Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2025

Brazil arrests IT worker João Roque for aiding $100M PIX cyber heist, one of Brazil’s biggest banking system breaches. Brazilian police arrested João Roque (48), an IT employee at C&M, for allegedly aiding a cyberattack that stole over 540 million reais (~$100 million) via the PIX banking system. ” continues Globo.com.

Social Engineering 85

Social Engineering Banking Cybercrime Engineering 85

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Last year saw a 110% rise in cybercrime in the lead up to Valentine's Day. And 2025 will be no different, as increasingly sophisticated online hackers seek to take advantage of Valentine's themed email traffic, social media advertisements, or marketing campaigns, and exploit heightened emotions and a desire to connect.

Scams 84

Scams Cybercrime Phishing Social Engineering 84

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

.” Crazy Evil is referred as a traffer team, which is a group of social engineering specialists tasked with redirecting legitimate traffic to malicious landing pages. The cybercrime gang focused on targeting the Web3 and decentralized finance industry. These factors make it a persistent cyber threat.

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Scams Media Cryptocurrency Cybercrime 90

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This social engineering scheme has been amplified by targeted phishing, smishing, and vishing activities, with a noticeable increase around the winter holidays. A month earlier, Dubai and Abu Dhabi Police warned citizens not to share their confidential information, including their account, card details or online banking credentials.

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Phishing Social Engineering Banking DNS 116

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. Online shopping scams An online shopping scam usually involves a fake online store or app, which appears legitimate and is promoted on social media or other authentic websites.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 24, 2025

Then you’re like millions of other users now at risk from a new form of cybercrime – malware that can read your credit or debit card and hand its data over to an attacker. They can then focus on finding and targeting victims with social engineering attacks, which Cleafy says they’ve been doing in Italy.

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Malware Banking Software Social Engineering 94

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. of all mobile banker attacks.

Phishing 72

Phishing Banking Scams Mobile 72

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

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

Spyware 65

Spyware Cybercrime Scams Social Engineering 65

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2024

CISA adds Array Networks AG and vxAG ArrayOS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Thai police arrested Chinese hackers involved in SMS blaster attacks Zyxel firewalls targeted in recent ransomware attacks Malware campaign abused flawed Avast Anti-Rootkit driver Russia-linked APT TAG-110 uses targets Europe and Asia Russia-linked threat (..)

Cybercrime 77

Cybercrime Firewall Phishing Social Engineering 77

Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2025

New Coyote malware uses Windows UI Automation to steal banking credentials, targeting Brazilian users across 75 banks and crypto platforms. In February, FortiGuard Labs researchers detected a campaign using LNK files executing PowerShell commands to deploy the Coyote Banking Trojan. ” reads the report published by Akamai.

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Malware Banking Social Engineering Financial Services 67

Webroot

APRIL 22, 2025

Here are some of the most likely targets for access to consumer data: Healthcare organizations : Healthcare companies are a prime target for cybercrime due to the large amounts of sensitive data they store, which includes personal information and medical records. They can rack up charges on your credit cards and even drain your bank accounts.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 30, 2025

Banking Trojans and spyware are now outpacing more traditional nuisances like adware and riskware , and what’s changed is the level of sophistication. The February spike shows this isn’t random, it’s methodical business development in the cybercrime space. We’ll continue to monitor this uptick.

Mobile 102

Mobile Malware Spyware Scams 102

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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Phishing Authentication Engineering Banking 104

Zero Day

JUNE 22, 2025

And while financial costs may be a factor, individual victims may face targeted phishing campaigns, social engineering schemes, identity theft, and damage to credit. You must also inform your bank or financial services provider so they can be on the lookout for suspicious and fraudulent transactions.

Passwords 101

Passwords Data breaches Password Management Identity Theft 101

Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2025

“This data includes Co-op Group members’ personal data such as names and contact details, and did not include members’ passwords, bank or credit card details, transactions or information relating to any members’ or customers’ products or services with the Co-op Group,” a spokesperson told BBC. ” continues the report.

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Retail Social Engineering Data breaches Cybercrime 70

SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Attacks that we see today impacting single agent systems, such as data poisoning, prompt injection, or social engineering to influence agent behavior, could all be vulnerabilities within a multi-agent system. What the Practitioners Predict Jake Bernstein, Esq.,

Cybersecurity 123

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Zero Day

JUNE 20, 2025

And while financial costs may be a factor, individual victims may face targeted phishing campaigns, social engineering schemes, identity theft, and damage to credit. You must also inform your bank or financial services provider so they can be on the lookout for suspicious and fraudulent transactions.

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Passwords Data breaches Password Management Identity Theft 106

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 116

Cryptocurrency Social Engineering Banking Scams 116

Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2025

The negative side effect of this data breach is the disclosure of citizens’ passport, email, salary, and banking information. The leaked data includes files related to both enterprises and individuals, reporting their salaries and associated personally identifiable information (PII) details.

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Data breaches Identity Theft Healthcare Social Engineering 90

SecureWorld News

JUNE 3, 2025

Alarmingly, the database also held sensitive data from banking institutions, healthcare providers, and government portals. Phishing and social engineering : Even outdated credentials can be used to craft convincing phishing campaigns targeting individuals or organizations.

Malware 70

Malware Identity Theft Passwords Phishing 70

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2019

If you bank online and choose weak or re-used passwords, there’s a decent chance your account could be pilfered by cyberthieves — even if your bank offers multi-factor authentication as part of its login process. Crooks are constantly probing bank Web sites for customer accounts protected by weak or recycled passwords.

