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A Day in the Life of a Prolific Voice Phishing Crew

Krebs on Security

Besieged by scammers seeking to phish user accounts over the telephone, Apple and Google frequently caution that they will never reach out unbidden to users this way. KrebsOnSecurity recently told the saga of a cryptocurrency investor named Tony who was robbed of more than $4.7 million in an elaborate voice phishing attack.

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How to Lose a Fortune with Just One Bad Click

Krebs on Security

Adam Griffin is still in disbelief over how quickly he was robbed of nearly $500,000 in cryptocurrencies. Unfortunately for Griffin, years ago he used Google Photos to store an image of the secret seed phrase that was protecting his cryptocurrency wallet. I put my seed phrase into a phishing site, and that was it.”

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Two Russians Charged in $17M Cryptocurrency Phishing Spree

Krebs on Security

authorities today announced criminal charges and financial sanctions against two Russian men accused of stealing nearly $17 million worth of virtual currencies in a series of phishing attacks throughout 2017 and 2018 that spoofed websites for some of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges. Separately, the U.S.

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Feds Charge Five Men in ‘Scattered Spider’ Roundup

Krebs on Security

A visual depiction of the attacks by the SMS phishing group known as Scattered Spider, and Oktapus. The targeted SMS scams asked employees to click a link and log in at a website that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. Image: Amitai Cohen twitter.com/amitaico. com and ouryahoo-okta[.]com. Click to enlarge.

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Deceptive Google Meet Invites Lures Users Into Malware Scams

eSecurity Planet

One of the most concerning tactics currently on the rise is the ClickFix campaign — a sophisticated phishing scheme targeting unsuspecting Google Meet users. These malware scams lure individuals with fake conference invitations designed to mimic legitimate meeting requests and exploit users’ trust. What Are ClickFix Campaigns?

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5 riskiest places to get scammed online

Malwarebytes

They can bombard your email inbox with phishing attempts, impersonate a family member through a phone call, and even trick you into visiting malicious versions of legitimate websites. Capturing just how aggravating today’s online world is, a full 78% of people said they encountered or received a scam on their smartphone at least once a week.

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LLMs and Phishing

Schneier on Security

Here’s an experiment being run by undergraduate computer science students everywhere: Ask ChatGPT to generate phishing emails, and test whether these are better at persuading victims to respond or click on the link than the usual spam. By using an obvious scam email, the scammer can focus on the most potentially profitable people.

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