CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 18, 2022

Everything Everywhere shortly and widely known as EE, a UK based company that offers super-fast telecom and data network services based on 5G says that it has officially blocked 200 million phishing texts and over 11 million scammed calls to its users in the month of this year’s July alone.

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Identity IQ

MAY 16, 2023

The Growing Threat of Google Voice Scams IdentityIQ Imagine this: You’re eagerly selling an antique dresser on Facebook Marketplace and a prospective buyer communicates interest in it. However, they express concern that you may be trying to scam them. What is a Google Voice Scam? What is Google Voice? phone number.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 22, 2023

More than 450 workers at the United States Postal Service (USPS) lost more than $1 million in a direct deposit scam that left postal workers without pay, angry at the USPS for not heeding warnings of the scheme, and the agency scrambling to figure out exactly what happened. And this is, sadly, an example of why both of those are so critical."

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Short-lived phishing sites often offered to see the premieres before the eagerly awaited movie or television show was scheduled to hit the screen. Thus, during the World Cup a brand-new scam appeared: it offered users to win a newly released iPhone 14 for predicting match outcomes.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

How to Avoid and Report Boss Scams. A boss scam is a phishing (email) or smishing (text messages) scam used by hackers. Hackers send fraudulent emails or texts in the boss scam, impersonating your boss or another executive. Here is more information on how to help avoid boss scams and where to report these scams.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Resilient Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Strong Passwords. This year, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) coordinate the collaboration between the government and industry, running a human-centric campaign themed “See Yourself in Cyber”.

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Security Through Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In today’s digitally driven world, impersonation scams have become a growing concern, leaving countless individuals and organizations vulnerable to financial loss, identity theft, and reputational damage. Impersonation scams are deceptive tactics used by cybercriminals to pose as trusted entities or individuals to exploit victims.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

The government says Urban went by the aliases “ Sosa ” and “ King Bob ,” among others. ” Group-IB dubbed the gang by a different name — 0ktapus — which was a nod to how the criminal group phished employees for credentials. On July 28 and again on Aug. According to an Aug.

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Common Holiday Scams and How to Avoid Them IdentityIQ The holiday season is a time for celebration, giving, and spending time with loved ones. Here are some of the most common holiday scams and how to help avoid them. Here are some of the most common holiday scams and how to help avoid them.

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Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Fraudsters had an early start anticipating the buzz surrounding tax filing season, with phishing campaigns impersonating the government agency as early as November 25, 2020, according to Bitdefender Antispam Lab. IRS phishing email sample. Other IRS impersonation scams. IRS coronavirus tax relief scam.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The Kaspersky Anti-Phishing component blocked 434,898,635 attempts at accessing scam sites. The most frequent targets of phishing attacks were online stores (18.12 The contact phone trick was heavily used both in email messages and on phishing pages. Agentb malware family. Trends of the year. Messengers targeted.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 2, 2023

They use various methods, such as phishing scams, identity theft, credit card fraud, and other forms of online scams to steal money or sensitive information from their victims. They may also use malware or viruses to gain access to computers or networks to steal data or demand ransom payments.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 23, 2021

Phishing is today’s most dangerous cyberattack. Google noted a more than 600% spike in phishing attacks in 2020 compared to 2019 with a total of 2,145,013 phishing sites registered as of January 17, 2021, up from 1,690,000 on Jan 19, 2020. Phishing doesn’t discriminate. What is the Most Common Form of Phishing?

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

companies as a primary target of a new phishing scheme. Cybercriminals have been using a phishing kit featuring fake Office 365 password alerts as a lure to target the credentials of chief executives, business owners and other high-level corporate leaders. Mark Wilson/Getty Images).

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 1, 2021

Cybercriminals appear to know this and are trying to squeeze every last dime out of Covid related scams and attacks before they don't work anymore. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is now warning of fake "post-vaccine survey scams.". Remember that companies generally do not contact you to ask for your username or password.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Our Anti-Phishing system blocked 253 365 212 phishing links. Safe Messaging blocked 341 954 attempts to follow phishing links in messengers. This means the person who completes the full task not only gives the scammers money, but also recommends the scam to people in their list of contacts. Trends of the year.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 19, 2022

There are several types of phishing attacks, which are just one form of cybercrime. . A phishing attack takes place when a criminal pretends to be someone they’re not to trick people into giving over their personal information, such as their credit card details. Email phishing is also known as deception phishing.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

