of the amount is expected to be made through phishing targeting mobiles and tablets.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Many organizations train employees to spot phishing emails, but few raise awareness of vishing phone scams. Most people are familiar with the term phishing, but not everyone knows about vishing. It is a type of fraudulent activity that falls under the general phishing category and aims to achieve the same objectives.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Short-lived phishing sites often offered to see the premieres before the eagerly awaited movie or television show was scheduled to hit the screen. At the beginning of that year, we still observed phishing attacks that used the themes of infection and prevention as the bait. Others offered the coveted Green Pass without vaccination.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 18, 2018

They are scrambling to invent and deliver a fresh portfolio of mobile banking services that appeal to millennials. Related articles: Hackers revamp tactics, target mobile wallets. based supplier of automated identity verification and digital account onboarding technologies. Today, it’s all about mobile.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Their activities focused on using AI for reconnaissance, social engineering, scripting, and evading detection. Specifically, it said: "Charcoal Typhoon used our services to research various companies and cybersecurity tools, debug code and generate scripts, and create content likely for use in phishing campaigns."

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Identity IQ

JULY 3, 2023

How to Detect and Respond to Account Misuse IdentityIQ As digital connectivity continues to grow, safeguarding your online accounts from misuse is becoming increasingly crucial. Account misuse can result in alarming repercussions, including privacy breaches, financial losses, and identity theft.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 21, 2020

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday issued a joint alert to warn about the growing threat from voice phishing or “ vishing ” attacks targeting companies. Restrict VPN access hours, where applicable, to mitigate access outside of allowed times.

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Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

The risks to the privacy of Australian customers are at an all-time high, as the nation has reported the highest percentage of mobile threats globally, standing at 26.9%. The average Australian netizen uses web-based mobile apps to browse, entertain, communicate, and shop online. Australian Mobile Cybersecurity in 2022.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 4, 2023

Attackers believed to have ties to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) are using Microsoft Teams chats as credential theft phishing lures. In the phishing attacks the group leverages previously compromised Microsoft 365 instances, mostly owned by small businesses, to create new domains that look like technical support accounts.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 29, 2023

In this case, the threat actor convinced T-Mobile to transfer the Kroll employee's phone number to their own SIM card without any authorization from Kroll or its employee. Following the breach, reports emerged of phishing attempts targeting individuals associated with the affected crypto companies.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Attackers making use of it could have compromised accounts with one click. From there, the standard rules of engagement for compromised accounts apply. As Engadget explains , hitting a Twitter embed on Chrome mobile which opens the Twitter app is an example of this working in practice. for Android allows account takeover.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The benefit of these codes is that they are random numbers, so they can be difficult to guess, and they cannot be reused across a user’s different accounts (like passwords typically are). Phishing: An attacker sends a user a link to a fake website to capture the user’s username and password.

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Webroot

JUNE 2, 2022

A huge economy has developed within the gaming community: People buy and sell in-game objects, character modifications, and even accounts. Account takeovers. Bad actors are always on the lookout for easy-to-breach gaming accounts. Once stolen, they can resell an account or its contents to interested buyers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 2, 2021

Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) has hit the news headlines for becoming a victim of a cyber attack that led to data breach of over 57,900 claimant accounts seeking unemployment benefits. The post Data breach news trending on Google Search Engine appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Underground services are cropping up that are designed to enable bad actors to intercept one-time passwords (OTPs), which are widely used in two-factor authentication programs whose purpose is to better protect customers’ online accounts. By using the services, cybercriminals can gain access to victims’ accounts to steal money.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 5, 2023

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a fundamental component of best practices for account security. It is a universal method employed for both personal and corporate user accounts globally. While MFA adds an extra security shield to accounts, deterring most cybercriminals, determined attackers can find ways to sidestep it.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 29, 2020

leaked internal customer support data to the Internet, mobile provider Sprint has addressed a mix-up in which posts to a private customer support community were exposed to the Web. Earlier this week, vice.com reported that hackers are phishing workers at major U.S. Fresh on the heels of a disclosure that Microsoft Corp.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2020

That, of course, presents the perfect environment for cybercrime that pivots off social engineering. Sadly, coronavirus phishing and ransomware hacks already are in high gear. This variant of HawkEye, like earlier versions, captures keystrokes and screenshots, with a focus on stealing account logins.

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Digital Shadows

AUGUST 17, 2021

What is Phish(ing)? But, never mind the dozens of other reports and white papers about phishing that come out every year from security industry leaders, let’s take a look at the 2021 Verizon DBIR. Why should I care about Phish? The reason why phishing is still reigning supreme?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Don’t overlook mobile security. The workforce is increasingly using mobile devices to accomplish business objectives. Yet many businesses still do not fully understand the unique needs required to secure mobile devices. Mobile Threat Defense solutions are designed to protect mobile devices and these unique needs.

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