Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In 2023, the public primarily confronted two varieties of online scams: the technical and the topical. Technical scams abuse legitimate aspects of modern internet infrastructure to lead users to illegitimate or compromised sites. Topical scams, on the other hand, are simpler. We know these scams all too well.

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Identity IQ

AUGUST 31, 2023

How to Identify and Avoid Holiday Phishing Scams IdentityIQ The holiday season brings joy, celebrations, and… a surge in online scams. Holiday phishing scams are an ongoing issue that ramps up when folks are feeling the most festive. About three-quarters of American consumers have encountered some form of holiday-related scam.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Now new findings reveal that AVrecon is the malware engine behind a 12-year-old service called SocksEscort , which rents hacked residential and small business devices to cybercriminals looking to hide their true location online. ” According to Kilmer, AVrecon is the malware that gives SocksEscort its proxies.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 2, 2021

Internet scams are everywhere, inflicting billions of dollars in reported losses from victims each year. Anyone can fall for online scams, as tactics are tailored to the interests of all age groups. Let’s take a closer look at some of the most common scams: Coronavirus-related scams. IRS and Bank-related scams.

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IT Security Guru

DECEMBER 18, 2020

But, while this may be good news for embattled retailers, it’s even better news for opportunistic cybercriminals. It’s vital, then, that retailers do what they can to prevent such attacks and protect their profits – and their reputations – in these challenging times. Upsetting experience. Minimising risks.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Case in point: we’re already seeing scams targeting World Cup fans more than a year out from the event. Fact 2: the retail sector, particularly e-commerce, has always been popular with cybercriminals. The number of financial malware infection attempts dropped by half from 20.5 Here’s what we found this year.

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Hot for Security

JANUARY 29, 2021

The company believes the incident occurred on January 4, 2021, after threat actors managed to trick employees into accessing and downloading malicious software on some retail-store computers. “A few employees in retail stores were successfully scammed by unauthorized individuals and downloaded software onto a store computer.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Resecurity has identified a new underground marketplace in the Dark Web oriented towards mobile malware developers and operators. “In the Box” dark web marketplace is leveraged by cybercriminals to attack over 300 financial institutions (FIs), payment systems, social media and online-retailers in 43 countries.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

The experts pointed out that the majority of all Black Friday spam (by volume) (56%) received in the same period was marked as a scam. The report provides details about some of the Black Friday scams analyzed by the experts, such as Louis Vuitton and Ray Ban sales scams. SecurityAffairs – hacking, scam).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2018

So before the shopping frenzy begins, we thought this would be an opportune time to outline some best practices that both retailers and consumers should follow in order to protect consumer data. As convenience technologies evolve, look for more risks to consumers and retailers. Protecting Consumer Data is Priority #1. Back to basics.

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Joseph Steinberg

JUNE 1, 2021

While some meal-kit-service-scam messages contain spelling and grammatical errors, the smishing message (smishing is phishing via text message) that I received did not suffer from such deficiencies; it appeared as well written as typical businesses correspondence. rate of growth experienced the year prior.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Protecting Against Malware and Scams While Shopping Online During the Holiday Season. An enormous number of people are footloose and fancy free when it comes to their interactions with retailers over the holiday season,” says Cyberscout founder and chairman Adam Levin. Beware of fake or misleading shopping apps.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Phishing emails are well-crafted emails that trick the user into clicking on links or attachments that collect personal and financial information or contain malware. Would a popular retailer send an email with an excessive number of typos? Visit the SiteLock blog to learn more about the disastrous effects of phishing scams.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

Experts spotted a new macOS Backdoor named SpectralBlur linked to North Korea Merck settles with insurers regarding a $1.4

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Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Online holiday shopping brings game-changing convenience to busy shoppers, but without the proper safety best practices, online shoppers can be vulnerable to hackers, identity theft , and all other kinds of scams. Shop from reputable and well-known online retailers : Stick with the big names or trusted online stores.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In 2022, global e-commerce retail revenue was estimated to reach $5.7 Methodology In this research, we examine various types of threats, such as financial malware and phishing pages that imitate the world’s largest retail platforms, banks and payment systems. Another substantial portion of scams targets gamers.

