SecureList

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Both scams targeted individual users only. The link directed users to a phishing site offering to download Mamont for Android ( 12936056e8895e6a662731c798b27333 ). We reported the scam accounts and channels to Telegram, but the messaging service had done nothing to block them at the time of writing this.

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Jane Frankland

MAY 16, 2025

After joining Vanessa Feltz on Channel 5 to talk all things scams, I wanted to follow up with a clear guide for anyone whos ever been targeted or worries they might be next. Scams today arent just dodgy emails or shady phone calls. billion is lost to scams every year in the UK, with an average loss of 1,443 per person.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 13, 2025

A smishing (SMS phishing) campaign is targeting iMessage users, attempting to socially engineer them into bypassing Apple’s built in phishing protection. How to avoid smishing scams Never reply to suspicious messages, even if its only a Y or 1. Keep threats off your devices by downloading Malwarebytes today.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 30, 2025

The idea is that people—you, me, everyone—should just pause for nine seconds and think more about the link they are planning to click on, the file they are planning to download, or whatever it is they are planning to share. The three-part suspicion, cognition, and automaticity model (SCAM) is one way to think about this.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Many GitHub users this week received a novel phishing email warning of critical security holes in their code. Those who clicked the link for details were asked to distinguish themselves from bots by pressing a combination of keyboard keys that causes Microsoft Windows to download password-stealing malware.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 4, 2025

PayPal scammers are using an old Docusign trick to enhance the trustworthiness of their phishing emails. We’ve received several reports of this recently, so we dug into how the scam works. If you know this is a scam, youll likely see some red flags. Keep threats off your devices by downloading Malwarebytes today.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 28, 2025

Over a year ago the FBI warned about what was then a new form of smishing (phishing via SMS) scam: text messages that demanded payment for toll fees. Then, in April another wave of toll fee scams began doing the rounds. How to avoid falling for toll fee scams Check the phone number that the text message comes from.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2019

Some of the most convincing email phishing and malware attacks come disguised as nastygrams from a law firm. 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. Note: The password for the document is 123456.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 10, 2025

Malicious texts pose as package delivery notifications, phishing emails impersonate trusted brands, and unknown calls hide extortion attempts, virtual kidnapping schemes, or AI threats. According to new research conducted by Malwarebytes, 44% of people encounter a mobile scam every single day, while 78% encounter scams at least weekly.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

In May, 2024, the FBI warned about the increasing threat of cybercriminals using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in their scams. Phishers are using AI-based phishing attacks which have proven to raise the effectiveness of phishing campaigns. They are also using AI-powered tools to create emails that can bypass security filters.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 18, 2025

Text scams alone cost US citizens at least $470 million in 2024, according to new data from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Because many scams go unreported, though, this dollar amount might be considerably more. Top 5 text scams While scams reach us in many ways, the FTC focused on text scams in their report.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

You know how banks really, really want to avoid their customers falling victim to phishing scams? And how they put a heap of effort into education to warn folks about the hallmarks of phishing scams? banks will never do things that look like a phish? Isn't this what NAB was warning us about - "download of data"?

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2025

The FBI has issued a new warning to US law firms about an ongoing and increasingly aggressive phishing campaign orchestrated by the cybercriminal group Luna Moth. Some warning signs the FBI says to watch out for: Unexpected downloads of remote access tools. Connections from WinSCP or Rclone to outside networks.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 4, 2023

One frustrating aspect of email phishing is the frequency with which scammers fall back on tried-and-true methods that really have no business working these days. For example, when he downloaded and tried to rename the file, the right arrow key on the keyboard moved his cursor to the left, and vice versa.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2025

CrowdStrike warns of a phishing campaign that uses its recruitment branding to trick recipients into downloading a fake application, which finally installs the XMRig cryptominer. ” The attack begins with a phishing email impersonating CrowdStrike recruitment, directing recipients to a malicious website.”

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 16, 2025

But, as with all sextortion scams, this threat is an entirely empty one. Scammers do this to bypass phishing filters. Scary stuff, and it supports the claims the scammer makes. There is more than likely no lurid video, no “njrat,” no list of contacts. Often youre only allowed one day to pay.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Cybercriminals are shifting their focus from emails to text messages, using mishing a more deceptive form of phishing to target mobile users and infiltrate corporate networks, according to new security research by Zimperium. Vishing: Also known as voice phishing. What is mishing? and 9%in Brazil.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 15, 2025

Table of contents Overview Criminals impersonate Google Ads Lures hosted on Google Sites Phishing for Google account credentials Victimology Who is behind these campaigns? Figure 12: The actual phishing page that follows Finally, all the data is combined with the username and password and sent to the remote server via a POST request.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 23, 2025

However, because app passwords skip the second verification step, hackers can steal or phish them more easily than a full MFA login. Regularly educate yourself and others about recognizing phishing attempts. Attackers often bypass MFA by tricking users into revealing credentials or app passwords through phishing.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 17, 2023

You’ve probably never heard of “ 16Shop ,” but there’s a good chance someone using it has tried to phish you. A 16Shop phishing page spoofing Apple and targeting Japanese users. Image: Akamai.com. The INTERPOL statement says the platform sold hacking tools to compromise more than 70,000 users in 43 countries.

