Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The Apollon market, one of the largest marketplaces, is likely exit scamming after the administrators have locked vendors’ accounts. The Apollon market , one of the darknet’s largest marketplaces, is likely exit scamming, vendors and customers reported suspicious behavior of its administrators.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 5, 2021

Mass-mailing service Mailgun had one of its larger accounts – the email marketing account for fast-food chain Chipotle – compromised and used to target USAA users, Microsoft users, and others with malware, according to anti-phish agency Inky , which detected 121 phishing emails originating from the compromised account.

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Tech Republic Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

As the predominantly pandemic-caused global chip shortage rolls on, businesses are now facing another challenge — component scams and bogus supply-chain claims.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Exit scam – Bad news for Grey Market users, one of its administrators revealed that another administrator had emptied the cold storage wallets. you can mark Market as scam exited and ban all our official accounts” reads the message published by the Market admin. ” reads a post published by Darknetlive.

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Identity IQ

MAY 9, 2022

What are NFT Scams? Most NFT scams happen when a bad actor steals a participant’s cryptocurrency wallet login or tricks a buyer into believing they have successfully purchased or sold a legitimate NFT. Here’s a Rundown of the Most Common NFT Scams and How to Help Avoid Them. It’s called a giveaway scam, and it’s a classic.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 23, 2020

The story concluded that this dubious service had been scamming people and companies for more than a decade, and promised a Part II to explore who was behind Web Listings. “It is also criticized for being a cult, a scam and a pyramid scheme,” the entry reads. In December 2018, KrebsOnSecurity looked at how dozens of U.S.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In India, there have been several Multi-Level-Marketing (MLM) frauds. Investing in stock shares and commodities, paid per click, investing in the IT sector, or investing in infrastructure have all resulted in scams. Multi-level Marketing is a sales strategy by some companies to […]. appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Identity IQ

APRIL 13, 2022

How to Protect Yourself from Rental Scams. Competition grows fiercer by the day in the nation’s hottest housing markets, and that translates to a competitive rental market as well. Here’s how rental scam listings works: Con artists steal a posted rental listing and rework the information to include their contact info.

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SecureList

APRIL 5, 2023

The Telegram black market: what’s on offer After reviewing phishers’ Telegram channels that we detected, we broke down the services they promoted into paid and free. Once a URL is entered, the bot will generate several scam links targeting users of the service. Another reason is recruiting an unpaid workforce.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 5, 2022

Email marketing service Mailchimp on Monday revealed a data breach that resulted in the compromise of an internal tool to gain unauthorized access to customer accounts and stage phishing attacks. The development was first reported by Bleeping Computer.

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This year, in partnership with the ITRC, IDIQ released the 2022 Trend in Identity Report as well as the company’s proprietary IdentityIQ 2022 Scam Report. Scheumack is a cybersecurity expert with more than 20 years of experience in the financial, credit, and identity theft protection industries.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Preying on one of the most basic human flaws, investment scams and other get-rich-quick schemes are making up an ever larger portion of the online scammers’ cake. The scam was exposed after complaints were made by German and Greek investors who had lost all of the deposits they had invested in the online scam.

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Bleeping Computer

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Ever since Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered partial mobilization after facing setbacks on the Ukrainian front, men in Russia and the state's conscript officers are playing a 'cat and mouse' game involving technology and cybercrime services. [.].

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Krebs on Security

MAY 3, 2019

Federal investigators in the United States, Germany and the Netherlands announced today the arrest and charging of three German nationals and a Brazilian man as the alleged masterminds behind the Wall Street Market (WSM), one of the world’s largest dark web bazaars that allowed vendors to sell illegal drugs, counterfeit goods and malware.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

by using their brands and market reputation to defraud consumers. billion to scams. billion to scams. A FINRA survey points to health, marital and trust problems resulting from financial scams. A FINRA survey points to health, marital and trust problems resulting from financial scams. and the U.K billion in the U.S

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 18, 2021

All you shoppers out there in UK using expensive Apple Laptops like MacBooks, you better be aware of the ongoing scams set up by retail outlets doing business in your area. The post Cyber scam targeted at owners of expensive Apple laptops appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

But have no fear, we have an on-demand webcast available now on "How to Stay Resilient Against Holiday Scams this Season.". Secret Service; Cathy Click, Phishing Defense and Education, FedEx; and Fabiola Fernandez, Product Marketing Manager, Security Awareness Training, Proofpoint. I know I am almost every other day.".

