Malwarebytes

MARCH 4, 2025

We’ve received several reports of this recently, so we dug into how the scam works. If you know this is a scam, youll likely see some red flags. If you believe your PayPal account has been compromised, contact any bank for which an account is linked to your PayPal account to check for and report potential fraudulent activity.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

We identified a new wave of phishing for banking credentials that targets consumers via Microsoft’s search engine. Multi-factor authentication is still highly recommended, but users should be aware that criminals can directly ask for verification codes while pretending to be the real bank.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 16, 2025

For professionals in cybersecurity, PR, compliance, or law enforcement, one thing is clear: you need tools that can tell real from artificial. Pro tip Enable scam call detection on your mobile to catch voice deepfakes mid-call, especially if you handle sensitive accounts or customer support. pricing starting at $9.99

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SecureWorld News

JULY 17, 2025

Introduction: A high-tech twist on age-old scams Impersonation fraud is not new, but the scale and believability of recent AI-driven schemes pose an unprecedented threat to financial organizations. security leaders and bank executives, defending against this high-tech impostor has become a top priority in 2025. In 2025, U.S.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 14, 2025

Researchers have uncovered a large campaign impersonating news websites, such as those from CNN, BBC, CNBC, News24, and ABC News, to promote investment scams. How to spot these types of scams The account hosting the sponsored ad has no history, zero followers, and minimal profile details. Report the crime to the authorities.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Be wary of romance scams "People can be vulnerable on February 14th," said Dave Machin , Partner at The Berkeley Partnership. "If Verify charities before donating Scam emails and messages impersonating charities are common. Here are the top tactics that cybercriminals employ, and how to avoid falling victim.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 31, 2025

Were forever investigating new scams here at Malwarebytes, and so we get how hard it is to know whator whoto trust online. Theres the scam that takes advantage of grieving people and tricks them into paying for a funeral live stream. But as a cybersecurity brand we want you to feel like you can trust usevery single day of the year.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 31, 2025

Streaming giant Netflix is at the center of a rising wave of online scams, cybersecurity experts warn. Karin Zilberstein, vice president of Product at cybersecurity company Guardio, says the platform consistently ranks among the top 10 most imitated companies in phishing schemes. Instead, visit Netflix.com directly.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 16, 2025

Amazon has sent out an alert to its 200 million customers, warning them that scammers are impersonating Amazon in a Prime membership scam. How to avoid falling for an Amazon scam If you receive an email like this, don’t click on any links. Report the scam to Amazon itself, whether you’ve fallen for it or not.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 14, 2025

The feature uses on-device AI to flag potentially fraudulent messages before users interact with them, helping stop scams in real time. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Americans lost $470 million to text scams in 2024. Poor grammar (a common giveaway in phishing scams).

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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. Awareness and vigilance.

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Penetration Testing

JUNE 23, 2025

The post Wedding Invitation Scam: SpyMax RAT Targets Indian WhatsApp Users, Stealing OTPs & Banking Credentials appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 23, 2025

Bacon Redux: Pig butchering and other serious scams still thriving, despite crackdowns in Dubai and Myanmar The post Asian Scam Farms: Industrial Scale, Warns UN Report appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 9, 2025

Unfortunately, people getting scammed online is a frequent event. It really can happen to anyone, so there’s no need to feel embarrassed if you have been scammed. So here are some things you can do if you’ve been scammed. These are known as recovery scams. Importantly, acting quickly can limit the damage.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 18, 2025

Text scams alone cost US citizens at least $470 million in 2024, according to new data from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Because many scams go unreported, though, this dollar amount might be considerably more. Top 5 text scams While scams reach us in many ways, the FTC focused on text scams in their report.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In a stunning blow to the city’s cybersecurity defenses, Columbus, Ohio, recently became the target of a massive cyberattack that exposed over half a million residents’ sensitive information. This data reportedly includes everything from names and addresses to Social Security numbers and bank account details.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

This made the need for strengthening cybersecurity so apparent to everyone that U.S. The best approach one can adopt is always having cybersecurity at the forefront of their mind whichever aspect of their business they approach. The intersection of localization and cybersecurity Now, how does localization affect cybersecurity?

