The Last Watchdog

JUNE 9, 2022

Internet and email fraud. Identity-theft. Identity theft can happen online, over the phone, or without the victim’s knowledge by stealing the victim’s information. A criminal exploiting someone’s medical or insurance details to make fraudulent claims is known as medical identity theft. Debt relief scams.

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The risk of identity theft is a concept that most of us are probably familiar with given the rise of cybercrime and data breaches. Yet a new report by Identity Theft Resource Center and DIG. Consider issuing a credit freeze and fraud alert with all three credit bureaus. IdentityIQ.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2023

Resecurity has recently identified the STYX Marketplace, a new cybercriminal e-commerce platform with a specialized focus on financial fraud and money laundering. For example, fraud prevention teams often struggle to detect criminal cash-outs and drops without prior intelligence about “money mule” networks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 27, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Arkose Labs , the global leader in fraud deterrence and account security, today announced Brett Johnson, a former US Most Wanted cybercriminal, identity thief, hacker, and Original Internet Godfather, has joined the company as Chief Criminal Officer. About Arkose Labs.

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IT Security Guru

JANUARY 25, 2021

Throughout the Coronavirus outbreak, as many migrated their businesses online, the increase in fraudulence and general cyber-crime become a large cause for concern, and payroll fraud wasn’t an exception. What are the most common payroll fraud red flags? Identifying payroll fraud. How to prevent payroll fraud.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 16, 2020

Also known as “CEO fraud” and “W2 fraud,” BEC is a very damaging form of phishing–one that riffs off the whaling method, where the hacker’s goal is to trick a c-suite employee into clicking a link or opening an attachment. So Isn’t BEC Just Another Form of Phishing? But it takes other forms.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 16, 2023

On its website PharMerica says: “At this point, PharMerica is not aware of any fraud or identity theft to any individual as a result of this incident, but is nonetheless notifying potentially affected individuals to provide them with more information and resources.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 2, 2022

Their attacks are usually low-skill and low-resource, such as using social engineering (phishing) for fraudulent redirects to malicious websites. Money Laundering and Fraud Are Rising at The Greatest Rates in Attacks by Individual Threat Actors. Of these, money laundering and fraud are rising at the greatest rates.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), losses due to BEC scams since 2013 total around $28 billion dollars and it is the most profitable cybercrime there is. In the Account Compromise and Data Theft variants, containment should follow existing CIRP procedures. Will you contact law enforcement to request assistance?

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 7, 2022

As people conduct more and more business online — both in their personal and professional lives — cybercrime has become big business, more organized and well-funded than ever. ATO is often the source of data breaches, theft, and other fraudulent activities. billion in 2021 when compared with 2020.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

But the dark web is also associated with illegal activities including the trafficking of drugs, weapons, and illegal pornography, hacking and cybercrime, terrorism, and the sale of stolen data or personal information. You could become the victim of financial fraud, employment identity scams, tax identity theft, and more.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

As stated in Group-IB’s annual report “ Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2018 ” presented at the CyberCrimeCon18 conference, every month, 1-2 banks lose money as a result of cyber attacks, and the damage caused by one successful theft is, on average, $2 million. In the previous period, three such attacks were recorded: in Hong Kong, Ukraine, and Turkey.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 17, 2018

The FBI warned it had intelligence indicating that criminals had breached an unknown payment provider’s network with malware to access bank customer card information and exploit network access, enabling large scale theft of funds from ATMs.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

We can therefore expect that cybercrime groups from either block will feel safe to attack companies from the opposing side. We expect cyberthreats to rise in 2023, as unrest in the world contributes to an increase in cybercrimes. I expect that the theft of medical data (ex. Some may even perceive this as their patriotic duty.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2019

CEO of NGN International, Yaqoob AlAwadhi stated that, from 2017 to 2018, cybercrimes aimed at financial thefts increased significantly with cyber-criminals largely exploiting software vulnerabilities through phishing mailings and hacked legal resources. Map of Middle-Eastern Countries. About Group-IB. About NGN International.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

