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Karma Catches Up to Global Phishing Service 16Shop

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You’ve probably never heard of “ 16Shop ,” but there’s a good chance someone using it has tried to phish you. A 16Shop phishing page spoofing Apple and targeting Japanese users. Image: Akamai.com. The INTERPOL statement says the platform sold hacking tools to compromise more than 70,000 users in 43 countries.

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Arrest, Raids Tied to ‘U-Admin’ Phishing Kit

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Cyber cops in Ukraine carried out an arrest and several raids last week in connection with the author of a U-Admin , a software package used to administer what’s being called “one of the world’s largest phishing services.” The U-Admin phishing panel interface. Image: fr3d.hk/blog. ” U-Admin, a.k.a.

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‘Land Lordz’ Service Powers Airbnb Scams

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site that helps him manage more than 500 scam properties and interactions with up to 100 (soon-to-be-scammed) “guests” looking to book the fake listings. The Land Lordz administrative panel for a scammer who’s running dozens of Airbnb scams in the United Kingdom. The price is € 250 + €500 secure deposit.

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When Low-Tech Hacks Cause High-Impact Breaches

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But it’s worth revisiting how this group typically got in to targeted companies: By calling employees and tricking them into navigating to a phishing website. But we do know the March 2020 attack was precipitated by a spear-phishing attack against a GoDaddy employee. In a filing with the U.S.

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How Coinbase Phishers Steal One-Time Passwords

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A recent phishing campaign targeting Coinbase users shows thieves are getting cleverer about phishing one-time passwords (OTPs) needed to complete the login process. A Google-translated version of the now-defunct Coinbase phishing site, coinbase.com.password-reset[.]com. The Coinbase phishing panel. million Italians.

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How 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate Liability

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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.

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GoDaddy Employees Used in Attacks on Multiple Cryptocurrency Services

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The attacks were facilitated by scams targeting employees at GoDaddy , the world’s largest domain name registrar, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. In March, a voice phishing scam targeting GoDaddy support employees allowed attackers to assume control over at least a half-dozen domain names, including transaction brokering site escrow.com.