Krebs on Security

APRIL 14, 2019

site that helps him manage more than 500 scam properties and interactions with up to 100 (soon-to-be-scammed) “guests” looking to book the fake listings. The Land Lordz administrative panel for a scammer who’s running dozens of Airbnb scams in the United Kingdom. The price is € 250 + €500 secure deposit.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 15, 2022

No one knows how common this scam is, and how much money total is being stolen in this way. And it seems like thieves are doing the same, falsifying documents to gain access to these YouTube tools through these third parties that are “trusted” with these tools by YouTube. Presumably this is not an uncommon fraud.

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Tech Republic Security

MARCH 19, 2025

FBI warns computer users to keep an eye out for malware, including ransomware, distributed through working document converters.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 24, 2020

Our findings provide the first measure of the scope of such pumps and empirically document important properties of this ecosystem. We joined all relevant Telegram and Discord groups/channels and identified thousands of different pumps.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2024

But when the thieves tried to move $100,000 worth of cryptocurrency out of his account, Coinbase sent an email stating that the account had been locked, and that he would have to submit additional verification documents before he could do anything with it. “It’s almost like there’s no consequences. .

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Schneier on Security

MAY 30, 2025

The three-part suspicion, cognition, and automaticity model (SCAM) is one way to think about this. And third, using flawed mental shortcuts, like believing PDFs to be safer than Microsoft Word documents, or that mobile devices are safer than computers for opening suspicious emails. .” This is all hard.

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Tech Republic Security

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

From fake coronavirus 'cures' to counterfeit travel documents and scam calling services, COVID-19 continues to offer plenty of monetization opportunities for cyber criminals, say researchers from Trustwave.

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Adam Levin

JANUARY 15, 2019

citizens are more vulnerable to the effects of identity theft and scams as a result of the ongoing government shutdown. This effectively leaves victims unable to file reports or get documentation of their stolen identities, which is typically a first step for mitigating damage to credit and financial accounts. . With 87.5% With 87.5%

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Webroot

APRIL 11, 2025

For most of us, tax season is all about finding documents, filling out forms, and crossing your fingers youre getting a refund. Thats why each year, the IRS releases its list of Dirty Dozen Tax Scams. Common tax scams to watch out for in 2025 IRS Impersonation: The most common type of tax fraud starts with a phone call, text or email.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Here are 50 ways to avoid getting scammed on Black Friday — and beyond. Popular browsers, like Safari or Firefox, frequently issue updates to protect against scams. In one of the tried-and-true scams of Christmas , fraudsters phish by sending their targets texts or emails about “delivery issues” or false-shipping notifications.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2019

Such scams typically notify the recipient that he/she is being sued, and instruct them to review the attached file and respond within a few days — or else. Our {legal team | legal council | legal departement} has prepared a document explaining the {litigation | legal dispute | legal contset}.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 9, 2025

Unfortunately, people getting scammed online is a frequent event. It really can happen to anyone, so there’s no need to feel embarrassed if you have been scammed. So here are some things you can do if you’ve been scammed. These are known as recovery scams. Report the scam Reporting is crucial.

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GlobalSign

MAY 28, 2025

The number of AI-driven document scams are growing; but digital signatures and seals can help combat fraud and protect brand reputation.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Some of the information out there was granular enough to allow a variety of scams, but the most serious is SIM-card swapping scams, where a criminal, armed with enough information about you, and most crucially your phone number, arranges to have your number moved to a phone in the criminal’s possession. . Introducing the legacy fail.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

The documents were available without authentication to anyone with a Web browser. 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. .

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 8, 2025

Late last year, we documented a fraudulent QuickBooks installer that was laced with malware and generated a fake pop up to trick users into calling for assistance. This time, the attack is even more dangerous as it goes after victims’ login credentials for QuickBooks.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 22, 2025

If the target clicked either “Upload additional documents” or “View case”, they were redirected to an exact copy of the Google sign-in page designed to steal their login credentials. Although it was signed by accounts.google.com , it was emailed by another address.

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Joseph Steinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2020

As such, scammers sending bogus Verification messages request that recipients do the same, and exploit the fact that so many people both expect to be asked for copies of such documents as part of the Verification process, and are willing to share such documents in order to become Verified.