According to Group-IB’s report findings, Asia is one of the most actively attacked regions in the world, the company presented latest cybercrime trends. A relatively new method of fraud on the ICO market was stealing a White Paper of ICO project and presenting an identical idea under a new brand name.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to cause a massive wave of poverty, and that invariably translates into more people resorting to crime, including cybercrime. We might see certain economies crashing and local currencies plummeting, which would make Bitcoin theft a lot more attractive. Cracking down hard on the cybercrime world.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Importance of Data Security Data security is a set of procedures and policies that safeguard essential digital information from unwanted access or theft. Supply chain attacks and physical theft are all potential third-party vulnerabilities that can cause a data breach. The vulnerability of legacy systems and outdated technology.

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McAfee

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Some effects of ransomware include downtime, data loss, possible intellectual property theft, major financial consequences and more. We must not forget that with every cyberattack, there is always a human cost, whether it’s a business dealing with an outage or a consumer dealing with a major fraud. The Rise of Ransomware.

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Cytelligence

JANUARY 27, 2020

Unlike, identity theft, crypto-currency theft, or bank fraud, ransomware is a fast, cheap, and effective method of extracting fees from victims. Cybersecurity insurance firms are increasingly encouraging their customers to pay the ransom, instead of rebuilding or outright losing resources that are encrypted.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2022

Since cybersecurity is a newer concept for most businesses, finding an insurance carrier who has tools and resources available to educate companies on cybersecurity risks and mitigation strategies can be few and far between,” said Friedman. CNA also provides tools and resources to understand exposures and address potential losses.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 24, 2021

And where there are benefits, you can also be assured that there will be individual scam artists and national (if not international) cybercrime gangs attempting to get those benefits by fraudulent means. ” The memo also identified potential fraud benefits paid in the following four areas: Multi-State Claimants — totalling $3.5

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SC Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

The combination of data could readily enable social engineering attacks, fraud, full-fledged identity theft attacks, and other cybercrimes, he warned. All signs point to overall security failings.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Every nation analyzed the trends of cybercrime as apprehensions rose. If law enforcement does not attempt to match cybercrime’s rapid rise in popularity, criminals will continue to get away with their actions. Take the medical and science sectors during the pandemic, for example — this event made them relevant targets for cybercrime.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 13, 2020

Cybercrime nearly always increases during times of crisis as criminals take advantage of panic and unease. The COVID-19 pandemic is certainly no exception, but victims of cybercrime often don’t know where to turn for help. Kristin Judge, founder of the Cybercrime Support Network, hopes to change that. billion in victim losses.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

financial transactions associated with the commission of crimes, such as buying and selling drugs or weapons, leasing servers used in the commission of cybercrime, soliciting funds to support terrorist activity, or ransom, blackmail and extortion. . support for initiatives that would aid investigators in gathering evidence.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

But the plan failed and the Ukrainian mastermind behind it soon after was imprisoned for unrelated cybercrime offenses. That individual recently gave his first interview since finishing his jail time here in the states, and he’s shared some select (if often abrasive and coarse) details on how he got into cybercrime and why.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2019

Group-IB’s analysis of 2,440 infected websites revealed that more than half or resources were attacked by MagentoName JS-sniffer family, whose operators exploit vulnerabilities of older versions of the Magento CMS (Content Management System) to inject malicious code into the codes of websites powered by this CMS. How JS-sniffers attack.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Russian police arrested six people individuals, allegedly members of a crime ring involved in the theft and selling of stolen credit cards. Another success of Russian police that arrested six people allegedly members of a crime gang involved in the theft and selling of stolen credit cards. “This resource is blocked.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Finally, it could even act as a backdoor through which hackers could gain remote access to the infected machine’s resources. Petya was initially developed by a group called Janus Cybercrime Solutions as part of its ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) platform.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

government has leveled against Burkov may seem fairly unremarkable: Prosecutors say he ran a credit card fraud forum called CardPlanet that sold more than 150,000 stolen credit cards. A screen shot from the Mazafaka cybercrime forum, circa 2011. Andrei Shirokov / Tass via Getty Images. On the surface, the charges the U.S.

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