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SC Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

No wonder scam artists are taking notice and jumping on the bandwagon. Shashi Prakash, chief technology officer and chief scientist at Bolster, told SC Media that NFTs are especially ripe for scamming right now because of the very fact that some people are chasing this fad without really understanding how the process works.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 26, 2021

More and more experts are joining to denounce Tesla’s marketing as dangerously misleading. The post Is Tesla an Elaborate Scam? The post Is Tesla an Elaborate Scam? appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Graham Cluley

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Elon Musk is still causing chaos at Twitter (and it's beginning to impact users), are scammers selling your house without your permission, and Google gets stung with a record-breaking fine.

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Digital Guardian

APRIL 7, 2023

Genesis Market is the latest victim in a string of law enforcement takedowns, the FDA and CISA are cracking down on medical devices and open-source software, respectively, and fake ransomware scams are on the rise. Catch up on all the latest in this week’s Friday Five!

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

At issue is a “redirect” feature available to businesses that chose to market through LinkedIn.com. Here’s the very first Slink created: [link] which redirects to the homepage for LinkedIn Marketing Solutions. A recent phishing site that abused LinkedIn’s marketing redirect. Image: Urlscan.io.

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Heimadal Security

JUNE 2, 2022

RuneScape is a fantasy multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that was created and marketed by Jagex. The post New RuneScape Phishing Scam Aimed at Stealing Accounts and In-game Item Bank PINs appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. The game was first made available in January of 2001.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 10, 2024

The approval would mark a key milestone for the cryptocurrency market in gaining acceptance to mainstream financial markets. A spot Bitcoin ETF will buy the cryptocurrency directly, “on the spot”, at its current price, throughout the day. Someone knowing this was going to happen could have made a significant profit.

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Hot for Security

MAY 24, 2021

While the ongoing pandemic and vaccination campaigns ushered in a new wave of creative scams, some malicious actors prefer to stick to old-fashioned scams that have proven efficient in the past. 79.72% of scam emails appear to be sent from IP addresses in Germany, targeting users in Europe and North America.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 6, 2022

However, it’s more likely I dodged a Bitcoin scam. The kind of scam where I’d have to use screenshots of my bank account slowly being drained of all available funds for my next blog post. Common Instagram Bitcoin scams. Sadly, people promising get rich quick Bitcoin schemes on Instagram are a growing market of garbage and dross.

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Digital Guardian

APRIL 7, 2023

Genesis Market is the latest victim in a string of law enforcement takedowns, the FDA and CISA are cracking down on medical devices and open-source software, respectively, and fake ransomware scams are on the rise. Catch up on all the latest in this week’s Friday Five!

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Digital Guardian

APRIL 7, 2023

Genesis Market is the latest victim in a string of law enforcement takedowns, the FDA and CISA are cracking down on medical devices and open-source software, respectively, and fake ransomware scams are on the rise. Catch up on all the latest in this week’s Friday Five!

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Naked Security

MAY 22, 2023

Site marketing video promised total anonymity, but that was a lie. 170 arrested already. Potentially 1000s more to follow.

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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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Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

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. In these sections, entire teams are put together to conduct cryptocurrency scams.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

“The various websites were all using the same marketing software built by email marketing company Mailfire — who was responsible for the leak.” Leaked data could expose users to several malicious activities, including scams, identity theft, blackmail and extortion, and of course attack takeover. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Threatpost

JUNE 21, 2022

Attackers are targeting a number of key vertical markets in the U.S. with the active campaign, which impersonates the organization and Microsoft to lift Office365 and Outlook log-in details.

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Identity IQ

MAY 9, 2022

What are NFT scams? Most NFT scams happen when a bad actor steals a participant’s cryptocurrency wallet login or tricks a buyer into believing they have successfully purchased or sold a legitimate NFT. Here’s a Rundown of the Most Common NFT Scams and How to Help Avoid Them. It’s called a giveaway scam, and it’s a classic.

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SecureBlitz

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The post What Is Business Benefits Of The Blockchain Market? Check out this article to find more about the benefits of blockchain for business. Indeed, blockchain technology is quite popular nowadays due to various reasons. appeared first on SecureBlitz Cybersecurity.

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Dark Reading

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

BEC gangs Midnight Hedgehog and Mandarin Capybara show how online marketing and translation tools are making it easy for these threat groups to scale internationally.

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IT Security Guru

APRIL 5, 2024

Infiltrating various markets, it presents new and enhanced risks to this landscape. One of the primary markets touched by the evolving GenAI is cybersecurity. GenAI creates convincing images, so it can even create phony product listings for scams. The cybersecurity market is estimated to be worth around $182.84

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