We Live Security

JULY 4, 2025

Here’s how to avoid getting played by gamified job scams. In 2024 alone, employment scams reported to the FBI made fraudsters over $264 million. Many of these are so-called “task scams,” where victims are actually tricked into paying a “deposit” in order to get paid. It might sound unbelievable.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 15, 2025

Smart scams, smarter protection To combat this growing threat, PayPal has unveiled a dynamic, AI-driven fraud alert system designed to intercept scams before money is lost. Buy from trusted sources: Stick to verified sellers and avoid social media listings or unverified platforms. With fraud losses topping $12.5

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 18, 2025

So, how can we make dating scams less attractive? Which brings us to a misconception about dating scams: most dating related scams happen off the apps. In fact, youre more likely to be targeted on social media. The website also features advice on how to avoid scams online, too.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2024

More importantly, Tony recognized the voice of “Daniel from Google” when it was featured in an interview by Junseth , a podcaster who covers cryptocurrency scams. “No one gets arrested,” Daniel enthused to Junseth in the May 7 podcast, which quickly went viral on social media.

Cryptocurrency

SecureList

AUGUST 13, 2025

Introduction Phishing and scams are dynamic types of online fraud that primarily target individuals, with cybercriminals constantly adapting their tactics to deceive people. In particular, phishing and scam bots are common in the online dating world. This scam is known as pig butchering.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 14, 2025

Researchers have uncovered a large campaign impersonating news websites, such as those from CNN, BBC, CNBC, News24, and ABC News, to promote investment scams. Besides the ads, websites, and platforms, the scammers use countless social media accounts to host and promote the sponsored ads. Double check anything you read.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2025

The question is no longer whether AI-driven scams will target your business, but how prepared you are to counter them. The post Online Scams in the Age of AI appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 21, 2025

Details released by authorities so far indicate the mobile wallets being used by the scammers were created through online phishing scams, and that the accused were relying on a custom Android app to relay tap-to-pay transactions from mobile devices located in China. Authorities in at least two U.S. Image: WLVT-8.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Meta provided insight this week into the company’s efforts in taking down more than 2 million accounts that were connected to pig butchering scams on their owned platforms, Facebook and Instagram. Pig butchering scams are big business, with hundreds of millions of dollars involved every year.

Accountability

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

And 2025 will be no different, as increasingly sophisticated online hackers seek to take advantage of Valentine's themed email traffic, social media advertisements, or marketing campaigns, and exploit heightened emotions and a desire to connect. Verify charities before donating Scam emails and messages impersonating charities are common.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 16, 2025

Amazon has sent out an alert to its 200 million customers, warning them that scammers are impersonating Amazon in a Prime membership scam. How to avoid falling for an Amazon scam If you receive an email like this, don’t click on any links. Report the scam to Amazon itself, whether you’ve fallen for it or not.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Political ads could be hiding online scams, many people feel, and the election, they say, will likely fall victim to some type of “cyber interference.” 52% are “very concerned” or “concerned” about “falling prey to a scam when interacting with political messages.” Those ads may be falling on deaf ears, though.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 3, 2025

By compromising an increasing number of Discord accounts, criminals can fool other Discord users into believing that their everyday friends and contacts are speaking with them, emotionally manipulating those users into falling for even more scams and malware campaigns. But the end goal to this scam, and most others, is monetary gain.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 23, 2025

Bacon Redux: Pig butchering and other serious scams still thriving, despite crackdowns in Dubai and Myanmar The post Asian Scam Farms: Industrial Scale, Warns UN Report appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 31, 2025

Department of Justice refers to the cybercrime group as Saim Raza , after a pseudonym The Manipulaters communally used to promote their spam, malware and phishing services on social media.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The targeted SMS scams asked employees to click a link and log in at a website that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. The feds then obtained records from Virgin Media, which showed the address was leased for several months to Tyler Buchanan , a 22-year-old from Dundee, Scotland.

Identity Theft

Webroot

APRIL 11, 2025

Thats why each year, the IRS releases its list of Dirty Dozen Tax Scams. Common tax scams to watch out for in 2025 IRS Impersonation: The most common type of tax fraud starts with a phone call, text or email. Its easy to avoid these scams by remembering this important tip – the first time the IRS contacts you, it will be by U.S.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

A scan of social media networks showed this is not an uncommon scam. It’s unclear, however, if the company’s 2FA requirement is enforced for all or just newer partners. Booking.com did not respond to questions about that, and its current account security advice urges customers to enable 2FA.

Phishing

Malwarebytes

MAY 1, 2025

Phishing In phishing scams, cybercriminals trick people and businesses into handing over sensitive information like credit card numbers or login details for vital online accounts. Social media account takeover Social media is not just a vital tool for promoting many small businesses, it can often be the entire business itself.

Small Business

eSecurity Planet

MAY 11, 2025

At the center of this disturbing new trend is a previously unknown infostealer called Noodlophile Stealer, now being secretly distributed through fraudulent websites promoted on social media. How the scam works: Free AI tools that cost you everything The trap begins on Facebook, where well-designed posts and pages promote fake AI services.

