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Fake Lawsuit Threat Exposes Privnote Phishing Sites

Krebs on Security

The disclosure revealed a profitable network of phishing sites that behave and look like the real Privnote, except that any messages containing cryptocurrency addresses will be automatically altered to include a different payment address controlled by the scammers. A screenshot of the phishing domain privatemessage dot net.

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‘The Manipulaters’ Improve Phishing, Still Fail at Opsec

Krebs on Security

Roughly nine years ago, KrebsOnSecurity profiled a Pakistan-based cybercrime group called “ The Manipulaters ,” a sprawling web hosting network of phishing and spam delivery platforms. Manipulaters advertisement for “Office 365 Private Page with Antibot” phishing kit sold on the domain heartsender,com.

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Karma Catches Up to Global Phishing Service 16Shop

Krebs on Security

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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PayPal Phishing Scam Uses Invoices Sent Via PayPal

Krebs on Security

” A copy of the phishing message included in the PayPal.com invoice. While the phishing message attached to the invoice is somewhat awkwardly worded, there are many convincing aspects of this hybrid scam. Details of this scam were shared Wednesday with PayPal’s anti-abuse (phish@paypal.com) and media relations teams.

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5 Key Findings From the 2023 FBI Internet Crime Report

The true figure is likely to be even higher, though, as many identity theft and phishing attacks go unreported. The losses companies suffered in 2023 ransomware attacks increased by 74% compared to those of the previous year, according to new data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

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Internet Domains Used by APT29 in Phishing Attacks Seized by the US

Heimadal Security

The Internet domains were used in impersonating the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for the distribution of malware in phishing attacks in order for the attackers to gain access to internal networks. The domains seized are theyardservice[.]com com and worldhomeoutlet[.]com.

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Safer Internet Day, or why Brad Pitt needed an internet bodyguard

Malwarebytes

February 6, 2024 is Safer Internet Day. When I was asked to write about the topic, I misunderstood the question and heard: “can you cover save the internet” and we all agreed that it might be too late for that. The internet has been around for quite some time now, and most of us wouldn’t know what to do without it.