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The Hacker News

JULY 8, 2025

A newly released report by cybersecurity firm CTM360 reveals a large-scale scam operation utilizing fake news websites—known as Baiting News Sites (BNS)—to deceive users into online investment fraud across 50 countries. These BNS pages are made to look like real news outlets: CNN, BBC, CNBC, or regional media.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 19, 2025

But that doesn’t take away from the fact that these credentials are in the hands of cybercriminals who can use them for: Account takeovers : Cybercriminals can use stolen credentials to hijack social media, banking, or corporate accounts. Identity theft : Personal details enable fraud, loan applications, or impersonation.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 28, 2025

From bogus IRS messages to sneaky links designed to swipe your refund (and identity), phishing scams are ramping up. Cybersecurity experts urge the taxpayers to stay sharp and skeptical. Another tactic is the ghost preparer scam, in which fraudsters pose as tax professionals and offer to file returns on behalf of taxpayers.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2025

Financial information, like your banking credentials and crypto wallets. IOCs Below are some recent examples of domains involved in this type of scam and the reason why Malwarebytes products block them. Other passwords and session tokens that could allow the scammers to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA). Email addresses.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

As soon as the scammers spotted an email where someone was asked to make a payment as part of a real estate transaction, they would change the wiring instructions and let the victims deposit their payments into bank accounts associated with the criminals instead of the legitimate real estate transaction.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

There are two main types of forex trading scams you need to be aware of. Scams performed by external criminals, and unethical forex brokers. The scams themselves can be largely identified as: Signal scams: Signals are data-driven broker-generated information prompts that give traders improved opportunities to make profitable trades.

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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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Responsible Cyber

MARCH 2, 2025

But while managing these subscriptions can feel like a mundane task, theres a hidden layer that many overlook: the critical role subscription management plays in cybersecurity. This is where subscription management steps in as a hero and where cybersecurity risks start to creep in if youre not careful.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 7, 2025

And get the latest on cyber scams; zero-day vulnerabilities; and critical infrastructure security. Thats according to the ENISA NIS360 2024 report published this week by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, better known as ENISA. Plus, get tips on how to improve job satisfaction among tech staff.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The scammers participated in fraudulent phone calls in which they impersonated bank employees to extract sensitive information, such as addresses and security answers, from their victims. We don’t just report on threats – we help safeguard your entire digital identity Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 15, 2025

A type of crypto scam that we reported about in 2024 has ported over to a new platform and changed tacticsa bit. Where the old scams mostly reached me on WhatsApp, the same group of scammers is now using Direct Messages on X. And thats what this scam is all about. After all, they have the login details for this account.

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SecureList

JUNE 25, 2025

Meanwhile, cybersecurity regulations are tightening, adding more compliance pressure on SMBs. How scammers and phishers trick victims into giving up accounts and money We continue to observe a wide range of phishing campaigns and scams targeting SMBs. SMBs can even find themselves targeted by classic Nigerian scams.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 12, 2025

Todays phishing scams are sophisticated, tailored for you, and often indistinguishable from real communications. These tactics, called spear phishing , make it incredibly hard for even tech-savvy users to spot a scam. Suspicious Links & Attachments: Hover over links before clicking - does it really lead to your bank's website?

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2025

This year, Spring Break vacationers are packing more than their flip-flops, bucket hats, and sunglassestheyre also packing a few cybersecurity anxieties for the trip. Broadly, Malwarebytes found that: 52% of people agreed or strongly agreed that they worry about being scammed while traveling.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 21, 2025

And get the latest on open source software security; cyber scams; and IoT security. Make sure your organization is aware of and prepared for the complex cybersecurity risks that emerge when you mix AI and the cloud. Stewards should help scale and standardize cybersecurity practices and processes throughout the open source ecosystem.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 10, 2025

Deepfake attacks aren’t just for recruitment and banking fraud; they’ve now reached the highest levels of government. Several failed to spot the scam initially and interacted with the attacker as though the conversations were legitimate. Authorities don’t know who was behind the incident.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 6, 2025

Robert Woodford, a recruitment marketing specialist, recently shared on LinkedIn how he fell victim to a highly sophisticated scam while booking a hotel in Verona through Booking.com, providing a striking example of how attacks on the hospitality industry affect travelers. Be aware of the fact that the systems you trust might be compromised.

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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. For over 25 years, Webroot has been on the front lines of cybersecurity, protecting millions of people and businesses from evolving threats. But as technology advances, so do the threats.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Cybersecurity experts are now poring over the data, uncovering a rare inside look at how one of the most feared ransomware groups operates and potentially unravels. The leak revealed how Black Basta laundered these payments, often using compromised bank accounts and cryptocurrency mixers to cover their tracks.

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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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