The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 13, 2021

Maybe they can learn ways to avoid scams and ways to care for their devices. There are additional safety measures you can (and should) take to teach your child as they grow, things like installing virus protection, enabling multi-factor authentication, using password managers, and raising awareness about phishing scams.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Avoid entering any data if you see a warning message about a site’s authenticity. Shoulder-Surfing Sometimes, the simplest scams are the most effective. DNS Spoofing DNS (Domain Name System) is like the internet’s phone book, translating domain names into IP addresses.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

This deal reads like to the epilogue to a book titled The First 20 Years of the Supremely Lucrative Antivirus Market. There are simple steps consumers can take today, for free, to lower their overall risk of a cyber attack, including using multi-factor authentication for their accounts and using strong passwords.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2024

Emerging threats Cybercrime often exploits precisely the lack of regulation and centralized controls of cryptocurrencies to deceive investors and embezzle funds through various forms of phishing, investment scams, digital wallet theft, ransomware, and illegal mining. Education improves awareness” is his slogan.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 26, 2021

And please use Multi-Factor Authentication wherever possible. Social media and scams. There are many kinds of Bitcoin scams to be found on YouTube, Twitter, and other platforms. Use a password manager or password book for them, especially if you are sharing your system with others. Never backing up their system.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The FIFA World Cup 2022 has brought with it a spike in cyber attacks targeting football fans through fake streaming sites and lottery scams, leveraging the rush and excitement around these uncommon events to infect users with malware. Case 2: FIFA WorldCup related scams. Case Study 1 : Fake streaming sites.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Fortunately, disclosure campaigns against this type of scam by public institutions and private companies are constant and frequent. What to do in case of a scam Unfortunately, it can happen that one falls into the trap of phishing, even with all the necessary precautions. Education improves awareness” is his slogan.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

The missives asked users to click a link and log in at a phishing page that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. A booking photo of Noah Michael Urban released by the Volusia County Sheriff.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 7, 2022

In a scheme reminiscent of some sort of comic book supervillain, Filippo Bernadini was arrested at JKF International Airport on Wednesday. Throwing the book at crime. Can I have your next book, please? Once they logged in, credentials were forwarded on to add another string in the “massive scam” bow. The reason?

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Malwarebytes

JULY 18, 2023

Several trip-related scams are doing the rounds right now, and we’re going to highlight some of the more prevalent ones. The risk of this has increased since Twitter started charging for blue checkmarks, as many legitimate accounts now sport no visible means of authentication.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Find your friends (in other words, import your address book and make connections between email addresses and social media profiles). This is a far cry from what we currently have, with real names everywhere, verified profiles, authentication, and the common refrain that only people with something to hide don’t use their real name.

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SC Magazine

MAY 4, 2021

One of the more intriguing new offerings to help in this regard is a new video-based security awareness training program from Madison, Wisconsin-based Infosec (aka the Infosec Institute) – based on the nostalgic Choose Your Own Adventure brand of books. As a kid of the ’80s, I probably read 40 of them.”. That’s the fun part of it.

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Pen Test Partners

JANUARY 29, 2024

This post is about how we did it Finally, not shown in the piece, we spent time helping the targets understand how we found the data and showing them how to secure their online presence Bank scams and how to avoid them, with Alexis Conran We were asked to help make a TV show about the information that people share online being abused by scammers.

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BH Consulting

MARCH 21, 2024

Meanwhile, plans for an EU-wide digital wallet gained momentum with regulation adopted in late February, to introduce a system to allow citizens to identify and authenticate themselves online. MORE The FBI’s internet crime report shows email scams making way for crypto fraud. But the European Court of Justice has set it straight.”

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Malwarebytes

JULY 4, 2022

The domain name system (DNS) is a distributed address book that lists domain names and their corresponding IP addresses. Passwordless authentication. Passwordless authentication could usher in a world where we no longer rely on passwords, and that could be an enormous, unabashed win for security and peace of mind.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Unfortunately, scams are a fact of life online. There is a lot of good advice around (and plenty of it on this website) to help you understand which scams are popular right, how they work, and how to spot them. SMS scams are not the same as email scams, and neither has much in common with a romance scam.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 22, 2021

People aren’t taking the time to verify the authenticity of email senders and often click on links, open attachments, or even fill out forms without a second of thought. You probably are already familiar with these concepts, but you may also know all of these by their more common name: a scam. The critical flaw? Who’s at risk?”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Phishing scams. Hackers tailor their scams using advanced psychology tricks. Email and spear phishing are the two most common types of scams. Phishing scams are the most common example of human error. Companies that introduce clear rules and two-factor authentication will reinforce additional security measures. .

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

Your Web browser knows how to find a Web site name like example.com thanks to the global Domain Name System (DNS), which serves as a kind of phone book for the Internet by translating human-friendly Web site names (example.com) into numeric Internet address that are easier for computers to manage.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA). Multi-factor authentication is a great step to add in on every service that offers it. This could be a one-time login code sent via text, a code on an authenticator app, or a push notification, among others. Just make sure you choose a super-strong password for the manager itself.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 24, 2023

billion in 2022 due to imposter scams, according to U.S. FTC Consumer Sentinel Network’s data book. Memcyco counters these assaults with an agentless Proof of Source Authenticity (PoSA ) technology that delivers Zero Day protection and real-time detection, helping to identify the attacks at the point of impact.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

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Troy Hunt

JUNE 3, 2024

The combination of these is obviously what's used to authenticate to various services, and we often see attackers using these to mount "credential stuffing" attacks where they use the lists to attempt to access accounts en mass. authentication/login:[email]:[password] www.planet-sports.de/checkout/register:[email]:[password]

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 15, 2019

Truglia allegedly struck up a conversation about booking private jets with his cryptocurrency. But SIM swaps are frequently abused by scam artists who trick mobile providers into tying a target’s service to a new SIM card and mobile phone that the attackers control. “Gradually, I got to know Nick.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

People like Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Kim Kardashian West, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk were suddenly tweeting about a can't miss double your bitcoin opportunity, that was really a scam. I still remember reading hacker Kevin Mitnick's book "Ghost in the Wires" a few years ago. That helped trigger an investigation by NYDFS. and 10 a.m.

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SecureList

MARCH 7, 2024

Some of the scam sites discovered promised to reimburse a certain sum to the customers of a major international telecommunications company. Alongside the usual get-rich-doing-nothing and paid survey scams, we encountered a few less conventional scenarios. Scam sites also used cryptocurrency as bait.

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Webroot

MARCH 4, 2024

Virtual assistants Chatbots act as tireless virtual assistants, handling tasks like setting reminders, booking appointments, and providing weather updates. Part 2: AI and the need for vigilance in our digital lives The rise of AI scams 1. Here’s how chatbots are transforming our lives: A. Regularly update your software.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 21, 2023

ChatGPT can step in to offer insights on identifying the latest scams, avoiding social engineering pitfalls, and setting stronger passwords in concise, conversational text that may be more effective than a lecture or slide presentation.

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