Identity IQ

APRIL 2, 2021

The recent Federal Bureau of Investigations Internet Crime Report shows that cybercrime has spiked, leaving hundreds of thousands of victims and costing more than $4 billion. Moreover, losses due to internet crime increased by $700 million, growing from $3.5 Phishing Scams. Non-Payment/Non-Delivery Scams.

Scams 110

Scams Computers and Electronics Phishing Internet 110

Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2021

Group-IB, a global threat hunting and adversarial cyber intelligence company specializing in the investigation and prevention of high-tech cybercrime, has published a comprehensive analysis of fraud cases on a global scale. . The threat actors target the theft of personal and bank card details.

Scams 93

Scams Banking Retail Insurance 93

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Resecurity identified one of the largest investment fraud networks by size and volume of operations created to defraud Internet users from Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, the European Union, India, Singapore, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, the U.S. billion to scams. and other regions. and the U.K

Scams 91

Scams Mobile Marketing Banking 91

IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

study tested the security of 13 of the UK’s most popular online banking sites between September and November 2022. Financially motivated cybercrime, using malware and phishing , is growing at a rapid pace. A recent Which? The scammer will often produce a plausible reason why they are asking for this sensitive information.

Banking 63

Banking Cybersecurity Antivirus Phishing 63

SecureWorld News

MARCH 22, 2021

The FBI just released its annual Internet Crime Report, and it is truly a sign of the times. The FBI notes that the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has been key to its mission to track cybercrimes. The IC3 received 19,369 reports of BEC/EAC scams in 2020. "In And this year's report highlights five "hot topics.".

Cybercrime 56

Cybercrime Scams Banking Accountability 56

SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Having been in the field for so long, we have witnessed some major changes in the cybercrime world’s modus operandi. This report shares our insights into the Russian-speaking cybercrime world and the changes in how it operates that have happened in the past five years.

Cybercrime 137

Cybercrime Banking Malware Ransomware 137

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The six-month operation (July-December 2023) targeted organizations involved in seven types of online scams: business email compromise (BEC), ecommerce fraud, investment fraud, voice phishing , money laundering associated with illegal online gambling, romance scams , and online sextortion schemes.

Scams 95

Scams eCommerce Banking Cybercrime 95

Malwarebytes

JUNE 3, 2021

Since the initial lockdown, we have seen the rise of certain types of cybercrime, including scams and fraud campaigns that either bank on the global COVID-19 pandemic or take advantage of potential victims that adhere to work-from-home measures. It is no surprise to see SOCs being conducted over the internet by crime groups.

Cybercrime 95

Cybercrime Scams Ransomware Phishing 95

Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2021

Experts warn that cybercriminals are targeting Indonesia’s major banks posing as bank representatives or customer support team members on Twitter. To lure victims, cybercriminals pose as bank representatives or customer support team members on Twitter. From January to early March 2021, this scheme grew in scope 2.5-fold

Banking 92

Banking Scams Accountability Media 92

SecureList

MAY 6, 2024

A significant share of scam, phishing and malware attacks is about money. Methodology In this report, we present an analysis of financial cyberthreats in 2023, focusing on banking Trojans and phishing pages that target online banking, shopping accounts, cryptocurrency wallets and other financial assets.

Phishing 80

Phishing Banking Mobile Scams 80

SecureWorld News

MARCH 28, 2022

While it should come as no surprise that cybercrime broke pretty much every record in 2021, the actual numbers behind the crimes are quite revealing. Cybercrime in the last five years. The first section of the report provides an overview of what cybercrime has looked like in the last five years.

Internet 78

Internet Internet Cybercrime Ransomware 78

Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2024

Resecurity has uncovered a cybercriminal faction known as “ GXC Team “, who specializes in crafting tools for online banking theft, ecommerce deception, and internet scams. These methods are commonly employed in wire fraud and well-known bogus invoice scams. billion on organizations.

