Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Initial Access Broker (IAB) activity increased by 16% during the reporting period, heavily targeting US-based organizations due to perceived financial capability from cyber insurance. This is likely because threat actors perceive US-based organizations to be more financially capable of paying ransoms due to well-developed cyber insurance.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Expect to see AI-enabled phishing campaigns, deepfake scams, and automated attacks grow in complexity. AI-powered scams will soar: As attackers leverage commoditized AI tools, scamsespecially romance, investment, and fraudwill grow more convincing and costly. What the Practitioners Predict Jake Bernstein, Esq.,

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Trend Micro

JULY 2, 2025

6 Alerts Back Unread All Inside the criminal mind: Trend’s deep dive into cybercrime. close Read report > Cloud security that leads: Centralized, multi-layered protection now named a CNAPP Leader by IDC.

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Joseph Steinberg

OCTOBER 24, 2022

An online cybersecurity event with 2,500 people already logged in had to be cancelled after suspected cybercriminals launched a social engineering attack in the event’s chat window.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Labor Department’s inspector general said this week that roughly $100 million in fraudulent unemployment insurance claims were paid in 2020 to criminals who are already in jail. “Another elderly victim started weeping when they realized they weren’t getting a job and were the victim of a job scam. .”

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Adam Levin

MARCH 16, 2020

billion in BEC scam-related losses the year before. “BEC/EAC is a sophisticated scam targeting both businesses and individuals performing a transfer of funds,” explained the report. ” The report warned that the methods used by hackers to perpetrate BEC scams were becoming more complicated and difficult to detect.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 20, 2023

Related: How Google, Facebook enable snooping In fact, a majority of scams occur through social engineering. The rise of social media has added to the many user-friendly digital tools scammers, sextortionists, and hackers can leverage in order to manipulate their victims.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 11, 2024

New AI Scams to Look Out For in 2024 IdentityIQ Artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly reshaped many aspects of everyday life. Here are three new AI scams to look out for in 2024 as well as some tips to help protect yourself and stay prepared for the explosive development of AI.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 5, 2021

Researchers explore the insecure world of the subdomain (Source: Can i take your subdomain) Cyber insurance model is broken, consider banning ransomware payments (Source: The Register) How facial recognition solutions can safeguard the hybrid workplace (Source: Help Net Security) Capital One hacker faces fresh charges for 2019 hacking spree (Source: (..)

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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. This was a not an incredibly technical attack.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The unknown intruders gained access to internal Mailchimp tools and customer data by social engineering employees at the company, and then started sending targeted phishing attacks to owners of Trezor hardware cryptocurrency wallets. com, which was fed by pig butchering scams.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 23, 2023

The email was sent from what appeared to be a trusted contact of the enterprise to an escrow officer at an insurance company. Mark Parkin of Vulcan Cyber said: "Social engineering attacks like this, originating in email, have only been getting worse over the last few years. The sender's domain name, however, ended in [.cam]

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As a matter of fact, the most-reported crime in the 2021 Internet Crime Report report was phishing , a social engineering scam wherein the victim receives a deceptive message from someone in an attempt to get the victim to reveal personal information or account credentials or to trick them into downloading malware.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 18, 2022

Recently, a fake Instagram email successfully bypassed Google’s email filters and made it into hundreds of employee inboxes used by a prominent US life insurance company based in New York. Incorporating a sense of urgency is a scam red flag because it aims to get users to act first and think later when it’s too late.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Inova is an actuarial consultancy company, which means they compile statistical analysis and calculate insurance risks and premiums. Document sent to the insurance company by the victim’s lawyer. Inova has been operating since 2012 and has handled thousands of cases since then. Sketch of the accident from the police report.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

million (roughly $750 million) through authorized and unauthorized fraud and scams in the UK alone. This is no surprise as phishing is often the prelude to more serious threats like ransomware, breaches, and BEC scams. This includes fraudulent advertising on search engines, fake websites and posts on social media.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Head Mare hacktivist group targets Russia and Belarus Zyxel fixed critical OS command injection flaw in multiple routers VMware fixed a code execution flaw in Fusion hypervisor U.S.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 10, 2021

Malware authors and social engineers have relied on shame and the threat of exposure for years. This quickly became a mess of arguments over paying the ransom , and the world of cyber insurance and whether it would actually insure against these types of attacks. Shaming victims into action.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Still, little was reported about the details of the cyber incident, including who the attackers are, how the cyberattack happened, and the social engineering methods used to make the email look official. Peterborough has insurance through NH Primex. This provider covers issues related to public risk management.

