Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2025

The FBI warns of a significant increase in scams involving free online document converters to infect users with malware. “The FBI Denver Field Office is warning that agents are increasingly seeing a scam involving free online document converter tools, and we want to encourage victims to report instances of this scam.”

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 20, 2025

March Madness is here, and while fans are busy filling out brackets and making last-minute bets, cybercriminals are running their own full-court presstargeting unsuspecting fans with phishing scams, fake betting apps, and credential-harvesting schemes.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 27, 2025

In today's digital world, cybercrime is a threat to our private data and security. And with Americans owning an average of 24 electronic items in their homes , neglecting to dispose of these items correctly is putting individuals at significant risk of cybercrime. What is cybercrime?

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

March is a time for leprechauns and four-leaf clovers, and as luck would have it, its also a time to learn how to protect your private data from cybercrime. This month, take advantage of all that NCPW offers, including access to free tools and information that can help you identify and prevent online scams, fraud, and identity theft.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Rogue Law Enforcement – Scam Exploiting Trust The actors launched a sophisticated campaign, targeting multiple victims with phone calls from individuals impersonating law enforcement officials requesting payment arrangements. The actors became more creative.

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Phishing Social Engineering Banking DNS 110

Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2025

Exposed data included contact details, partial SSNs and bank info, ID images, account history, and limited internal documents. Compromised data includes: Name, address, phone, and email; Masked Social Security (last 4 digits only); Masked bank-account numbers and some bank account identifiers; GovernmentID images (e.g.,

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Data breaches Banking Accountability Retail 84

SecureList

MARCH 25, 2025

Note that for mobile banking malware, we retrospectively revised the 2023 numbers to provide more accurate statistics. We also changed the methodology for PC banking malware by removing obsolete families that no longer use Trojan banker functionality, hence the sharp drop in numbers against 2023. million detections compared to 5.84

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SecureList

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Increase in high-profile law enforcement operations against cybercrime groups 2024 was a significant year in the global high-profile fight against cybercrime. We at Kaspersky also actively contributed to law enforcement efforts to combat cybercrime.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 3, 2025

government sanctioned a Chinese national for operating a cloud provider linked to the majority of virtual currency investment scam websites reported to the FBI. a Philippines-based company alleged to provide infrastructure for hundreds of thousands of websites involved in virtual currency investment scams known as “ pig butchering.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

US Justice Department says cybercrime forum allegedly affected 17 million Americans Cybercrime is increasingly complex.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Last week on ThreatDown: Hands-on-keyboard (HOK) attacks: How ransomware gangs attack in real-time Ransomware insurance is funding cybercrime, says White House official 5 tools IT admins should block right now Stay safe! Update now! Our business solutions remove all remnants of ransomware and prevent you from getting reinfected.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 30, 2025

It could be due to seasonal scams like those we always see around tax season , which hit consumers hard this year, or widespread campaigns like toll fee scams , which also come in surges. When spyware jumps 147% in five months, that tells us attackers are moving beyond simple scams to building sustainable criminal enterprises.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 7, 2025

And get the latest on cyber scams; zero-day vulnerabilities; and critical infrastructure security. Anyone receiving those letters should disregard them because theyre a scam, the U.S. The FBI further recommends that targeted executives do the following: Notify fellow executives in the organization about the scam so that theyre aware.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

CISA adds Palo Alto Expedition, Android, CyberPanel and Nostromo nhttpd bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog DPRK-linked BlueNoroff used macOS malware with novel persistence Canada ordered ByteDance to shut down TikTok operations in the country over security concerns Critical bug in Cisco UWRB access points allows attackers to run commands (..)

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Phishing scams, ransomware attacks, data breaches, and identity theft are part of a growing list of online dangers that are a daily reality. From online shopping and banking to remote work and social media, most of us spend a significant portion of our lives connected.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2025

According to new research from Malwarebytes, 52% of people said they worry about being scammed while traveling, while another 40% admitted that they worry about my kids or family sharing trip details online. Broadly, Malwarebytes found that: 52% of people agreed or strongly agreed that they worry about being scammed while traveling.

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Webroot

JUNE 17, 2025

Research shows that the travel and tourism sector ranked third in cyberattacks, with nearly 31% of hospitality organizations experiencing a data breach and a record 340 million people affected by cybercrimes. Phishing scams: Phishing scams that target travel-related platforms are on the rise.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Cybercrime has been steadily on the rise for the past years. Notably, 2024 was unprecedentedly precarious with the second largest in history National Public Data breach and the biggest healthcare data breach to date with the massive attack on Change Healthcare. Nearly 3 billion records were stolen in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.,

Marketing 104

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Zero Day

JUNE 22, 2025

You must also inform your bank or financial services provider so they can be on the lookout for suspicious and fraudulent transactions.     Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams :  BEC scams  require an attacker to pretend to be a company employee, contractor, or service provider.

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Passwords Data breaches Password Management Accountability 101

Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2025

For some of our customers, bank account numbers (for pre-authorized payment) may also have been impacted, if this information was provided by these customers. Nova Scotia Power customers are warned about phishing scams impersonating the utility to steal data.

