Krebs on Security

JANUARY 7, 2025

Before we get to the Apple scam in detail, we need to revisit Tony’s case. The Owner: The phishing panel owner, who will frequently listen in on and participate in scam calls. That is why I am not worried as we see criminals migrate to various ‘encrypted’ platforms that promise to ignore thepolice. ”

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 25, 2020

Specifically, it says, “The [link] ensures that you are connecting to the official website… ” Here’s the deal: The [link] part of an address (also called “Secure Sockets Layer” or SSL) merely signifies the data being transmitted back and forth between your browser and the site is encrypted and cannot be read by third parties.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The allure of free access blinds users to the dangers, turning their devices into gateways for cybercriminals to steal sensitive information, encrypt files for ransom, or enlist computers into botnets. Secure Your Personal Information: Store sensitive documents securely and only share personal information over encrypted connections.

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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. Please download and read the attached encrypted document carefully. You have 7 days to reply to this e-mail or we will be forced to step forward with this action.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 1, 2025

Phishing In phishing scams, cybercriminals trick people and businesses into handing over sensitive information like credit card numbers or login details for vital online accounts. The hackers hijacked the channels to spread cryptocurrency scams, while deleting some of the groups old videos in the process.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 13, 2020

For the past year, a site called Privnotes.com has been impersonating Privnote.com , a legitimate, free service that offers private, encrypted messages which self-destruct automatically after they are read. “It’s a pretty smart scam.” And it doesn’t send and receive messages.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 30, 2021

With over 1 billion active users every month, Instagram is brimming with fraudsters and cybercriminals who prey on naive internet users through various scams. Romance scams. Here are some of the most common hustles you can find on Instagram: Phishing attacks. Fake Giveaways. Honestly, not good.

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Identity IQ

MARCH 27, 2023

5 Common Hotel Scams and How to Avoid Them IdentityIQ Staying at a hotel should be an enjoyable experience. But unfortunately, there are many scams out there that can make it a nightmare. To help protect your personal information and money, it is important to be aware of the most common hotel scams and how to help avoid them.

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Webroot

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

With the rise of online scams and privacy risks, virtual private networks (VPNs) are becoming more popular for day-to-day use. The five core components of a VPN are: Encryption : The conversion of information into a coded format that can only be read by someone who has the decryption key. How do VPNs work?

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WIRED Threat Level

APRIL 24, 2025

Google is rolling out an end-to-end encrypted email feature for business customers, but it could spawn phishing attacks, particularly in non-Gmail inboxes.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2025

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 13, 2020

Almost all of these include encryption certificates (start with “[link] and begin with the subdomains “apple.” The best advice to sidestep phishing scams is to avoid clicking on links that arrive unbidden in emails, text messages and other mediums. While maps-icloud[.]com ” or “icloud.”

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SecureList

OCTOBER 4, 2024

This script launches a BAT file which extracts the next element of the attack chain from an encrypted archive. CustomAction field value in the MSI file The BAT file from autorun extracts the encrypted RAR archive and runs the “start” command with two DLL files as arguments — these were previously extracted from the archive.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The one technology company this author could tie to Mr. Bernard was secureswissdata.com , a Swiss concern that provides encrypted email and data services. Among those is acheterdubitcoin.org , a business that was blacklisted by French regulators in 2018 for promoting cryptocurrency scams.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

According to the latest figures (PDF) released by the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), the reported losses from BEC scams continue to dwarf other cybercrime loss categories, increasing to $1.86 billion in 2020. For example, the Lockbit 2.0 “Would you like to earn millions of dollars?

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

New research indicates that half of all phishing scams are now hosted on Web sites whose Internet address includes the padlock and begins with “[link]. But not all phishing scams get flagged so quickly. Unfortunately, this has never been more useless advice. A live Paypal phishing site that uses [link] (has the green padlock).

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

It encrypts data with AES-256 in CBC mode before sending and decrypts server responses with AES-128 in CBC mode. The process of sending data to “rust” consists of three stages: Data is encrypted with AES-256 in CBC mode using the same key as in the case of the “http” server.

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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. Social engineering trigger While no fancy malware is needed to pull off a BEC scam, technology does come into play. The total stolen: $2.3 The FBI is investigating. No arrests have been made. It’s simple fraud.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

CISA adds Palo Alto Networks Expedition bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Hackers target critical flaw CVE-2024-10914 in EOL D-Link NAS Devices China-linked threat actors compromised multiple telecos and spied on a limited number of U.S.