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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. There’s a chance the unsolicited offer in your inbox is a “ phishing ” scheme. Phishing schemes don’t only travel by way of email. Choose credit over debit.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 19, 2025

.” Whether it’s a so-called “subsidy program,” a “government grant,” or a “relief card,” these scams all share the same underlying goalto manipulate people into giving away their personal information, orworsetheir hard-earned cash. ” Urgency and exclusivity are classic scam tactics.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2025

But in the background, their system has hidden malware in the file the victim has downloaded, which is capable of gathering information from the affected device such as: Personal identifying information (PII) including Social Security Numbers (SSN). com (phishing) convertitoremp3[.]it com (Phishing) convertix-api[.]xyz

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SecureList

DECEMBER 6, 2022

There are two main types of online fraud aimed at stealing user data and money: phishing and scams. The history of scams and phishing. The term “phishing” was coined back in 1996, when cybercriminals attacked users of America Online (AOL), the largest internet provider at that time.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 14, 2025

The feature uses on-device AI to flag potentially fraudulent messages before users interact with them, helping stop scams in real time. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Americans lost $470 million to text scams in 2024. Poor grammar (a common giveaway in phishing scams). Keep your phone OS updated.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Be wary of romance scams "People can be vulnerable on February 14th," said Dave Machin , Partner at The Berkeley Partnership. "If Avoid phishing emails and messages You may receive emails or texts with fake Valentine's Day deals, electronic greeting cards (e-cards), or delivery notifications.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 11, 2025

Technical support consultant using programming to upgrade artificial intelligence simulation model As AI tools boom in popularity, cyberthieves are exploiting the excitement with fake AI video editing platforms that lure users into downloading malware. One post alone racked up over 62,000 views, showing how wide the scam has spread.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 12, 2025

Category Awareness, Social Enginering Risk Level Phishing emails are getting harder to detect. What is phishing, and why is it such a big deal?" Phishing is one of the oldest tricks in the hacker playbook - but its also one of the most effective. Alright, but cant I just spot and delete phishing emails?"

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2025

A campaign named PoisonSeed uses stolen CRM and bulk email credentials to send crypto seed scams, aiming to empty victims’ digital wallets. PoisonSeed threat actors created convincing phishing pages for CRM and email platforms like Mailchimp and SendGrid. The scheme mimics security steps to mislead users into self-compromising.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 25, 2023

United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) along with two other agencies; National Security Agency (NSA) and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) have issued a warning to federal agencies against a phishing scam taking place through Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) Software.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2025

Cybersecurity experts are now warning that clicking the familiar “unsubscribe” button at the bottom of unwanted emails could lead to phishing scams or malware attacks. At the mildest, clicking the link tells hackers that your email is active, which can lead to more spam or targeted phishing attempts later.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The threat, dubbed “Phish ‘n Ships” by the researchers, reportedly infected more than 1,000 websites and built 121 fake web stores to trick consumers. Keep threats off your devices by downloading Malwarebytes today. Estimated losses are in the region of tens of millions of dollars over the past five years.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 28, 2025

A sophisticated cybercrime service known as “Lucid” is exploiting vulnerabilities in Apples iMessage and Androids Rich Communication Services (RCS), allowing cyberthieves to conduct large-scale phishing attacks with alarming success. Examples of scam campaigns delivered via iMessage and RCS.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

There are two main types of forex trading scams you need to be aware of. Scams performed by external criminals, and unethical forex brokers. The scams themselves can be largely identified as: Signal scams: Signals are data-driven broker-generated information prompts that give traders improved opportunities to make profitable trades.

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SecureList

JULY 5, 2023

Hence, cybercriminals have little motivation to invest heavily into phishing campaigns, and so, techniques used in email attacks on hot wallets are hardly ever original or complex. Sample phishing email that targets Coinbase users After the user clicks the link, they are redirected to a page where they are asked to enter their seed phrase.

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SecureList

MARCH 25, 2025

Key findings Phishing Banks were the most popular lure in 2024, accounting for 42.58% of financial phishing attempts. Amazon Online Shopping was mimicked by 33.19% of all phishing and scam pages targeting online store users in 2024. Cryptocurrency phishing saw an 83.37% year-over-year increase in 2024, with 10.7

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Malwarebytes

MAY 11, 2022

Some of the above have many issues already with bogus search engine results and tech support scams. The sites vary in terms of style or general setup, but all focus on having you download Canon drivers. We’re very quickly in the realm of tech support scams. All tried and tested Windows-centric tech support scam tactics.

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