Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

One of the largest cybercrime services for laundering stolen merchandise was hacked recently, exposing its internal operations, finances and organizational structure. Services like SWAT are known as “Drops for stuff” on cybercrime forums. Most reshipping scams promise employees a monthly salary and even cash bonuses.

Cybercrime 264

Cybercrime Marketing Scams Retail 264

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. But our visibility showed otherwise. million USD) monthly.

Cybercrime 137

Cybercrime Banking Malware Ransomware 137

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

The experts pointed out that the majority of all Black Friday spam (by volume) (56%) received in the same period was marked as a scam. The report provides details about some of the Black Friday scams analyzed by the experts, such as Louis Vuitton and Ray Ban sales scams. SecurityAffairs – hacking, scam).

Scams 142

Scams Retail Password Management Phishing 142

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2019

A penny stock is a security issued by a small company, generally for less than $5 per share, let’s see how crooks attempt to exploit them for scam s. Although it’s not always the case, opportunities to invest in penny stocks are frequently scams. They’re also sometimes called micro-cap or nano-cap stocks. Cleary, Jr.,

Scams 58

Scams Identity Theft Advertising Retail 58

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

It’s a good idea to prepare for cybercrime, and whenever possible avoid becoming a victim of it. None of this is to suggest that falling prey to holiday cybercrime is unavoidable or that the potential damage can’t be mitigated, but it is important to educate yourself, friends and family to safeguard the holiday season.

Cybersecurity 191

Cybersecurity Retail Scams Phishing 191

Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

Experts spotted a new macOS Backdoor named SpectralBlur linked to North Korea Merck settles with insurers regarding a $1.4

Artificial Intelligence 91

Artificial Intelligence Data breaches Scams Insurance 91

Joseph Steinberg

JUNE 1, 2021

While some meal-kit-service-scam messages contain spelling and grammatical errors, the smishing message (smishing is phishing via text message) that I received did not suffer from such deficiencies; it appeared as well written as typical businesses correspondence. rate of growth experienced the year prior.

Artificial Intelligence 292

Artificial Intelligence Scams Retail Phishing 292

Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2020

Most online retailers years ago stopped shipping to regions of the world most frequently associated with credit card fraud, including Eastern Europe, North Africa, and Russia. For example, reshipping scams have over the years become easier for both reshipping mule operators and the mules themselves. ” CONSCIENCE VS. COMMERCE.

Cybercrime 303

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Marketing Scams 303

SecureList

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In 2022, global e-commerce retail revenue was estimated to reach $5.7 Methodology In this research, we examine various types of threats, such as financial malware and phishing pages that imitate the world’s largest retail platforms, banks and payment systems. Another substantial portion of scams targets gamers.

Phishing 112

Phishing Banking Retail Scams 112

Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Malware-based anonymity networks are a major source of unwanted and malicious web traffic directed at online retailers, Internet service providers (ISPs), social networks, email providers and financial institutions. SocksEscort began in 2009 as “ super-socks[.]com SocksEscort began in 2009 as “ super-socks[.]com com, super-socks[.]com,

Malware 197

Malware VPN Internet Internet 197

SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Today, e-commerce sales make up 21% of global retail sales, which is a 50% increase on the pre-pandemic levels. The risk of being scammed runs even higher. While on ordinary days, the customer can easily see that if the product is too cheap, it is most likely a scam, during the Black Friday sales, it gets harder to tell.

Phishing 99

Phishing Banking Scams Retail 99

Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2023

Sports fashion retail JD Sports discloses a data breach that explosed data of about 10M customers who placed orders between 2018 and 2020. We are advising them to be vigilant about potential scam e-mails, calls and texts and providing details on how to report these.

Data breaches 92

Data breaches Retail Passwords Scams 92

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Shopin founder charged by SEC for running $42 million scam cryptocurrency ICO. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged the founder of Shopin , Eran Eyal, for allegedly running $42 million scam ICO. Unfortunately, fraudulent ICOs are not a rarity over the years the media reported several cases of exit scams. .

Retail 58

Retail Scams Cryptocurrency Advertising 58

Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2023

FiXS, a new ATM malware that is targeting Mexican banks BidenCash leaks 2.1M stolen credit/debit cards Pegasus spyware used to spy on a Polish mayor Hundreds of thousands of websites hacked as part of redirection campaign MQsTTang, a new backdoor used by Mustang Panda APT against European entities Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0

Spyware 85

Spyware Data breaches Retail Ransomware 85

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2022

“In the Box” dark web marketplace is leveraged by cybercriminals to attack over 300 financial institutions (FIs), payment systems, social media and online-retailers in 43 countries. Resecurity has identified a new underground marketplace in the Dark Web oriented towards mobile malware developers and operators.

Mobile 101

Mobile Malware Banking Retail 101

Adam Levin

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Retailers around the world are anticipating less foot traffic in their shops this holiday season, with more than 75% of consumers expected to do most of their shopping online due to the pandemic. And if there was any doubt as to this proposition, Black Friday certainly proved the point.

Cybersecurity 130

Cybersecurity Firewall Internet Internet 130

SC Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

The report from Armorblox describes a pair of recently observed attacks in which adversaries sent an email designed to fool recipients into calling phone number staffed by a malicious actor who then perpetuates the scam from there. According to Iyer, it’s relatively easy and cheap for cybercriminals set up this kind of scam. “

Phishing 81

Phishing Social Engineering Scams Engineering 81

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. Cracking down hard on the cybercrime world. Analysis of forecasts for 2021. We should expect more fraud, targeting mostly BTC , because this cryptocurrency is the most popular.