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Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

It has links to multiple types of cyber crime, including ransomware, carding, phishing, and malware development. In this blog, we’ll take a look at the components of a crypto scam, including investors, designers, developers, and marketers, as well as a few interesting trends that characterize this black market.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In fact, holiday shopping can account for up to 30 percent of annual sales for online retailers. In fact, the National Retail Federation (NRF) forecasts holiday sales will grow to between $727.9 With this continued uptick in predicted spend, ecommerce retailers need to place a stronger emphasis on cybersecurity than ever before.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Giant office retail company Staples disclosed a data breach, threat actors accessed some of its customers’ order data. Staples, the office retail giant, disclosed a data breach, it notified its customers that their order data have been accessed by threat actors without authorization.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2021

Then threat actors tricked UScellular employees working in retail stores into downloading and installing malicious software. The malware allowed the attackers to access the CRM using the employee’s accounts and then access personal information, including phone numbers, of the company customers. ” – USCellular.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

In this period netizens hope to take advantage of online bargains and are more active online, for this reason they are more exposed to the risk of scams. Be wary of online retailers who use a free email service instead of a company email address. Make sure anti-virus/malware software is up to date and block pop-up windows.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 26, 2021

The increasing trend of using mobile payments for in-store purchases (especially during the pandemic) is leading criminals to increasingly focus their efforts on defrauding people through online fraud and scams. Fraud and scams move to the web. Figure 1: Web application breaches in the Retail industry. Source: Verizon DBIR 2020.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2023

FiXS, a new ATM malware that is targeting Mexican banks BidenCash leaks 2.1M Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. flaws could impact billions of devices The U.S.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Today, e-commerce sales make up 21% of global retail sales, which is a 50% increase on the pre-pandemic levels. 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.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 1, 2022

One of the biggest wrestling stars around, Mick Foley , had his Twitter account hijacked in an attempt to legitimize a very popular scam. When a well known individual has their social media accounts compromised, disaster looms, as everything from phishing to malware distribution waits in the wings for potential victims.

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Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

Apple iOS users often fall prey to mobile scams; around 30.1% Anti-virus giant, Kaspersky, blocked 6,463,414 mobile malware, adware, and risk-ware attacks. The lockdowns have made on-demand retail and mCommerce a permanent fixture among Australian users who share their transaction details without any qualms. Watering Hole.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 9, 2023

Digging further into the skimmer's infrastructure on Russian-based hosting provider DDoS-Guard, we came across a digital crime haven for cryptocurrency scams, Bitcoin mixers, malware distribution sites and much more. com) that is copying the legitimate Houzz retailer. Figure 16: Scam giveaway site. Malware distribution.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 20, 2022

They’ve seen tremendous interest from a wide range of parties, whether that be institutional investors or retail hobbyists looking to find an angle. Updates are a crucial factor in any effective anti-malware system. Sometimes even having one eye on the trend can create the small amount of awareness needed to avoid a scam.

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Threatpost

OCTOBER 28, 2020

How a retail sector reeling from COVID-19 can lock down their online systems to prevent fraud during the upcoming holiday shopping spike.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 1, 2022

One of the biggest wrestling stars around, Mick Foley , had his Twitter account hijacked in an attempt to legitimize a very popular scam. When a well known individual has their social media accounts compromised, disaster looms, as everything from phishing to malware distribution waits in the wings for potential victims.

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SecureList

MARCH 29, 2023

However, traditional financial threats – such as banking malware and financial phishing, continue to take up a significant share of such financially-motivated cyberattacks. For instance, malicious spam campaigns targeting organizations grew 10-fold in April 2022, spreading Qbot and Emotet malware. of all phishing attacks in 2022.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

With the growing popularity of the Internet over the past decade, the retail holiday Cyber Monday debuted in 2005 as the online version of Black Friday. consumers’ spending during the holiday season is through an online retailer. billion online on the Monday after Thanksgiving. 25% of U.S. Protect Your Website in time for Cyber Monday.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 31, 2023

This technique involves sending unsolicited emails or messages that appear to be from a reputable source, such as a bank, social media platform or online retailer, saying you need to take some sort of action. They may be used to impersonate celebrities, athletes or manipulate photos of people you know.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Unlike common stealers, this malware gathered data that can be used to identify the victims, such as browsing histories, social networking account IDs and Wi-Fi networks. According to the freshest data on DeFi, every hour 15 newly deployed scams against smart contracts are detected. ATM and PoS malware to return with a vengeance.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

SpyEye, developed in 2009 and described as a “bank Trojan with a form grabbing capability”, surged from the eighth most common banking malware tool with a 3.4% Emotet (9.3%), described by Europol as “the world’s most dangerous malware”, underwent a drop of five percentage points between 2020 and 2021.This

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2020

In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a boon to cybercriminals: With unprecedented numbers of people working from home and anxious for news about the virus outbreak, it’s hard to imagine a more target-rich environment for phishers, scammers and malware purveyors.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

The report from Armorblox describes a pair of recently observed attacks in which adversaries sent an email designed to fool recipients into calling phone number staffed by a malicious actor who then perpetuates the scam from there. According to Iyer, it’s relatively easy and cheap for cybercriminals set up this kind of scam. “

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