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. During this time, many government agencies and consumer protection organizations come together to help educate consumers on how to keep their personal and financial information secure.

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IT Security Guru

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

From protecting sensitive corporate data to safeguarding our personal information, the battle against cybercrime is ongoing. They must recognise the scam patterns that may threaten a business’s data and take a unified approach to prevent data loss and mitigate cyber threats.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 21, 2022

The term “pig butchering” refers to a time-tested, heavily scripted, and human-intensive process of using fake profiles on dating apps and social media to lure people into investing in elaborate scams. In a more visceral sense, pig butchering means fattening up a prey before the slaughter. “The scale of this is so massive.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2024

Offers that promise easy earnings can also bring with them a host of scams that deceive those who are genuinely seeking income opportunities. t is into this scenario that illicit practices such as moneny mules and reshipping scams can fit. Education improves awareness” is his slogan.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 27, 2023

Cybersecurity education is a central component of landmark House Bill 1398 , signed into law by Governor Doug Burnum and expected to garner final approval July 1, 2024. Burnum said, while addressing the cybersecurity education legislation at the bill signing ceremony. North Dakota is the first state in the U.S.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 24, 2021

Some popular scams people are falling for involve: Expedited stimulus checks. Donation scams. Cybercrime annual revenue currently totals $1.5 Make sure you monitor your identity for signs of fraud , especially during this time of cybercrime growth. Refunds for cancelled events or travel plans. COVID-19 cures and vaccines.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

External threats: Disinformation and scams Misinformation campaigns: Deepfakes are increasingly used to spread false information, influence elections, and create social unrest. Organizations must stay vigilant by strengthening authentication systems, educating employees, and deploying advanced deepfake detection tools.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 3, 2021

Since the initial lockdown, we have seen the rise of certain types of cybercrime, including scams and fraud campaigns that either bank on the global COVID-19 pandemic or take advantage of potential victims that adhere to work-from-home measures. Future cybercrimes in the UK and beyond. Organized crime: Online fraud.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

The US Securities and Exchange Commission warns investors of potential investment scams that leverages Hurricane Ida as a bait. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy is warning investors of potential investment scams related to Hurricane Ida. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Security experts from Cisco Talos have uncovered two recent sextortion scam campaigns that appear to leverage on the Necurs botnet infrastructure. “Unfortunately, it is clear from the large amount of bitcoin these actors secured that there is still a long way to go in terms of educating potential victims.”

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Having been in the field for so long, we have witnessed some major changes in the cybercrime world’s modus operandi. This report shares our insights into the Russian-speaking cybercrime world and the changes in how it operates that have happened in the past five years. Conclusion: cybersecurity and cybercrime have matured.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 6, 2020

These scams rely on the failure of a subordinate employee to recognize a cleverly spoofed email directive. BEC campaigns accounted for an estimated $26 billion in cybercrime-related losses reported to the FBI over a three year period. I asked Bastable what he expects, going forward, for local governments and the education sector.

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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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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Money Transfer Scam – Scammers hack the victims’s email accounts, monitor conversations between the buyers and title agents, send instructions on where to wire the money. The con in question is a money transfer scam with all the likeness of a typical transaction. Security Affairs – Money Transfer Scam, cybercrime).

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

These services can be used in a legitimate manner for several business purposes — such as price comparisons or sales intelligence — but they are also massively abused for hiding cybercrime activity because they can make it difficult to trace malicious traffic to its original source. The user dfyz on Searchengines[.]ru

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

US Justice Department says cybercrime forum allegedly affected 17 million Americans Cybercrime is increasingly complex. What are the risks?

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

But have no fear, we have an on-demand webcast available now on "How to Stay Resilient Against Holiday Scams this Season.". Secret Service; Cathy Click, Phishing Defense and Education, FedEx; and Fabiola Fernandez, Product Marketing Manager, Security Awareness Training, Proofpoint. I know I am almost every other day.".

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Herjavec Group

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Ransomware, the fastest-growing type of cybercrime, will claim a new victim? Sadly, in 2020, we saw the first instance of human loss as a direct result of cybercrime – ransomware to be exact. As I close out my last Cyber CEO for Cybercrime Magazine, I will leave you with this: Tough times never last, but tough people do.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

When COVID-19 cases first began spiking in several countries, cybercriminals preyed upon people’s fears mercilessly, with an avalanche of coronavirus phishing emails and scams. And as people adapted to their “new normal,” scammers exploited their isolation with a resurgence in tech support scams.