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Data breaches Energy and Utilities Insurance Accountability 70

BH Consulting

APRIL 30, 2025

Another lens on cybercrime comes courtesy of the FBIs Annual Internet Crime Report. Its top three cybercrimes, based on reports from victims, were: phishing/spoofing, extortion and personal data breaches. Diving into e-commerce scams MORE How threat actors used Zooms remote control feature for a crypto scam.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 8, 2025

Using a fully authenticated web worker, this phishing kit is using a legitimate hosted web service called Pusher with the intent of manipulating sensitive profile data fields related to banking and payment information. There seems to be two different types of sessions, based on the functions named createBankSession and createCardSession.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 6, 2025

This year, cybercrime is expected to cost $10.3 In terms of GDP, cybercrime is already the third largest economy on the planet after the U.S. Today, Cybercrime Inc. North Korea depends on cybercrime to keep Kim's generals in rocket fuel and the Kim dynasty in caviar. Cybercrime and cyberwar are the new normal.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2025

For some of our customers, bank account numbers (for pre-authorized payment) may also have been impacted, if this information was provided by these customers. Nova Scotia Power warned customers about phishing scams impersonating the utility to steal data. ” reads the update.

Energy and Utilities 82

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Data breaches Accountability 82

SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Expect to see AI-enabled phishing campaigns, deepfake scams, and automated attacks grow in complexity. AI-powered scams will soar: As attackers leverage commoditized AI tools, scamsespecially romance, investment, and fraudwill grow more convincing and costly.

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Zero Day

JUNE 20, 2025

You must also inform your bank or financial services provider so they can be on the lookout for suspicious and fraudulent transactions.     Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams :  BEC scams  require an attacker to pretend to be a company employee, contractor, or service provider.

Passwords 106

Passwords Data breaches Password Management Identity Theft 106

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2025

In October 2024, the security firm Silent Push published a lengthy analysis of how Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure were providing services to Funnull, a two-year-old Chinese content delivery network that hosts a wide variety of fake trading apps, pig butchering scams , gambling websites, and retail phishing pages. cloud providers.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 1, 2025

billion in financial crimes, with nearly 14% of investigations sparked by Bank Secrecy Act data. The AI-powered scam playbook From generative AI (GenAI) phishing emails to deepfake impersonations of IRS agents, attackers are raising the barand the risks. Identity theft and fraudulent refund schemes were major players.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

But a flurry of innovation from cybercrime groups in China is breathing new life into the carding industry, by turning phished card data into mobile wallets that can be used online and at main street stores. “This is much bigger than the banks are prepared to say.”

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Phishing Mobile Scams Banking 316

Security Boulevard

JUNE 20, 2025

DoJ, FBI, USSS yoinked USDT: Pretty girls plus investment fraud equals forfeiture recovery (eventually). The post US Pig Butchering Victims ‘Will’ Get Refunds — Feds Seize $225M Cryptocurrency appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Cryptocurrency 117

Cryptocurrency Social Engineering Banking Scams 117

Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2025

Million in romance baiting crypto fraud scheme Experts warn of the new sophisticate Crocodilus mobile banking Trojan Crooks are reviving the Grandoreiro banking trojan Russian authorities arrest three suspects behind Mamont Android banking trojan Mozilla fixed critical Firefox vulnerability CVE-2025-2857 U.S.

Cybercrime 62

Cybercrime Malware Banking Ransomware 62

Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2025

CISA adds Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure and ZTA Gateways flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog A member of the Scattered Spider cybercrime group pleads guilty The controversial case of the threat actor EncryptHub PoisonSeed Campaign uses stolen email credentials to spread crypto seed scams and and empty wallets EDR-as-a-Service (..)

Data breaches 60

Data breaches Cybercrime Hacking Ransomware 60

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 27, 2025

The CSRB has so far produced three detailed reports, including an analysis of the Log4Shell vulnerability crisis, attacks from the cybercrime group LAPSUS$ , and the 2023 Microsoft Exchange Online breach. Similar harassment and deposition demands would come from lawyers for Alfa Bank. Sussman was acquitted in May 2022.

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Cybersecurity Government Cryptocurrency Artificial Intelligence 286

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 7, 2024

In January, KrebsOnSecurity wrote about rapper Punchmade Dev , whose music videos sing the praises of a cybercrime lifestyle. That story showed how Punchmade’s social media profiles promoted Punchmade-themed online stores selling bank account and payment card data. PNC Bank did not respond to a request for comment.

Banking 321

Banking Cybercrime Accountability Retail 321

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. In that episode, the people impersonating his bank not only spoofed the bank’s real phone number, but they were also pretending to be him in a separate call at the same time with his bank.

Scams 363

Scams Banking Accountability Financial Services 363

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Mr. Krebson also heard from an investigator representing the Nigeria Finance CERT on behalf of the Central Bank Of Nigeria. George’s team confirmed that Medayedupin had around USD $2,000 to his name, which he’d recently stolen from a group of Nigerian fraudsters who were scamming people for gift cards.

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