Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

Ask you to install a third party app to your mobile device. Enable two-factor authentication on your accounts. Linking your online accounts to your mobile number adds an extra hurdle for hackers to access your data. Keep your mobile apps, your operating systems, and your programs up to date.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

SIM Swap Scams: How SIM Swapping Works and How To Protect Yourself IdentityIQ According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, SIM swap scams are on the rise. If you’re unfamiliar with this scam, it takes advantage of people’s lack of knowledge of how SIM cards work and puts their information at risk.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 1, 2022

Security research carried out by CloudSEK has found that over 3000+ mobile applications were exposing Twitter’s API keys, thus providing access to twitter accounts fraudulently. The post Twitter API Keys exposed by over 3000+ mobile applications appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Hot for Security

JUNE 14, 2021

While some security experts might seem over-zealous shouting about the dangers, the vast majority of warnings about mobile security threats are indeed justified. Stalkerware is another big issue on mobile platforms. Mobile threats are in no way a myth. In fact, they are more vulnerable than most of us like to think.

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SecureList

MAY 6, 2024

A significant share of scam, phishing and malware attacks is about money. Mobile malware The number of Android users attacked by banking malware increased by 32% compared to the previous year. Agent was the most active mobile malware family, making up 38% of all Android attacks. Money is what always attracts cybercriminals.

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Identity IQ

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Fortnite Scams: What Parents Need to Know IdentityIQ Since the summer of 2017, Fortnite Battle Royale has been one of the most popular games in the world. Unfortunately, offering financial information exposes players to scams, potentially resulting in identity theft. What is a Fortnite Scam? What is a Poison PDF?

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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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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 10, 2024

This would suggest the compromise was the result of a SIM swapping attack, where an attacker takes control of a phone number by convincing a mobile carrier to transfer the victim’s phone number to a SIM card they own. X offers other options like an authentication app and a security key. You’re all set.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 26, 2023

Summary In the midst of significant layoffs hitting the previously immune tech industry, scammers have mobilized and doubled down on targeting job seekers with various employment scams. Fig 8 - Source code showing commented-out credit card validation element The malicious domain used in this scam - zscaler-finance-analyst-strategy[.]live,

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Malwarebytes

MAY 10, 2023

Whether a company gives them out or they're owned by the employees or students, mobile devices are like honey for cybercriminals. Just check out the following stats from last year: 18 percent of clicked phishing emails in 2022 came from a mobile device. And the kicker? Most of these devices are not protected enough.

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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. In an Aug.

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Identity IQ

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

5 Latest Amazon Scams and Tips to Avoid Them IdentityIQ Ah, Amazon. Today, we’re peeling back the curtain on the most cunning Amazon scams out there, and more importantly, giving you the tips you need to help avoid falling into their traps. What are Amazon Scams? It’s all fantastic, right? ” Beware!

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 29, 2021

There are some scams on Steam which have stood the test of time. Like Steam phishing campaigns, this particular Steam scam—referred to loosely as the “I accidentally reported you” or “I accidentally reported your account” scam—has been coming and going since initial reports of it emerged in late 2018.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking for feedback on new proposed rules to crack down on SIM swapping and number port-out fraud, increasingly prevalent scams in which identity thieves hijack a target’s mobile phone number and use that to wrest control over the victim’s online identity.

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Threatpost

JANUARY 6, 2022

The FBI is seeing so much activity around malicious Google Voice activity, where victims are associated with fraudulent virtual phone numbers, that it sent out an alert this week.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Even if you’ve never been scammed before, you may know somebody who has. 2020 was a high-water mark for online scams and fraud. Not every scam is strictly about money. Here are five things to remember if you’ve been scammed. Sometimes, we manage to reason our way into being scammed. Consumers lost $3.3

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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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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

The general manager of Escrow.com said he suspected the call was a scam, but decided to play along for about an hour — all the while recording the call and coaxing information out of the scammer. One multifactor option — physical security keys — appears to be immune to these advanced scams.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Holden said each time a new victim submitted credentials at the Coinbase phishing site, the administrative panel would make a loud “ding” — presumably to alert whoever was at the keyboard on the other end of this phishing scam that they had a live one on the hook. SIFTING COINBASE FOR ACTIVE USERS. million Italians. .”