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Jane Frankland

JANUARY 19, 2025

In it, she highlighted a fascinating shift in social media behaviour: the most common action people are now taking isnt liking or commenting on public postsits actually having private conversations in direct messages or small, private groups. This proactive step significantly reduces impulsive responses to scams or urgent-sounding threats.

Cybersecurity

eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2025

The scam, which combined a phone call and a cleverly disguised email, highlights just how advanced phishing methods are becoming, even fooling seasoned tech leaders. Mosseri shared his experience in a post on Threads , the social media platform owned by Meta. Experienced a sophisticated phishing attack yesterday, he wrote.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 10, 2025

According to new research conducted by Malwarebytes, 44% of people encounter a mobile scam every single day, while 78% encounter scams at least weekly. As Malwarebytes learned, 25% of scam victims were harassed or blackmailed, 19% had private info exposed, and 15% permanently lost their money. You can read the full report below.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Some of the malicious apps were promoted through deceptive advertising on social media. “ SpyLoan apps exploit official app stores like Google Play, deceptive branding, and social media ads to appear credible. Similar scams were reported globally. ” concludes the report.

Social Engineering

Malwarebytes

MAY 28, 2025

Links to the malicious websites were brought to the researchers’ attention by ads and links in comments on social media platforms. How to avoid fake AI tool scams The researchers stated: The temptation to try the latest AI tool can lead to anyone becoming a victim. Dont click on sponsored search results.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 7, 2025

How to avoid Facebook phishing Since we can expect to see more phishing campaigns that use mailto: links, here are some tips to avoid falling victim to such a scam. Do an online search about the email you received, in case others are posting about similar scams. Use Malwarebytes Scam Guard to assess the message.

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

This month, take advantage of all that NCPW offers, including access to free tools and information that can help you identify and prevent online scams, fraud, and identity theft. Contact is usually made through social media, by phone or in person. Social media privacy Avoid sharing personal information on social media.

Consumer Protection

Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2025

Meanwhile, Hong Kong Police analyzed over 1,700 intel items from INTERPOL, uncovering 117 command-and-control servers used for phishing, fraud, and social media scams. In coordinated raids, Sri Lanka and Nauru authorities arrested 14 people and identified 40 victims. said Neal Jetton, INTERPOL’s Director of Cybercrime.

Cybercrime

The Hacker News

JULY 8, 2025

A newly released report by cybersecurity firm CTM360 reveals a large-scale scam operation utilizing fake news websites—known as Baiting News Sites (BNS)—to deceive users into online investment fraud across 50 countries. These BNS pages are made to look like real news outlets: CNN, BBC, CNBC, or regional media.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2025

million in USDT stolen through ‘romance baiting’ scams, where victims are tricked into fake investments promising high returns. in USDT (Tether) linked to a ‘romance baiting’ scam. The scam involves emotional manipulation, leaving victims financially devastated and reluctant to report the fraud.

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IT Security Guru

APRIL 25, 2025

Phishing is a great example of this, with it evolving from simple email scams to more malicious and carefully thought-out attacks. As more people shift to online financial platforms or cryptocurrencies, digital wallets have become a common target for phishing scams.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 27, 2024

A lot of AI related stories this year dealt with social media and other public sources that were scraped to train an AI model. And if the accidents didnt scare people off, there were also some outright scams targeting people that were eager to use some of the popular applications of AI.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 17, 2025

Introduction: A high-tech twist on age-old scams Impersonation fraud is not new, but the scale and believability of recent AI-driven schemes pose an unprecedented threat to financial organizations. In 2025, U.S. Figure 1: Projected U.S. What used to require Hollywood-level resources can now be done with off-the-shelf AI tools.

Banking

Malwarebytes

JUNE 19, 2025

Take the 184 million logins for social media accounts we reported about recently. But that doesn’t take away from the fact that these credentials are in the hands of cybercriminals who can use them for: Account takeovers : Cybercriminals can use stolen credentials to hijack social media, banking, or corporate accounts.

Identity Theft

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Deepfakes are media content—such as videos, images, or audio—created using GAI to realistically manipulate faces, voices, or even entire events. For example, these campaigns leverage fake social media accounts to post questions and comments about divisive internal issues in the U.S.

Artificial Intelligence

Malwarebytes

JUNE 18, 2025

Cybercriminals frequently use fake search engine listings to take advantage of our trust in popular brands, and then scam us. In the latest example of this type of scam, we found tech support scammers hijacking the results of people looking for 24/7 support for Apple, Bank of America, Facebook, HP, Microsoft, Netflix, and PayPal.

Banking

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 28, 2025

From bogus IRS messages to sneaky links designed to swipe your refund (and identity), phishing scams are ramping up. Common tax scams, including a Ghost Preparer One prevalent scam involves phishing emails and text messages that appear to be from the IRS or reputable tax preparation services.

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