The Last Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2019

In the not-so-distant past, banks dealt with online and account takeover fraud, where hackers stole passwords and used phishing scams to target specific individuals. With technologies like AI, you can now measure the risk across the entire digital channel and user base. That’s finally advanced.

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Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In this blog, we’ll take a look at the components of a crypto scam, including investors, designers, developers, and marketers, as well as a few interesting trends that characterize this black market. Ocean’s Crypto: Putting the Team Together Crypto Scam Investors Starting a cryptocurrency scams require a significant amount of capital.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Identity theft happens when someone uses your personal or financial information — like your Social Security or financial account number — to commit fraud. If your data is used to open an account, take out a loan or lease, file taxes, or apply for unemployment insurance or other government benefits, you may be the victim of identity theft.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 31, 2023

As technology progresses, so are these cyber scammers who have learned to utilise AI chatbots and deep fake technology to make their attacks even more sophisticated. Once you enter your credentials or other sensitive information, the bad actors can use it to access your accounts or steal your identity.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 6, 2022

While this festive time of year presents a big opportunity for retailers, it is also rife with fraudsters hoping to catch them off guard. From new, sophisticated scams to variations on tried-and-true tactics, cybercriminals are hard at work devising ways to take advantage of eager shoppers and their spike in online activity.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

But the truth is out that the attack is being launched by some hackers impersonating the retail giant and not by the actual staff of the Jeff Bezos led company. Sometimes, cyber crooks are seen calling the victims and asking them to verbally submit their card details, only to be used later in large-scale scams.

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SC Magazine

MAY 11, 2021

An Office 365 retail pack. The company became aware of the scam when one of its own customers received a scam email appeared to come from one of its vendors, the real estate services provider Authentic Title, LLC. Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons).

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

wireless carriers today detailed a new initiative that may soon let Web sites eschew passwords and instead authenticate visitors by leveraging data elements unique to each customer’s phone and mobile subscriber account, such as location, customer reputation, and physical attributes of the device. The four major U.S.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As technology has adapted and grown over the years, so has fraudulent ways of gathering people’s information. Anyone is vulnerable to this scamming method. If you are at a gas station, retail store or an ATM, check for any malfunctions with the alignment of the card reader. How Do You Protect Yourself from Credit Card Skimmers?

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Retailers around the world are anticipating less foot traffic in their shops this holiday season, with more than 75% of consumers expected to do most of their shopping online due to the pandemic. And if there was any doubt as to this proposition, Black Friday certainly proved the point. Limit access to business computers.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Group-IB , a global threat hunting and intelligence company headquartered in Singapore, has assisted Paxful , an international peer-to-peer cryptocurrency marketplace, in countering a wave of web-bot and social engineering attacks, and customer account takeovers. million customers against possible attacks. About Group-IB Secure Portal.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The nonstop intensity of these attacks is vividly illustrated by the fact that malicious bot communications now account for one-third of total Internet traffic. One of the most intensive uses of criminal botnets is account takeovers. They are now chief privacy officer and chief technology officer, respectively.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

UK fashion retailer FatFace angered customers in its handling of a customer data theft hack. The clothes retailer revealed a data theft which included its customer's full names, home addresses, email addresses, and partial debitcredit card details. Stolen in Pandemic Scams. How not to disclosure a Hack. Covid Fraud: £34.5m

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SecureList

MARCH 29, 2023

BlueNoroff developed an elaborate phishing campaign that targeted startups and distributed malware for stealing all crypto in the account tied to the device. Key findings Phishing Financial phishing accounted for 36.3% E-shop brands were the most popular lure, accounting for 15.56% of attempts to visit phishing sites.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2023

The LockBit threat group is the biggest source of ransomware and RaaS attacks, accounting for 44% of successful ransomware attacks in 2022, according to Trustwave SpiderLabs in a new report released today. History tends to repeat, and new technologies generally deploy security after attacks and breaches.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

PayPal users maintained their position as the most frequently targeted payment system users, with phishing pages mimicking this payment system accounting for 37.8% In 2021, Kaspersky anti-phishing technologies detected over 250 million attempts to follow a phishing link on user computers, with 8.2% share for banking. As many as 41.8%

