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Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Daniel James Junk (22) of Portland was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme that resulted in the theft of millions of dollars of cryptocurrency using a SIM swapping. Once hijacked a SIM, the attacker can steal money, cryptocurrencies and personal information, including contacts synced with online accounts.
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. Victims lost the most money to business email compromise scams, romance and confidence schemes and investment fraud. Phishing Scams. billion in 2019 to $4.2
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SecureList
MAY 6, 2024
A significant share of scam, phishing and malware attacks is about money. With trillions of dollars of digital payments made every year, it is no wonder that attackers target electronic wallets, online shopping accounts and other financial assets, inventing new techniques and reusing good old ones. million detections compared to 5.04
Malwarebytes
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Europol has summarized the overall results of this sting: 106 arrests, mostly in Spain and some in Italy 16 house searches 118 bank accounts frozen Seizures include many electronic devices, 224 credit cards, SIM cards and point-of-sale terminals, a marijuana plantation and equipment for its cultivation and distribution.
SecureList
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Cryptocurrency targeted attacks. The cryptocurrency business continues to grow, and people continue to invest their money in this market because it’s a digital asset and all transactions occur online. These are attractive aspects that cybercrime groups will be unable to resist. It also offers anonymity to users.
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. We should expect more fraud, targeting mostly BTC , because this cryptocurrency is the most popular. Cracking down hard on the cybercrime world.
SecureList
MARCH 29, 2023
Meanwhile, cryptocurrency became a prominent target for those seeking monetary gain. The amount of cryptocurrency-related phishing grew significantly in 2022, and with an endless array of new coins, NFT and other DeFi projects, scammers are continuously duping users. Now we see that APT actors have also switched to crypto.
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