Krebs on Security
APRIL 28, 2020
You may have heard that today’s phone fraudsters like to use use caller ID spoofing services to make their scam calls seem more believable. Dozens of cybercrime shops traffic in this stolen data, which is more traditionally used to defraud online merchants. Click to enlarge. Image: Gemini Advisory.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Once payments are collected from the victims, they make previously created resources vanish and set up the next new campaign – this is why investigators named the group “Digital Smoke” According to the latest report by FTC released last week called “The Top Scams of 2022” people reported losing $8.8
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Krebs on Security
JULY 23, 2020
According to a filing (PDF) by the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), the weakness that exposed the documents was first introduced during an application software update in May 2014 and went undetected for years. According to the FBI, BEC scams are the most costly form of cybercrime today.
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.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 6, 2022
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) arrested a 19-year-old teen from Sydney for attempting to use data from the Optus data breach in SMS scams. “ A Sydney man, 19, has been charged for allegedly attempting to misuse stolen Optus customer data in a text message blackmail scam.” million individuals. million individuals.
Krebs on Security
JUNE 18, 2021
The records exposed by First American would have been a virtual gold mine for phishers and scammers involved in Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams, which often impersonate real estate agents, closing agencies, title and escrow firms in a bid to trick property buyers into wiring funds to fraudsters. That inquiry is ongoing.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 22, 2023
The Australian and New Zealand Nissan Corporation and Financial Services (“Nissan”) advises that its systems have been subject to a cyber incident. Nissan recommends customers be vigilant and look out for any suspicious or scam activities. reads the statement published by the company on its website. and nissan.co.nz.
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