Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Security experts from Digital Shadows have conducted an interesting study about the technique adopted by crooks to infiltrate company emails, so-called BEC scam. According to the FBI , the number of business email account (BEC) and email account compromise (EAC) scam incidents worldwide reached 78,000 between October 2013 and May 2018.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2020

The dark web marketplace Empire Market has been down for at least 3 days, two of the possible reasons, an exit scam or a prolonged DDoS attack. The cause is still unclear, someone blames a prolonged denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, while some users suspect an exit scam. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Empire). Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

This quirk made the attack look more trustworthy and added a layer of flexibility to these scams. The CryptoLocker wave went into a decline in June 2014 as a result of the so-called Operation Tovar , an initiative orchestrated by law enforcement agencies from multiple countries. These included PClock, CryptoLocker 2.0,

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2020

While crooks continue to exploit the Coronavirus outbreak, the Europol announced to have arrested a man involved in COVID19 business scams. The Europol announced the arrest of a 39-year old man that is allegedly involved in Business email scam (BEC) connected to the current Coronavirus outbreak. The man has stolen €6.64

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2020

However, you can defend against the scams by taking certain protective measures that are listed below: Do not give your personal information: A common theme for most coronavirus phishing emails seems to be the inquiry for personal information such as Social Security Number or login information. SecurityAffairs – COVID19, hacking).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Another South Korean cryptocurrency exchange was hacked, this time the victim is Upbit that lost $48.5 Some Reddit users speculate that the incident could be not true and that the operators have made an exit scam. In December 2017, South Korea cryptocurrency exchange Youbit shuts down after it was hacked two times in a few months.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Crooks are exploiting the popularity of Elon Musk and a series of hacked verified Twitter accounts to implement a new fraud scheme. Crooks are exploiting the popularity of Elon Musk and a series of hacked verified Twitter accounts (i.e. in a simple as effective scam scheme. in a simple as effective scam scheme.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

There's a new criminal tactic involving hacking an e-mail account of a company that handles high-value transactions and diverting payments. Criminals hack into an art dealer's email account and monitor incoming and outgoing correspondence. EDITED TO ADD (11/14): Brian Krebs wrote about this in 2014.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2019

In the wake of the New Zealand mosque shooting, the CISA recommends users to remain vigilant on possible scams and malware attacks. In the wake of the New Zealand mosque shooting, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recommends users to remain vigilant on possible scams and malware attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Money Transfer Scam – Scammers hack the victims’s email accounts, monitor conversations between the buyers and title agents, send instructions on where to wire the money. The con in question is a money transfer scam with all the likeness of a typical transaction. Security Affairs – Money Transfer Scam, cybercrime).

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2020

“Since we became aware of the incident, it has become clear that owing to COVID-19, there is heightened concern about personal data being used for online scams. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2019

DOJ charged 80 people, most of them are Nigerian nationals, with participating in massive BEC and romance scams that collected millions of dollars. Federal authorities arrested 80 people accused participating in massive BEC and romance scams that raked millions of dollars from victims worldwide. SecurityAffairs – BEC, scam).

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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. Iran, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs –.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Last year, researchers at Minerva Labs spotted the botnet being used to blast out sextortion scams. The account didn’t resume posting on the forum until April 2014. Shotliff said he sold his BHProxies account to another Black Hat World forum user from Egypt back in 2014. 5, 2014 , but historic DNS records show BHproxies[.]com

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Ritz hotel). The post Ritz hotel diners were victims of a sophisticated scam appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2020

A cybercrime gang focused on Business Email Compromise (BEC) has started using coronavirus-themed scam emails in its attacks. The researchers received a coronavirus-themed scam email that attempted to trick victims into using a different bank account for the payment due to the COVID-19 outbreak. SecurityAffairs – hacking, BEC).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Security experts from Cisco Talos have uncovered two recent sextortion scam campaigns that appear to leverage on the Necurs botnet infrastructure. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. .” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2019

“I read the documentation and I know you are a wealthy person who may be concerned about reputation,” reads the scam email message sent to the victims. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

has been hacked, he is the last celebrity in order of time that had the social media accounts compromised. Instagram account has been hacked, in this case the attacker did not publish offensive messages, but attempted to monetize their efforts by posting fake giveaways for Apple products. SecurityAffairs – Robert Downey Jr, hacking).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 3, 2022

A T-Mobile employee, who has been now ousted from the post, was found guilty of indulging in a $25 million scam where he hacked into the internal systems of mobile carrier to unlock and unblock cell phones on network.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2020

The company confirmed that the an investigation into the hack is still ongoing. Experts warn that attackers can use the PII in the data dump to carry out phishing campaigns, online and offline scams, and even identity theft. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2019

A penny stock is a security issued by a small company, generally for less than $5 per share, let’s see how crooks attempt to exploit them for scam s. Although it’s not always the case, opportunities to invest in penny stocks are frequently scams. For example, they could safeguard their systems from hacks. Cleary, Jr.,

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2020

According to Group-IB’s data, the first scams to sell fake digital passes appeared in late March, when the Moscow authorities tightened self-isolation requirements and restricted travel around the capital city. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – COVID-19, hacking).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2020

March 24 – New York Attorney General asks domain registrars to crack down on COC scam sites. New York Attorney General asks domain registrars, including GoDaddy, and Namecheap, to crack down on COVID19 scam sites. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Affiliates are essential to spread malicious code through hacking operations against businesses. The deposit demonstrates that the ransomware operators have a profitable business and trust the hacker forum and don’t fear an exit scam of its administrators. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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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. ” continues Darknetstats.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Dear users, Unfortunately we have to notify you with the fact that our exchange was hacked during the night and almost all funds from BTC, ETH, ARRR and VRSC were stolen. At the time it is not clear who is behind the attack, hacking group @LulzSec has claimed responsibility for the hack. SecurityAffairs – Altsbit, hacking).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Exposed data could be abused by threat actors to carry out malicious activities, including identity theft and phone call scams. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Staples).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2020

The Coronavirus-themed attacks continue to increase, experts warn of thousands of COVID-19 scam and malware sites are being created every day. I started seeing a lot of scams and malware related to COVID-19, so I created a feed that is updated every 30 seconds if a new COVID-19 related hostname is discovered in certificate transparency logs.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2020

Indian jobseekers personal details that was offered for free in the hacking underground. Indian jobseekers personal details that was offered for free in the hacking underground. GB (zipped) file on one of the hacking forums. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2020

April 27 – Group-IB helps to detain operators of scam-service issuing fake passes to move around Moscow amid COVID-19 virus lockdown. April 28 – Experts warn of deliveries scams that use a COVID-19 theme. April 28 – Experts warn of deliveries scams that use a COVID-19 theme. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2019

” The FBI provided the following answers to those interested in have more info on the sextortion scams: What is sextortion? Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2020

The Zeus Sphinx banking Trojan continues to evolve while receiving new updates it is employed in ongoing coronavirus-themed scams. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – Zeus Sphinx , hacking).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – SimJacker, hacking). The post SimJacker attack allows hacking any phone with just an SMS appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

The FBI published a security advisory to warn of cyber actors using online dating sites to conduct confidence/romance scam and recruit money mules. The FBI published a security advisory to warn of confidence/romance scams turning victims into money mules. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2020

A cybercrime gang focused on Business Email Compromise (BEC) has started using COVID19-themed scam emails in its attacks. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – hacking, COVID-19).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Carnival Corporation). Pierluigi Paganini.

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