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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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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 16, 2025

Hackers used compromised credentials to gain access to Colonial Pipeline's network, deploying ransomware that encrypted critical systems. Quantum-resistant cryptography: As quantum computing advances, traditional encryption methods will become obsolete. Incident response plans: Organizations should have tested recovery plans in place.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Malicious packages deepseeek and deepseekai published in Python Package Index Coyote Banking Trojan: A Stealthy Attack via LNK Files The Mac Malware of 2024 Take My Money: OCR Crypto Wallet Thieves on Google Play and App Store AsyncRAT Reloaded: Using Python and TryCloudflare for Malware Delivery Again Go Supply Chain Attack: Malicious Package Exploits (..)

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Implement Data Encryption & Backup Protocols Encrypting sensitive data adds a layer of protection by ensuring that even if data is accessed, it remains unreadable without proper decryption keys. Cybersecurity awareness training helps staff recognize phishing scams , social engineering attempts, and other threats.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Quantum computing advances are making traditional encryption obsolete, and adversaries are stockpiling data for future decryption. FIPS-203 enables legal PQC deployment, prompting CISOs to overhaul encryption strategies. Without action, quantum-enabled breaches threaten critical data, national security, and global stability.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Once opened, the email appears as a legitimate email communication from American Express, while the content instructs the cardholder on how to view the secure, encrypted message attached. The post A new phishing scam targets American Express cardholders appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

.” According to ID.me, a major driver of phony jobless claims comes from social engineering, where people have given away personal data in response to romance or sweepstakes scams, or after applying for what they thought was a legitimate work-from-home job. “A lot of this is targeting the elderly,” Hall said.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 4, 2023

The bogus ransomware extortion attempt even has a name, in the form of “ Phantom Incident Scam ” Even so, this is an area of attack where having a good response strategy for people hoping you’ll fall for a technology based lie is very effective. Stop malicious encryption.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

‘Tis the season when even those who know a thing or two about Internet scams tend to let down their guard in the face of an eye-popping discount or the stress of last-minute holiday shopping. Even people who shop mainly at big-name online stores can get scammed if they’re not wary of too-good-to-be-true offers.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 28, 2025

However, iMessage and RCS, which rely on internet-based communication rather than traditional cellular networks, offer end-to-end encryption , making it nearly impossible for providers to filter out malicious content. Examples of scam campaigns delivered via iMessage and RCS.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The FBI warns about a massive surge in victims from “ pig butchering ” scams, in which flirtatious strangers online lure people into investing in cryptocurrency scams. com, which was fed by pig butchering scams. The now-defunct and always phony cryptocurrency trading platform xtb-market[.]com, ” SEPTEMBER.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2020

These individuals said they were only customers of the person who had access to Twitter’s internal employee tools, and were not responsible for the actual intrusion or bitcoin scams that took place that day. ALWAYS IN DISCORD. “If so and got targs lmk your discord.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

from Bybit, it is the largest cryptocurrency heist ever Apple removes iCloud encryption in UK following backdoor demand B1acks Stash released 1 Million credit cards U.S. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Lazarus APT stole $1.5B

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Joseph Steinberg

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

I personally have used digitally-signed email at many points during my career, and I hope that we will all see greater adoption of the relevant technologies in the near term; smaller operations can, today, enjoy the security benefits of relatively simple, low-cost options for deploying digital signatures and end-to-end encryption.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2025

The suspects made thousands of illicit sales using encryption and crypto. Drug sales still dominate, with rising prescription drug and scam listings. .” The police identified 270 suspects through intelligence from dark web market takedowns, including Nemesis , Bohemia , Kingdom Markets, and Tor2Door. Germany, and the U.K.,

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: A suicide reveals the lonely side of AI chatbots, with Courtney Brown (Lock and Code S06E03) Apple ordered to grant access to users encrypted data Phishing evolves beyond email to become latest Android app threat Apple fixes zero-day vulnerability used in “extremely sophisticated attack” Gambling firms are (..)

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Identifying scams Before we dive headfirst into the cyber safety tips, let’s equip ourselves with the ultimate weapon: knowledge. Scams are the digital equivalent of a snake oil salesperson peddling miracle cures. Let’s embrace the golden rule of scam detection: skepticism. Sweepstakes and awards scams Congratulations!

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The scam artist John Bernard (left) in a recent Zoom call, and a photo of John Clifton Davies from 2015. Secure Swiss Data is one of several firms founded by Davies/Inside Knowledge and run by Dudorenko , and it advertised itself as a Swiss company that provides encrypted email and data storage services.

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