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 7, 2018

Police in Florida have arrested a 25-year-old man accused of being part of a multi-state cyber fraud ring that hijacked mobile phone numbers in online attacks that siphoned hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from victims.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 28, 2023

The emails in the campaign purported to be from Microsoft, and they claimed that the recipient needed to update their account security settings or activate two-factor authentication (2FA)/multi-factor authentication (MFA) within 72 hours. This phishing scam is a reminder of the dangers of QR codes.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

In each attack, the victims saw their email and financial accounts compromised after suffering an unauthorized SIM-swap, wherein attackers transferred each victim’s mobile phone number to a new device that they controlled. Prosecutors say Noah Michael Urban of Palm Coast, Fla.,

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Nicholas Truglia was part of a group alleged to have stolen more than $100 million from cryptocurrency investors using fraudulent “SIM swaps,” scams in which identity thieves hijack a target’s mobile phone number and use that to wrest control over the victim’s online identities. Nicholas Truglia, holding bottle.

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Google Security

MAY 11, 2022

Posted by Daniel Margolis, Software Engineer, Google Account Security Team Every year, security technologies improve: browsers get better , encryption becomes ubiquitous on the Web , authentication becomes stronger. As phishing adoption has grown, multi-factor authentication has become a particular focus for attackers.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Hacking into computers has been a thing for decades, but what do you know about the process of cloning mobile phones? Phone cloning is when an exact replica of a mobile phone is created. This includes copying the international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) number. How Does a Phone Cloning Scam Work?

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 27, 2023

But O’Connor also pleaded guilty in a separate investigation involving a years-long spree of cyberstalking and cryptocurrency theft enabled by “ SIM swapping ,” a crime wherein fraudsters trick a mobile provider into diverting a customer’s phone calls and text messages to a device they control.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

” The operation was carried out in coordination with the FBI and authorities in Australia, which was particularly hard hit by phishing scams perpetrated by U-Admin customers. Perhaps the biggest selling point for U-Admin is a module that helps phishers intercept multi-factor authentication codes. Image: fr3d.hk/blog.

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SC Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

If people clicked on the links to download the fake apps for either Android or iOS, they received an app that looked like a mobile web app, but was actually a short-cut icon that linked to a fake website. Carson said companies need better cyber hygiene via educating employees on ways to detect these scams.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 16, 2020

Twitter was thrown into chaos on Wednesday after accounts for some of the world’s most recognizable public figures, executives and celebrities starting tweeting out links to bitcoin scams. The mobile industry security source told KrebsOnSecurity that PlugWalkJoe in real life is a 21-year-old from Liverpool, U.K.

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Hot for Security

JUNE 10, 2021

If the mobile device on which it’s downloaded has no security solution installed, the malware roams free. TeaBot can intercept messages, steal Google Authentication codes, and even remotely control Android devices. Another threat to watch out for is the text message scam.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 29, 2022

Uri Rivner offered some insights from the UK banking sector where criminals have bypassed the strong customer authentication policies by launching what is known as authorized push payment scams (APP scams), resulting in even greater losses because of financial fraud and scams.

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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

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Threat actors involved in tech support scams have been running a browser locker campaign from November 2020 until February 2021 on the world’s largest adult platforms including PornHub. However, the majority of them did not look authentic or functional and even still had the ‘Lorem ipsum’ text filler.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 2, 2023

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: A proxyjacking campaign is looking for vulnerable SSH servers New technique can defeat voice authentication "after only six tries" "Free" Evil Dead Rise movie scam lurks in Amazon listings Spyware app LetMeSpy hacked, tracked user data posted online Online safety tips for LGBTQIA+ communities Top contenders in Endpoint (..)

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

But as it turns out, John was a victim of a phishing scam, a type of social engineering attack where the cybercriminal impersonated John’s IT department to gain his trust and trick him into revealing his login credentials. It’s a numbers game to them, and they only need one or two people to fall for their scam to be successful.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2021

But what about the numerous machines on a company’s network, like mobile devices, servers, applications, and IoT devices? Machines are dramatically increasing, and require a solution that will identify these identities, authenticate them, and then secure their interactions across the network. Know, trust, verify.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

As with so many Steam attacks currently, it accommodates for the possibility of users relying on Steam Guard Mobile Authentication for additional protection. It’s the second of these possibilities that is used as this particular scam’s launch pad. The “ I accidentally reported you ” scam.

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