According to Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report, 74% of breaches were caused by human error, with phishing and text message phishing scams being some of the leading causes. Taking an active role Your cybersecurity policy should address your employees and technology systems. Employee training is crucial.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe. Click to enlarge.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 3, 2021

Phishing Challenges Faced By Businesses During COVID-19. This has created new opportunities for email fraud schemes like phishing and spam emails , which prey upon people’s reliance on communication via email – perfect conditions for cybercriminals. Consequences of Phishing Attacks on Businesses.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

JANUARY 4, 2023

You may be familiar with phishing - emails that look legitimate, but are malicious attempts to get your personal information. They can also use text messages to entice victims to click on links in scams known as “smishing.” “OK, So what do smishing scams look like?” OK, what is Smishing?” Is this even a word?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Similar scams have been observed before targeting Fedex and UPS. The bad actors attributed to Chinese-speaking cybercriminals are leveraging a package tracking text scam sent via iMessage to collect personal (PII) and payment information from the victims with the goal of identity theft and credit card fraud.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

The UK Security Service MI5 said 10,000 staff from every UK government department and from important UK industries have been lured by fake LinkedIn profiles. The United States should lead by example and execute a sustained, aggressive, whole of government, intelligence-driven anti-ransomware campaign, coordinated by the White House.

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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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Security Through Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

Cybercrime doesn’t just affect big businesses and national governments. Impersonation Scams. These range from simple to sophisticated scams to convince you they are genuine, in hopes that you feel comfortable sharing personal or financial information whether on the phone, via email, or text. What You Can Do.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The suspect arrested last year was allegedly involved in a data theft incident regarding Geburen Info Service GmbH (GIS), which collects television license fees on behalf of the Austrian government. Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it. Enable two-factor authentication.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

“According to this actor, he had originally intended to send his targets—all senior-level executives—phishing emails to compromise their accounts, but after that was unsuccessful, he pivoted to this ransomware pretext,” Hassold wrote. – Government entities. billion in 2020. Open our letter at your email.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Often, a scammer will simply target the people in a company and fool them into giving up their personal details, account passwords, and other sensitive information and gain access that way. Phishing complaints were reported over 300,000 times in 2021 to IC3, the only Internet crime to crack 100,000+ complaints. Technological tactics.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 2, 2022

In the post , Nathaniel Gleicher, Meta’s head of security policy, and David Agranovich, Meta’s director of threat disruption said: “We took down this operation, blocked their domains from being shared on our platform, and shared information with other tech platforms, researchers and governments.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2024

Resecurity has uncovered a cybercriminal faction known as “ GXC Team “, who specializes in crafting tools for online banking theft, ecommerce deception, and internet scams. These methods are commonly employed in wire fraud and well-known bogus invoice scams. billion on organizations.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 2, 2021

The Olympics : a timeline of scams, hacks, and malware. Spear-phishing now targets employees outside the finance and executive teams, report says. Source: ZDNet) We can’t believe people use browsers to manage their passwords, says maker of password management tools.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 11, 2021

Avoid Common Scams and Sketchy Characters Since you are likely a one-person company that doesn’t have an IT team to detect issues and solve problems, you will need to be extra cautious of the companies and clients with which you interact. Part of that is being aware of common scams that could spell big trouble.

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Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

More Phishing Attacks. Phishing may seem like an ordinary part of online life, but it could also be the initial volley in a major cyberattack. Phishing here is shorthand for the Pantheon of Ishings: generic, spearphishing (personalized), vishing (phone based), and SMishing (text based). password, 123456, qwerty, etc.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 24, 2021

We also explored how a Royal Mail phish deploys evasion tricks to avoid analysis , and gave a rundown of how Have I been Pwned works. The human cost of the HSE ransomware attack was explored, new Android patches hit the streets, and Apple confirmed that Macs get malware. Other Cybersecurity news. Stay safe, everyone!

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2021

There was no need for a password or login credentials to access this information, and the data was not encrypted. Among these, 28 appeared to be properly configured (meaning they weren’t accessible), and 86 were accessible without any password nor encryption. What’s Happening? Sensitive information redacted.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Some 14,000 people have been notified about a spear phish attempt looking to compromise accounts and access their files. He goes into more details in this thread: TAG sent a above average batch of government-backed security warnings yesterday. APT28, also known as FancyBear, is at the heart of another targeted campaign.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

If your data is used to open an account, take out a loan or lease, file taxes, or apply for unemployment insurance or other government benefits, you may be the victim of identity theft. A typical example is the phony delivery scam. If you’re logging in to an online account, use a strong password. Medical Identity Theft.

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