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Dark Reading

JULY 14, 2022

Attackers use scam security checks to steal victims' government documents, photos, banking information, and email passwords, researchers warn.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 31, 2024

How many attempted scams do you get each day? Exposure of sensitive user data including names, emails, addresses, and documents. The sender then attached a text file with 197 lines of email addresses and passwords belonging to users of Scott's pride and joy. Financial and reputational damage due to security breaches.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 24, 2019

NYSE:FAF ] leaked hundreds of millions of documents related to mortgage deals going back to 2003, until notified this week by KrebsOnSecurity. He said anyone who knew the URL for a valid document at the Web site could view other documents just by modifying a single digit in the link.

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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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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

The attacks were facilitated by scams targeting employees at GoDaddy , the world’s largest domain name registrar, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. In due course, the malicious actor was able to partially compromise our infrastructure, and gain access to document storage.” ” In the early morning hours of Nov. PST on Nov.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

Kaspersky experts uncovered a new wave of phishing scams that use a COVID-19 theme and impersonate shipping carriers, including FedEx, UPS, and DHL. Kaspersky observed COVID-19-themed phishing scams that impersonate popular shipping carriers such as FedEx, UPS, and DHL. ” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

That investigation detailed how the 38-year-old Shefel adopted the nickname Rescator while working as vice president of payments at ChronoPay , a Russian financial company that paid spammers to advertise fake antivirus scams, male enhancement drugs and knockoff pharmaceuticals.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 18, 2021

NYSE:FAF ] was leaking more than 800 million documents — many containing sensitive financial data — related to real estate transactions dating back 16 years. If you bought or sold a property in the last two decades or so, chances are decent that you also gave loads of personal and financial documents to First American.

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

This month, take advantage of all that NCPW offers, including access to free tools and information that can help you identify and prevent online scams, fraud, and identity theft. Beware before you share Phishing scams Avoid clicking on malicious links in emails and social media. Document disposal Shred sensitive documents.

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The Hacker News

MAY 29, 2024

million through business email compromise (BEC) schemes and romance scams. According to court documents, Mullings is said to have opened 20 bank accounts in the name of Department of Justice (DoJ) has sentenced a 31-year-old to 10 years in prison for laundering more than $4.5

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Department of Justice (DOJ) , the seized domains were actively facilitating the sale of phishing kits, scam pages, and other fraud tools, which were then used by transnational organized crime groups to conduct business email compromise (BEC) schemes. According to the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Abnormal Security documented how it tied the email back to a Nigerian man who acknowledged he was trying to save up money to help fund a new social network he is building called Sociogram. The financial losses from these scams dwarf other fraud categories — such as identity theft or credit card fraud.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

31 that uses Linkedin.com links to redirect anyone who clicks to a site that spoofs Adobe , and then prompts users to log in to their Microsoft email account to view a shared document. Urlscan also found this phishing scam from Jan. Here’s one example from Jan. Image: Urlscan.io. 12 that uses Slinks to spoof the U.S.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2024

Threat actors can abuse QR codes to carry out sophisticated scams, as reported by the Italian Postal Police in its recent alert. However, they can also hide scams, as denounced by the Italian Postal Police in its recent alert. However, they can also hide scams, as denounced by the Italian Postal Police in its recent alert.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 14, 2025

The United States Postal Service (USPS) is warning Americans to be on high alert for a wave of mail-related scams that have picked up steam nationwide, especially during the past holiday season. From phishing emails and scam texts to surprise packages showing up at your doorstep, officials say fraudsters are getting bolder and more creative.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 20, 2025

Google Ads crew pivots Back in January, we documented a large phishing campaign targeting Google accounts via Google Ads using a very specific technique that abused Google Sites. We would like to stress that we are not referring to any vulnerability or data breach with Semrush or its platform in this post.

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Identity IQ

APRIL 20, 2023

Tax Season Scams: How to Protect Your Identity IdentityIQ While it’s important to be on high alert and protect your identity all year long, tax season is an especially vulnerable time. Every tax season, identity thieves run a variety of scams to get their hands on taxpayers’ personal information. It’s probably a scam.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 27, 2024

We also saw an AI supply-chain breach when a chatbot provider exposed 346,000 customer files , including ID documents, resumes, and medical records. And if the accidents didnt scare people off, there were also some outright scams targeting people that were eager to use some of the popular applications of AI.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2020

.” Crooks could use personal information exposed in both data leaks to conduct various malicious activities, including identity thefts, scams, and corporate espionage. The post Personal details and documents for millions of Indians available in the deep web appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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