Cryptocurrency 104

Cryptocurrency Banking Cybercrime Ransomware 104

SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

These are attractive aspects that cybercrime groups will be unable to resist. And not only cybercrime groups, but also state-sponsored groups who have already started targeting this industry. According to the freshest data on DeFi, every hour 15 newly deployed scams against smart contracts are detected.

Cryptocurrency 87

Cryptocurrency Mobile Ransomware Banking 87

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Magecart cybercrime group stole customers credit cards from Newegg electronics retailer. Homebuyers Being Targeted by Money Transfer Scam. Mirai authors avoid the jail by helping US authorities in other investigations. Adobe issued a critical out-of-band patch to address CVE-2018-12848 Acrobat flaw. Ngrok Mining Botnet.

Computers and Electronics 54

Computers and Electronics Cryptocurrency Spyware Data breaches 54

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 24, 2022

Fom driverless cars, dictation tools, translator apps, predictive analytics and application tracking, as well as retail tools such as smart shelves and carts to apps that help people […]… Read More. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the most high-profile technology developments in recent history.

Social Engineering 52

Social Engineering Engineering Artificial Intelligence Retail 52

Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

UK fashion retailer FatFace angered customers in its handling of a customer data theft hack. The clothes retailer revealed a data theft which included its customer's full names, home addresses, email addresses, and partial debitcredit card details. Cybercrime to cost over $10 Trillion by 2025. Stolen in Pandemic Scams.

Energy and Utilities 120

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Banking Hacking 120

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2023

Beyond threat actors combining a computer worm with wiper malware and ransomware for maximum impact, there is growing concern about the possible commoditization of wiper malware for cyber criminals due to the maturation of Cybercrime as a Service (CaaS). Retailers have begun to launch digital goods available for purchase in virtual worlds.

Ransomware 145

Ransomware CISO Software Cybercrime 145

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Here’s a look at some of the more notable cybercrime stories from the past year, as covered by KrebsOnSecurity and elsewhere. 24, Russia invades Ukraine, and fault lines quickly begin to appear in the cybercrime underground. com, which was fed by pig butchering scams.

Cryptocurrency 226

Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Scams 226

Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

Earlier this month, customers of the soccer jersey retailer classicfootballshirts.co.uk “If you were to look [on cybercrime forums] at the past history of people posting about that Ledger database, you’d see people were selling it privately for months prior to that,” Nixon said. Urgency should be a giant red flag.

Passwords 354

Passwords Password Management Phishing Scams 354

SecureList

MARCH 29, 2023

Financial phishing Phishing continues to be one of the most widespread forms of cybercrime thanks to the low entry threshold and its effectiveness. Phishers mimic every type of organization, including banks, government services, retail and entertainment, as long as the service has a strong user base.

Banking 71

Banking Phishing Cryptocurrency Mobile 71

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Cryptocurrencies, in general, are the apple of cybercriminals’ eye: Group-IB has alerted cryptocurrency holders to various scams on numerous occasions: fake giveaways , non-existent cryptocurrency investment platforms , as well as personal data-exposing schemes , have found hundreds of thousands of people as their victims.

Cryptocurrency 58

Cryptocurrency Social Engineering eCommerce Engineering 58

SecureList

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Although finance experts and retail investors estimate crypto to have a solid chance of recovery in the long term, at the time of writing this report the prices remain low. Cryptocurrency prices were dropping from the end of 2021 and throughout the first half of 2022. In fact, cybercriminals hunting for crypto can target anyone.

Cryptocurrency 106

Cryptocurrency Malware Software Ransomware 106

SecureList

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Phishing is one of the most prevalent forms of cybercrime due to minimal effort required and the fact that it really works. American Express phishing scams also have held consistent over the years with 10% in 2021. Throughout the past year, scammers extensively targeted users of various retail platforms. Financial Phishing.

Banking 94

Banking Phishing Cryptocurrency Malware 94

SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2020

From vulnerabilities in remote work solutions , to online retail fraud , to hackers profiting from the pandemic through phishing scams and healthcare cyberattacks , SecureWorld has revealed the increased digital threat posed by this worldwide crisis. And the Secret Service hopes to mitigate complex cyber-enabled financial crimes.

Cybercrime 55

Cybercrime Scams Retail Internet 55

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

The news reported by ZDnet is not surprising, I have discovered several times such kind of offer, but it is important to raise awareness on the cybercrime-as-a-service model that could rapidly enable threat actors to carry out malicious activities. ” reported ZDNet.

Accountability 104

Accountability Cybercrime Hacking Retail 104

Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2019

After researching and blocking these resources, Group-IB’s team discovered several other fake websites illegally using famous international brands, including Conad (Italian retail store), Target (International retail stores), Carrefour (international chain of hypermarkets) and many others. Why is this dangerous?

Scams 78

Scams Retail Advertising Media 78

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Regarding Q1 2022, the phishing campaigns increased in reference to 2021 as a result of the research focused on the online stores’ scams that hit users worldwide. Next, Retail and Health, as the most sectors affected in this season. A growing trend in phishing submissions was observed in Q3 and Q4 (25369), with malware having 1.3%

Threat Reports 83

Threat Reports Phishing Malware Banking 83

Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2022

Regarding Q1 2022, the phishing campaigns increased in reference to 2021 as a result of the research focused on the online stores’ scams that hits users worldwide. Next, Retail and Health, as the most sectors affected in this season. A growing trend in phishing submissions was observed in Q2 (2630), with malware having 31.1%

Threat Reports 81

Threat Reports Phishing Banking Malware 81

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 21, 2019

namely smart refrigerators, garage doors, home routers and the like – nearly quadrupled for the retail and financial services sectors. In the same time frame, US-based retail companies experienced roughly an 800% spike. Between Q1 2019 and Q2 2019, malicious communications emanating from residential IP addresses in the U.S.

IoT 122

IoT Financial Services Retail Internet 122