Artificial Intelligence 117

Artificial Intelligence Banking Scams Cybercrime 117

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. U-Admin was sold by an individual who used the hacker handle “ Kaktys ” on multiple cybercrime forums. The U-Admin phishing panel interface.

Phishing 271

Phishing Scams Banking Mobile 271

Krebs on Security

APRIL 10, 2020

Most who are eligible for payments can expect to have funds direct-deposited into the same bank accounts listed on previous years’ tax filings sometime next week. Today, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) stood up a site to collect bank account information from the many Americans who don’t usually file a tax return.

Computers and Electronics 339

Computers and Electronics Banking Accountability Scams 339

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

As the reports covering all of 2022 start trickling in, we can see that cybercrime and other types of fraud had a major impact last year. million (roughly $750 million) through authorized and unauthorized fraud and scams in the UK alone. The threat which was mentioned the most in responses to the survey was phishing.

Scams 81

Scams Banking Cyber Insurance Phishing 81

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2021

INTERPOL published the African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2021, a report that analyzes evolution of cybercrime in Africa. A new report published by INTERPOL, titled the African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2021 , sheds the light on cybercrime in Africa.

Cybercrime 78

Cybercrime Scams DDOS Banking 78

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 6, 2020

Fraudsters did enough online intelligence gathering on the Manor Independent School District, in Manor, Texas, to figure out which vendors were in line to receive large bank transfers as part of the school district spending the proceeds of a large school bond. They also studied the employees who handled the transactions. The total stolen: $2.3

Scams 147

Scams Social Engineering Ransomware Engineering 147

Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

As first reported here last year , First American’s website exposed 16 years worth of digitized mortgage title insurance records — including bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images. It employs some 18,000 people and brought in $6.2

Insurance 299

Insurance Financial Services Penetration Testing Scams 299

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 26, 2021

million being transferred to foreign internet scam artists. As it turns out, the scammers used fake email to pose as ConVal, where the actors then routed the payment into their bank account. Related to the topic of BEC, listen to our podcast episode, "The Enterprise Business Model of Cybercrime.".

Scams 94

Scams Cybercrime Government Banking 94

Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Elderly Americans are facing a drastic increase in cybercrime, identity theft and financial abuse. billion in cybercrime losses to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) – a 74% increase from the previous year. Scams that Target Seniors. Impersonation Scams. Watch out for impersonator scams.

Identity Theft 95

Identity Theft Scams Cybercrime Accountability 95

Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS.

VPN 304

VPN Computers and Electronics Antivirus Software 304

Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

The FBI published a security advisory to warn of cyber actors using online dating sites to conduct confidence/romance scam and recruit money mules. The FBI published a security advisory to warn of confidence/romance scams turning victims into money mules. SecurityAffairs – money mules, cybercrime). ” reads the advisory.

Scams 53

Scams Banking Accountability Advertising 53

McAfee

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

According to research from the FBI and FTC, cybercrimes against older adults cost more than $650 million in losses each year. With Grandparent’s Day right around the corner, here’s a guide on how you can help keep your grandparents safe from the most common cybercrimes on the internet. Talk About the Latest Online Scams .

Cybersecurity 89

Cybersecurity Scams Passwords Cybercrime 89

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) arrested a 19-year-old teen from Sydney for attempting to use data from the Optus data breach in SMS scams. “ A Sydney man, 19, has been charged for allegedly attempting to misuse stolen Optus customer data in a text message blackmail scam.” million individuals. million individuals.

Data breaches 70

Data breaches Scams Telecommunications Financial Services 70

Hot for Security

MAY 31, 2021

Over six months, the Interpol-coordinated operation, codenamed HAECHI-I l, led to 585 arrests and 892 solved cases, including investment fraud, romance scams, money laundering associated with illegal online gambling, online sextortion and voice phishing.

