CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

As most of the aged community, i.e. those above 65 are using desktop or laptops, hackers are seeing them as easy prey to spread ransomware, bank related customer support scams and Trojans and botnets through video calling apps. Coming to threats targeting mobile devices, the company says that it blocked over 3 million adware attacks, 7.2

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Scams Ransomware Identity Theft Adware 117

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 17, 2021

In some instances, cyber crooks are seen sending email messages to innocent people and are urging them to enter banking details, so that they can get hold of tickets at discounted prices. Interestingly, cyber criminals are not putting an end to their tactics here-so.

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Identity Theft Adware Banking Mobile 133

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Sadly, there’s not a lot you can do to prevent incidents like these yourself, other than stay on top of the news and protect yourself against identity theft. Banking Trojans Banking trojans are one of the most serious threats facing Android devices. But other threats you can do something about. This is changing.

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Malware Passwords Identity Theft Banking 75

Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Broadly speaking, a digital identity can be split into two categories: digital attributes and digital activities. Bank details. population vulnerable to identity theft. How to Protect Your Digital Identity. Cybercriminals and identity thieves are always exploiting public concern to create scams that feel real.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Many search hijackers in this family also use notifications, which qualifies them as adware. Remember that a social security number, birth date, and a bank account number is all the information a cyber-criminal needs to perform identity theft. And the consequences of that theft can be devastating.

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Identity Theft Adware Scams VPN 109

Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

Anti-virus giant, Kaspersky, blocked 6,463,414 mobile malware, adware, and risk-ware attacks. These attacks can lead to identity theft, banking theft, ransom-based threats, and even blackmail, depending on what information is compromised. Apple iOS users often fall prey to mobile scams; around 30.1%

Social Engineering 92

Social Engineering Mobile Scams Engineering 92

Spinone

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Malware and Ransomware Adware – Software that automatically displays or downloads material when a user is offline. The goals can be different – to sell this information to those who may benefit from it, like the advertisers, competitors, data companies; to obtain the banking information and passwords, and so on.

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