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Banking Passwords Risk Accountability 279

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

billion from banks and other victims worldwide. Confirmed thefts attributed to the group include the 2016 hacking of the SWIFT payment system for Bangladesh Bank, which netted thieves $81 million; $6.1 Investigators with the DOJ, U.S. The group is thought to be responsible for the attempted theft of approximately $1.2

Cryptocurrency 355

Cryptocurrency Financial Services Banking Government 355

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Social engineering techniques are becoming increasingly sophisticated and are exploiting multiple emerging means, such as deep fakes. The increasing use of videoconferencing platforms and the various forms of remote work also adopted in the post-emergency covid make interpersonal collaborations increasingly virtual.

Social Engineering 98

Social Engineering Engineering Artificial Intelligence Computers and Electronics 98

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

A new version of the Android banking trojan Octo, called Octo2, supports improved features that allow to takeover infected devices. ThreatFabric researchers discovered a new version of the Android banking trojan Octo, called Octo2, that supports more advanced remote action capabilities needed for Device Takeover attacks.

Banking 133

Banking Mobile Malware Social Engineering 133

SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

That's because Ghaleb Alaumary motivated teams of criminals to commit cybercrime, financial crime, and to collectively steal tens of millions of dollars. Cybercrime ringleader confesses to conspiracies. Business email compromise scheme and social engineering. Social engineering—in person—was the next part of the scheme.

Social Engineering 96

Social Engineering Engineering Banking Cybercrime 96

Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2024

Resecurity uncovered a cybercriminal group that is providing a sophisticated phishing kit, named V3B, to target banking customers in the EU. “Currently, it is estimated that hundreds of cybercriminals are using this kit to commit fraud, leaving victims with empty bank accounts. . ” reads the report published Resecurity.

Banking 135

Banking Phishing Social Engineering Authentication 135

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A sophisticated form of mobile malware dubbed "GoldPickaxe" has been uncovered, which collects facial recognition data to produce deepfake videos, enabling hackers to bypass biometric authentication protections on banking apps. The hackers rely heavily on social engineering tactics to distribute the malware.

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Social Engineering Mobile Authentication Engineering 106

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Security researchers from Cleafy discovered a new Android banking trojan, named SharkBot, that is targeting banks in Europe. At the end of October, researchers from cyber security firms Cleafy and ThreatFabric have discovered a new Android banking trojan named SharkBot. ” reads the analysis published by the researchers.

Banking 145

Banking Mobile Social Engineering Malware 145

Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2020

In a report published today, the company said since late March 2020 it has observed several crooks complaining about COVID-19 interfering with the daily activities of their various money mules (people hired to help launder the proceeds of cybercrime). ” Alex Holden , founder and CTO of Hold Security , agreed. .

Cybercrime 362

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Marketing Scams 362

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Cofense researchers discovered a new phishing campaign using QR codes targeting German e-banking users in the last weeks. The phishing messages are carefully crafted, the content was well-structured and features bank logos. The use of QR codes making it hard for email filters to flag the messages as malicious. Pierluigi Paganini.

Banking 145

Banking Phishing Social Engineering Engineering 145

Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2021

A Latvian woman has been charged for their alleged role in a transnational cybercrime organisation. Money mules and spear phishing are thrown into the mix alongside social engineering and international theft of money, personal, and confidential information. What happened this week, you ask? Peeling back the TrickBot onion.

Cybercrime 126

Cybercrime Malware Banking Phishing 126

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

We can learn a lot from the cybercrime of the past…the history of cybercrime is a glimpse into what we can expect in the future. In the past 18 months, we’ve experienced the beginning of an era that has seen cybersecurity and cybercrime at the center of it all. Dateline Cybercrime . Robert Herjavec.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

Allen said a typical voice phishing or “vishing” attack by this group involves at least two perpetrators: One who is social engineering the target over the phone, and another co-conspirator who takes any credentials entered at the phishing page and quickly uses them to log in to the target company’s VPN platform in real-time.

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Phishing VPN Social Engineering Accountability 364

Identity IQ

JUNE 7, 2021

The recent Verizon Data Breach Investigations report shows that global cybercrime is on the rise. Cybercrime Report Data. The post Cybercrime is on the Rise – Here are Some Easy Ways to Protect Yourself appeared first on IdentityIQ. billion malicious login attempts last year.

Cybercrime 111

Cybercrime Data breaches Social Engineering Antivirus 111

Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2023

A Mexican threat actor that goes online with the moniker Neo_Net is behind an Android malware campaign targeting banks worldwide. Neo_Net’s eCrime campaign was reportedly targeting clients of banks globally, with a focus on Spanish and Chilean banks, from June 2021 to April 2023. ” Thill explained.

Banking 98

Banking Phishing Social Engineering Authentication 98

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

For several years beginning around 2010, a lone teenager in Vietnam named Hieu Minh Ngo ran one of the Internet’s most profitable and popular services for selling “ fullz ,” stolen identity records that included a consumer’s name, date of birth, Social Security number and email and physical address. ” MICROBILT.

Identity Theft 361

Identity Theft Computers and Electronics Hacking Accountability 361

SecureList

JUNE 26, 2023

According to a report by the Barracuda cybersecurity company, in 2021, businesses with fewer than 100 employees experienced far more social engineering attacks than larger ones. A “personal” banking service These scammers disguise themselves as a financial institution. Scammers often reach employees by e-mail.

Cybercrime 118

Cybercrime Phishing Banking Malware 118