Banking 122

Banking Scams Accountability Phishing 122

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Released today, the Malwarebytes State of Malware 2024 report takes a deep dive into the latest developments in the world of cybercrime. It also acts as a reminder to be careful about what you share, even if you are under the impression that you are using the internet securely.

Malware 77

Malware Passwords Identity Theft Banking 77

SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The risk of being scammed runs even higher. While on ordinary days, the customer can easily see that if the product is too cheap, it is most likely a scam, during the Black Friday sales, it gets harder to tell. Kaspersky distinguishes several types of financial phishing: banking, payment system, and online store phishing.

Phishing 99

Phishing Banking Scams Retail 99

Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2020

When a reliable method of scamming money out of people, companies or governments becomes widely known, underground forums and chat networks tend to light up with activity as more fraudsters pile on to claim their share. And that’s exactly what appears to be going on right now as multiple U.S. ” CANARY IN THE GOLDMINE.

Insurance 334

Insurance Accountability Banking Government 334

Security Through Education

APRIL 7, 2021

In fact, the FBI’s (Federal Bureau of Investigation) 2020 Internet Crime Report , refers to what is happening as an “ Internet crime spree.” billion people were active internet users as of October 2020. ” “Cybercrime apparently cost the world over $1 trillion in 2020.” COVID-19 Scams.

Scams 92

Scams Computers and Electronics Insurance Social Engineering 92

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Cybercrime is a growth industry like no other. According to statistics from the FBI’s 2021 Internet Crime Report , complaints to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) have been rising since 2017. Phishing complaints were reported over 300,000 times in 2021 to IC3, the only Internet crime to crack 100,000+ complaints.

Social Engineering 118

Social Engineering Energy and Utilities Phishing Scams 118

SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to cause a massive wave of poverty, and that invariably translates into more people resorting to crime, including cybercrime. Cracking down hard on the cybercrime world. We might see certain economies crashing and local currencies plummeting, which would make Bitcoin theft a lot more attractive.

Cryptocurrency 104

Cryptocurrency Banking Cybercrime Ransomware 104

Vipre

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Unfortunately, this hectic holiday spirit is a breeding ground for cybercrime and other nefarious online activity. Like we mentioned earlier, cybercriminals and hackers thrive on this frantic energy to slip in and scam when they can. Check your credit and bank statements more often than you usually do.

Cybersecurity 59

Cybersecurity Identity Theft Scams Passwords 59

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet. 1 in the cybercrime world. In addition, we talk to Adam Kujawa, security evangelist and director of Malwarebytes Labs, about Emotet, the former public enemy No.

Malware 87

Malware Scams Cybercrime Banking 87

SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Cybercriminals continued targeting gamers’ accounts filled with valuable in-game items or giving access to games on several devices, and often used in-game currency to lure victims to participate in their scams. Unfortunately, this ambiguity sets the stage for an anticipated increase in charity-related scams in 2024.

VPN 90

VPN Scams Education Internet 90

SC Magazine

JUNE 28, 2021

It’s a tempting solution, proven out by traditional banks. Banks, even Switzerland’s one-time havens for anonymous money storage, now have several checks for illicit funds and global tax cheats and tie real names to accounts. Other payment methods used in cybercrime, such as gift cards, can only handle small money amounts.

Cryptocurrency 92

Cryptocurrency Ransomware Banking Cybercrime 92

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam is one of the simplest and most damaging attacks businesses can face with losses ranging from hundreds to millions of dollars. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), losses due to BEC scams since 2013 total around $28 billion dollars and it is the most profitable cybercrime there is.

Scams 86

Scams Cybercrime Accountability Banking 86

SecureList

MARCH 29, 2023

However, traditional financial threats – such as banking malware and financial phishing, continue to take up a significant share of such financially-motivated cyberattacks. The good news is that regardless of these continuous advancements, we’ve witnessed a steady decrease in the number of attacks by banking Trojans.

Banking 71

Banking Phishing Cryptocurrency Mobile 71