2010 Phishing Scams 
Krebs on Security
JULY 20, 2021
Junk email campaigns touting employment or “money mule” scams cost $300 per million, and phishing emails could be blasted out through Severa’s botnet for the bargain price of $500 per million. One was Alan Ralsky , an American spammer who was convicted in 2009 of paying Severa and other spammers to promote pump-and-dump stock scams.
Malwarebytes
JULY 28, 2021
2010 Vancouver. In terms of actual attacks which took place, we see the rise of mobile as a way in for Olympics scams. Email spam promising free airline tickets to see the games is a timeless social media scam also repackaged for this sporting event. Here, you’d get nothing but survey scams. What a combo!
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Malwarebytes
OCTOBER 11, 2022
There is a semi-mythical scam which comes around every couple of years, like some sort of digital bad luck version of Halley’s Comet. While I’m not aware of someone having lost money to this scam previously, it struck gold in 2022. 2010: Still hitching a ride. Did I mention the arrow is in space? 2004: First contact.
Krebs on Security
DECEMBER 16, 2019
In March 2010, Aqua would divulge in an encrypted chat that his crew was working directly with the Zeus author (Slavik/Lucky12345), but that they found him abrasive and difficult to tolerate: dimka: I read about the king of seas, was it your handy work? . 2010 Criminal complaint vs. Yukabets, et. Besides us no one reads his column .
SecureWorld News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Fraud: Sophisticated scams, including bonus abuse and account takeovers, pose significant financial risks. Don't forget to enable MFA, use strong, unique passwords, and be suspicious of inbound messages about gaming that could be phishing attempts. This makes them prime targets for cybercriminals.
Malwarebytes
APRIL 6, 2021
To be honest, between scraping vulnerabilities dating back to 2010 , and the Cambridge Analytica scandal , an old data breach is still a data breach, and you’re probably still going to need to pay attention to it. The first thing that comes to mind is a scam where people text you pretending to be a relative or dear friend.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 1, 2019
. “The first database contained more than 14 million personal and tax records from 2010 to 2016, and the second included over 6 million from 2009 to 2015.” The exposed data could be used by threat actors to carry out tax scam and frauds. ” continues the experts. ” concludes the experts.
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