Authentication Risk Scams Web Fraud 
Krebs on Security
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
What follows is a deep dive into how this increasingly clever Zelle fraud scam typically works, and what victims can do about it. Last week’s story warned that scammers are blasting out text messages about suspicious bank transfers as a pretext for immediately calling and scamming anyone who responds via text.
Krebs on Security
APRIL 28, 2020
You may have heard that today’s phone fraudsters like to use use caller ID spoofing services to make their scam calls seem more believable. Sure enough, he said, as long as he was calling from the number on file for his account, the automated system let him review recent transactions without any further authentication.
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Krebs on Security
AUGUST 30, 2022
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. Image: Cloudflare.com.
Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Countless websites and online services use SMS text messages for both password resets and multi-factor authentication. First, they included an offer to use a mutually trusted “middleman” or escrow provider for the transaction (to protect either party from getting scammed). ” TMO UP!
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.
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.
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 5, 2022
Fake profiles also may be tied to so-called “pig butchering” scams , wherein people are lured by flirtatious strangers online into investing in cryptocurrency trading platforms that eventually seize any funds when victims try to cash out. of spam and scams. “Clearly they are not monitored,” Taylor assessed.
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