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Zero Day

JUNE 6, 2025

The data in question was posted on a Russian cybercrime forum on May 15 and then uploaded again on June 3, apparently garnering attention from other cybercriminals and potential buyers. But in this age of cybercrime, these numbers have become vulnerable. million existing AT&T subscribers and 65.4 million former account holders.

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Identity IQ

AUGUST 31, 2023

How to Identify and Avoid Holiday Phishing Scams IdentityIQ The holiday season brings joy, celebrations, and… a surge in online scams. Holiday phishing scams are an ongoing issue that ramps up when folks are feeling the most festive. About three-quarters of American consumers have encountered some form of holiday-related scam.

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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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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Coast Guard, where he started his technology education and began working in the cybersecurity industry. “We are honored to have IDIQ join our elite roster of CCOE Board Members with a focus on identity theft education. Scheumack began his career serving in the U.S.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2023

CyberNews analyzed a classic cryptocurrency romance scam, also known as CryptoRom, explaining how scammers hid the money CryptoRom scammers hid the money with several layers of obfuscation, but the Cybernews research team discovered that the stolen funds ended up in Binance accounts. Here’s how we did it. Cybernews researcher team said.

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Adam Levin

JULY 24, 2020

percent of 15,000 domain names probed directed users to websites associated with some form of cybercrime, including hacking, phishing, online fraud, or spamming. The opportunities for scams are numerous when a single missing letter can take a would-be victim to a completely separate site. Typosquatting relies on an attention deficit.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Businesses with remote and hybrid workers will need to take steps to educate employees on these new threats and put new protocols and tools in place to ensure employees are as secure at home as they are in the office. Increased challenges for web application asset management. The key is to adapt.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2025

Mail, Broadcom Brocade Fabric OS, and Commvault Web Server flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The Turmoil Following BreachForums Shutdown: Confusion, Risks, and a New Beginning Earth Kurma APT is actively targeting government and telecommunications orgs in Southeast Asia A large-scale phishing campaign targets WordPress WooCommerce (..)

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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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BH Consulting

JUNE 18, 2025

That was the message from a recent webinar that BH Consulting founder and CEO Brian Honan delivered for Géant, which provides networks and services to the research and education sector in Europe. Cybercrime can have real-world impact on individuals,” Brian said. “We You mean a scam.” That also extends to terms like “users”.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

” This term, a combination of “QR Code” and “phishing,” describes a scam in which fraudsters use counterfeit QR Codes to steal sensitive information from users. How the electric column scam works. Education improves awareness” is his slogan. Credit automoto.it “That’s safe.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Enhanced awareness: "Educate developers about the latest social engineering techniques and the risks associated with downloading and running code from unknown sources," Schwake added. Implement rigorous code review and scanning processes."

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Frank Abagnale, one of the world's most respected authorities on forgery, embezzlement, secure documents, cybercrime, and scams—and subject of the 2002 movie Catch Me If You Can — kicked off Vision 2023: Looking Ahead at Cyber Threats , a half-day educational event held live and recorded on December 13th.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Although the main types of threats (phishing, scams, malware, etc.) These schemes can be very similar to the streaming scams that we have been observing for the past several years. Besides possible leaks, we expect to see the increase in scams that target these games, as well as in Trojans disguised as those games.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

The truth is technology has grown at an exponential rate and so has cybercrime. Cybercrime doesn’t just affect big businesses and national governments. Impersonation Scams. Although BEC attacks may be targeted at business, they can also be used to scam individual people. What You Can Do. Rosa Rowles.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 22, 2023

More than 450 workers at the United States Postal Service (USPS) lost more than $1 million in a direct deposit scam that left postal workers without pay, angry at the USPS for not heeding warnings of the scheme, and the agency scrambling to figure out exactly what happened. And this is, sadly, an example of why both of those are so critical."

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Cybercrime has been steadily on the rise for the past years. Educating users about region-specific cyber threats Region-specific security training for your users is a proactive step you can take to protect your customers and your website. Nearly 3 billion records were stolen in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.,

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 8, 2025

According to reports by cybersecurity firm Proofpoint, a cybercrime tool known as CoGUI was used to send over 580 million phishing emails between January and April 2025. This wave of scams is designed to steal usernames, passwords, and payment information, mostly by impersonating major companies like Amazon, Rakuten, Apple, and PayPal.

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