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SecureList

JUNE 26, 2023

According to a report by the Barracuda cybersecurity company, in 2021, businesses with fewer than 100 employees experienced far more social engineering attacks than larger ones. That same year saw one of the worst ransomware incidents in history, the Kaseya VSA supply-chain attack. Scammers often reach employees by e-mail.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 28, 2022

We’ve also seen a considerable amount of scams preying on those who want to bring help to the helpless. During these times of struggle, donation and phishing scams abound, too. The scam page looks slick, professional, and not what you may expect from a bogus donation portal. Donate and Support Ukrainian now to save lives.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

They profited from a scam, popular some time before, which sold “magic pills” — counterfeit drugs and dietary supplements purported to cure even serious chronic diseases. This scam’s elderly victims spent hundreds and thousands of dollars on the products, borrowing from friends and taking loans.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 4, 2021

Researchers have spotted a new business email compromise (BEC) trend that, if perfected, could represent a significant social engineering threat to the financial investment and private equity community. However, for now the scam isn’t executed especially well, Hassold noted.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In 2025, we anticipate more vishing (voice phishing) and fake IT helpdesk scams targeting English-speaking firms. In late 2024, Russian ransomware groups began collaborating with native English speakers, boosting their social engineering capabilities.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 18, 2022

A real insider threat is employees, disgruntled or not, who accept offers of payment to purposely be complicit in a scam of their company. The insurance company got involved and said they will negotiate. RELATED: 5 Emotions Used in Social Engineering Attacks ]. And much of it is innocent mistakes and gullibility.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Sadly, there are many ways scammers and hackers can source their victims’ email addresses, including buying them from data providers or the dark web , email harvesting, social engineering, fake websites or social media. So, what happens if scammers have your email address? How to Help Recover Your Email Account from a Scammer .

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In 2025, we anticipate more vishing (voice phishing) and fake IT helpdesk scams targeting English-speaking firms. In late 2024, Russian ransomware groups began collaborating with native English speakers, boosting their social engineering capabilities.

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Businesses faced constant threats with phishing scams , malware , and other tactics. Major Breaches of 2023 Casino operator attacks: Casino giants MGM and Caesars were hit by disruptive cyberattacks in September involving concerning tactics such as social engineering. But the numbers alone tell only part of the story.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 30, 2023

File a Claim With Your Identity Theft Insurance If you’ve already invested in identity theft insurance , now you should take full advantage of it. Your insurance provider will guide you through the claims process. This includes phishing, data breaches, skimming, shoulder surfing, dumpster diving, and social engineering.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Banks and insurance companies are telling customers to be wary of scam messages. Social engineering techniques, such as phishing, target not the systems but the people using them. Social engineering techniques, such as phishing, target not the systems but the people using them. The song remains the same.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 13, 2023

Almost three-quarters of breaches (74 per cent) involve the human element through error, social engineering, stolen credentials or misusing privileges. Half of all social engineering attacks involve ‘pretexting’, where criminals fabricate a story to trick the victim.

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Security Through Education

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The pandemic also saw a surge in employment scams, bad actors posing as companies offering remote work, only to run off with sensitive information from hopeful applicants. Spotting Scams Like This: Be cautious of unsolicited emails and verify the sender’s legitimacy. The information could also be used for other nefarious gain.

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SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

Digital Shadows reports that out of its total client base, businesses operating in the financial services, food and beverage, technology, health care, and insurance verticals were responsible for nearly half of all total risk events observed. “We

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Initial Access Broker (IAB) activity increased by 16% during the reporting period, heavily targeting US-based organizations due to perceived financial capability from cyber insurance. This is likely because threat actors perceive US-based organizations to be more financially capable of paying ransoms due to well-developed cyber insurance.

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Security Through Education

APRIL 7, 2021

The pandemic is providing the perfect cover for cybercrime, as can be seen in the alarming statistic from First Orion that criminals were able to get 270% more personal information in 2020 than in 2019 via vishing or phone scams. COVID-19 Scams. COVID-19 contact tracing and testing scams dominated 2020 and continue to do so in 2021.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 26, 2022

A horrible catfishing scam is using real abuse photos in order to lure in unsuspecting victims on sites like Tinder and Grinder. Both Tinder and Grindr highly encourage their users to block and report profiles that appear to be a scam. “Cassey Queen” directed Michael on what website to use and what to do.

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IT Security Guru

AUGUST 9, 2023

Twitter Bitcoin Scam In July of 2020, a number of high-profile celebrity and brand accounts tweeted out messages stating that all Bitcoin sent to their wallets for a period of time would be returned twofold—if someone sent $1000, they would receive $2000 back. Losses from this incident totaled hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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