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Unlike common stealers, this malware gathered data that can be used to identify the victims, such as browsing histories, social networking account IDs and Wi-Fi networks. According to the freshest data on DeFi, every hour 15 newly deployed scams against smart contracts are detected.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The industries affected included everything from IT to retail, from oil and gas to healthcare. It could be compromised directly or by hacking the account of someone with access to the website management. Buying traffic for malicious sites has transformed into buying data — access to different organizations, account information, etc.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Big Yellow and Avira weren’t the only established brands cashing in on crypto hype as a way to appeal to a broader audience: The venerable electronics retailer RadioShack wasted no time in announcing plans to launch a cryptocurrency exchange. A single bitcoin is trading at around $45,000.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

. “You hand that over to a person who used to mine Ethereum or Bitcoin, and if they have a large enough dictionary [of pre-computed hashes] then you can essentially break 60-70 percent of the hashed passwords in a day or two,” said Fabian Wosar , chief technology officer at security firm Emsisoft. Take a deep breath.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

A credible threat actor is offering access to the email accounts of hundreds of C-level executives for $100 to $1500 per account. Access to the email accounts of hundreds of C-level executives is available on the Exploit.in for $100 to $1500 per account. Exploit.in ” reported ZDNet. . ” reported ZDNet.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Although finance experts and retail investors estimate crypto to have a solid chance of recovery in the long term, at the time of writing this report the prices remain low. This currency is known for its advanced technologies that anonymize transaction data to achieve maximum privacy.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

To boost their profits and depend less on outsourcing, some groups such as Revil even scammed their affiliates , adding a backdoor capable of hijacking negotiations with victims and taking the 70% of the ransom payments that is supposed to go to the affiliates.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 4, 2021

The scammers are impersonating c-level executives and instructing accounts payable employees to complete a capital call transaction to a fraudulent bank account. However, for now the scam isn’t executed especially well, Hassold noted. The report partially attributes this sudden spike to the newly identified scheme.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

MARCH 6, 2018

Encrypt sensitive files stored electronically, such as tax records, and use strong and unique passwords for each account. Watch Out For Scams. Shop at reputable online retailers. Recently, the IRS issued a specific warning of a quickly growing scam involving erroneous tax refunds being deposited into taxpayer bank accounts.

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IT Security Guru

AUGUST 9, 2023

Twitter Bitcoin Scam In July of 2020, a number of high-profile celebrity and brand accounts tweeted out messages stating that all Bitcoin sent to their wallets for a period of time would be returned twofold—if someone sent $1000, they would receive $2000 back. In the end, it cost Cisco $1.4

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SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2020

From vulnerabilities in remote work solutions , to online retail fraud , to hackers profiting from the pandemic through phishing scams and healthcare cyberattacks , SecureWorld has revealed the increased digital threat posed by this worldwide crisis. And the Secret Service hopes to mitigate complex cyber-enabled financial crimes.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 20, 2022

Retail and wholesale saw a massive 436% leap in phishing attacks in 2021 as attackers took advantage of COVID-boosted online shopping trends. Retail and wholesale moved from the fifth-most phished industry category all the way to first, ahead of last year’s most phished industry, manufacturing. Learn more.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Phishing scams use it to compromise networks. A recent HP Wolf Security report found that email now accounts for 89% of all malware. They spot unwanted traffic such as spam, phishing expeditions, malware, and scams. That’s billions of emails and thousands of malware samples per day and millions of cloud accounts.

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Webroot

MARCH 4, 2024

promise users “realistic yet fantasy-fueled relationships” using advanced artificial intelligence technology to create the ideal AI girl/boyfriend according to the user’s preferences. Example: Online retailer: “Looking for running shoes? Part 2: AI and the need for vigilance in our digital lives The rise of AI scams 1.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 21, 2019

namely smart refrigerators, garage doors, home routers and the like – nearly quadrupled for the retail and financial services sectors. In the same time frame, US-based retail companies experienced roughly an 800% spike. Between Q1 2019 and Q2 2019, malicious communications emanating from residential IP addresses in the U.S.

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