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.

Insurance

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.

Scams

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 7, 2020

Here are key takeaways: Romance scams Like many modern companies, Zoosk, the popular San Francisco-based dating site, rests on infrastructure that’s predominantly cloud-based. Zoosk’s core service is delivered via a mobile app that has 20 different registration and/or login pages – all are API driven. “So We spoke at RSA 2020.

Mobile

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Resecurity identified one of the largest investment fraud networks by size and volume of operations created to defraud Internet users from Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, the European Union, India, Singapore, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, the U.S. billion to scams. and other regions. and the U.K

Scams

Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

And trusting financial service providers, such as banks, to keep your loved ones safe, simply isn’t enough security all of the time. According to USA Today, she was scammed $700,000 in what is called a “grandparent scam.” Identity-protection services have an important role to play in defending the whole family.

Identity Theft

The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The Internet of Things (IoT) has come a long, long way since precocious students at Carnegie Melon University installed micro-switches inside of a Coca-Cola vending machine so they could remotely check on the temperature and availability of their favorite beverages. Related: Companies sustain damage from IoT attacks That was back in 1982.

IoT

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.

Data breaches

The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The nonstop intensity of these attacks is vividly illustrated by the fact that malicious bot communications now account for one-third of total Internet traffic. Vulnerable online apps and services factored in as a primary target of automated botnet attacks. Related: The ‘Golden Age’ of cyber espionage is upon us.

Digital transformation

SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

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. Instead of being the first among buyers, they will join the ranks of scam victims. Phishing and scam: red flags.

Phishing

Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2021

Forex trading may be dominated by banks and global financial services but, thanks to the Internet, the average person can today dabble directly in forex, securities and commodities trading. Scams, Phishing and Malware. Leaked contact information may be used to launch scam, phishing and malware attacks against FBS users.

Passwords

Malwarebytes

MARCH 13, 2023

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has published its 2022 Internet Crime Report. The numbers are based on the complaints reported to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). These scams usually offer the victims large returns with minimal risk. Common scam opening lines may involve: sports, golfing, travel, fitness.

Cryptocurrency

Malwarebytes

APRIL 12, 2022

According to WSJ , one dev claimed they were told it was “collecting data on behalf of internet service providers”. These supposed ISPs were complemented by financial service/energy companies. Simply hoping that it isn’t a scam from top to bottom won’t save you from a rogue install.

Mobile

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Internet service providers (ISPs) and computer emergency readiness teams (CERTs) around the world also supported the operation by notifying all infected users. The TrickBot operators also deployed banking trojans and info-stealer trojans and were providing access to corporate networks for crooks focused on scams and cyber espionage.

Malware

Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

And trusting financial service providers, such as banks, to keep your loved ones safe, simply isn’t enough security all of the time. According to USA Today, she was scammed $700,000 in what is called a “grandparent scam.” Identity-protection services have an important role to play in defending the whole family.

Identity Theft

SecureList

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

We look at phishing threats commonly encountered by users and companies as well as the prevalence of various Windows and Android-based financial malware. The term is also used to describe malware seeking access to financial organizations’ IT infrastructures. financial services company, Wells Fargo. Methodology.

Banking

Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The modern internet's interconnected nature also threatens data security. According to Imperva’s State of API Security in 2024 report, APIs—the rules allowing software applications to communicate with each other—now account for a staggering 71% of internet traffic. The result?

DDOS

SecureList

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

More and more often, scam websites posing as large companies that promise huge cash prizes in return for completing a survey have begun setting out stricter criteria for those who want a chance to win. These were closely followed by global Internet portals (17.27%) in second place.

Phishing

Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

For more information about securing RDP tools: “ Commonly Exploited Protocols: Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ” (Center for Internet Security) “ What is remote desktop protocol (RDP)? ” (TechTarget) “ Wondering Whether RDP IS Secure? Financial services and law offices rounded out the top five.

Phishing

Zero Day

JULY 22, 2025

A recent survey conducted by Mastercard, for example, found that many financial services companies have saved millions of dollars through AI-powered cybersecurity methods.

Artificial Intelligence

Digital Shadows

AUGUST 17, 2021

URLs within the email may also link to malware or might be connected to an ad-click scam. In addition, a lot of the larger financial service and service-oriented companies such as Apple or Microsoft often have their own security teams who work phishing cases. Figure 2: Spam.

Phishing

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

People like Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Kim Kardashian West, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk were suddenly tweeting about a can't miss double your bitcoin opportunity, that was really a scam. The teens also took over Twitter accounts of several cryptocurrency companies regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS).

Social Engineering

SecureList

AUGUST 5, 2021

Parcel scam: buy one, get none. Therefore, any offer to buy them is evidently a scam. Another traditional scam aims to persuade the user that they are the lucky winner of a tidy sum. Investments and public property scams. The topic of gas surfaced also in more conventional compensation scams.

Phishing

SecureList

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The Kaspersky Anti-Phishing component blocked 434,898,635 attempts at accessing scam sites. Messages from some lucky individuals who had won a huge sum and wished to support their fellow creatures in the difficult times of the pandemic were another variation on the “Nigerian” scam. Agentb malware family. Trends of the year.

Phishing

SecureList

MARCH 29, 2023

We look at phishing threats commonly encountered by users and companies, as well as the dynamics of various Windows and Android-based financial malware. Methodology For this report, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of financial cyber threats in 2022. In 2022, 36.3%

Banking

SecureList

MAY 1, 2023

of JSONs were broken beyond automated fixes or contained text such as: I am sorry, but as an AI language model, I am not able to access the internet or browse the website provided. ChatGPT has enough real-world knowledge to know about many internet and financial services and with only a small post-processing step (e.g.,

Phishing

SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Scamming championship: sports-related fraud. Scam: get it yourself, share with friends. However, the essence of the scam remained the same: the recipient, puzzled by the e-mail about a purchase or transfer they did not make, tried to call the support service at the number given in the message. Quarterly highlights.

Phishing

SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

And, as John rightly points out, cryptocurrencies (and the internet in general) allow the criminals to stay hidden (no need to meet at the park bench to receive the briefcase) and to obtain payment in a form that suits all of their needs. The anonymity of the Internet, cryptocurrency and the lack of international cooperation between the U.S.

Ransomware

SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Thus, during the World Cup a brand-new scam appeared: it offered users to win a newly released iPhone 14 for predicting match outcomes. In a typical internet hoax manner, crypto scam sites offered visitors to get rich quick by paying a small fee. “Promotional campaigns by major banks” were a popular bait in 2022.

Phishing

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. The result is what we see taking place in the Internet wild today. Across US-based financial services companies, attacks from bulletproof proxies spiked 518% between Q1 2019 and Q2 2019.

IoT