Krebs on Security

APRIL 14, 2019

site that helps him manage more than 500 scam properties and interactions with up to 100 (soon-to-be-scammed) “guests” looking to book the fake listings. The Land Lordz administrative panel for a scammer who’s running dozens of Airbnb scams in the United Kingdom. The price is € 250 + €500 secure deposit.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In December 2018, bling vendor Signet Jewelers fixed a weakness in their Kay Jewelers and Jared websites that exposed the order information for all of their online customers. That would be a pretty convincing scam. Or just targeted phishing attacks.”

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

As I started delving back through my own writing over the years, the picture became much clearer and it really crystallised just this week after I inadvertently landed on a nasty phishing site. In the end I broke it down into 3 Ps: padlocks, phishing and privacy. Here's the value proposition of a VPN in the modern era: 1.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Domain names ending in “ US ” — the top-level domain for the United States — are among the most prevalent in phishing scams, new research shows. government, which is frequently the target of phishing domains ending in.US. US phishing domains.US As far back as 2018, Interisle found.US

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Speaking of generous contributions, more than 100 readers have expressed their support in 2018 via PayPal donations to this site. We’d targeted for that to happen in 2018, but multiple unforeseen circumstances conspired to delay that project this year. Half of All Phishing Sites Now Have the Padlock.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The fake USPS phishing page. Recent weeks have seen a sizable uptick in the number of phishing scams targeting U.S. Here’s a look at an extensive SMS phishing operation that tries to steal personal and financial data by spoofing the USPS, as well as postal services in at least a dozen other countries. com usa-usps[.]shop

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

But it’s worth revisiting how this group typically got in to targeted companies: By calling employees and tricking them into navigating to a phishing website. But we do know the March 2020 attack was precipitated by a spear-phishing attack against a GoDaddy employee. In a filing with the U.S.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

billion bad ads in 2018, including 58.8 million phishing ads for violation of its policies. Google introduced 31 new ads policies in 2018, aiming at protecting users from scams and other fraudulent activities (i.e. million phishing ads. . million phishing ads. . million phishing ads.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 9, 2022

And, let’s be honest , the deceptive writing phishing assaults and other cyber threats today employ are skilled enough to fool even the most trained, internet-savvy experts. That said, here are what I consider to be the Top 5 online threats seniors face today: •Computer tech support scams. Romance Scam.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 25, 2018

The sextortion email scam last month that invoked a real password used by each recipient and threatened to release embarrassing Webcam videos almost certainly was not the work of one criminal or even one group of criminals. In early June 2018, uscourtsgov-dot-com was associated with a Sigma ransomware scam delivered via spam.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

The COVID-19 epidemic has brought a wave of email phishing attacks that try to trick work-at-home employees into giving away credentials needed to remotely access their employers’ networks. The employee phishing page bofaticket[.]com. Image: urlscan.io.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

A reader forwarded what he briefly imagined might be a bold, if potentially costly, innovation on the old Nigerian prince scam that asks for help squirreling away millions in unclaimed fortune: It was sent via the U.S. This type of “advance fee” or “419” scam letter is common in spam, probably less so via USPS.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The top-level domain for the United States — US — is home to thousands of newly-registered domains tied to a malicious link shortening service that facilitates malware and phishing scams, new research suggests. domains as among the most prevalent in phishing attacks over the past year. US phishing domains.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

A recent spate of SMS phishing attacks from one cybercriminal group has spawned a flurry of breach disclosures from affected companies, which are all struggling to combat the same lingering security threat: The ability of scammers to interact directly with employees through their mobile devices. Image: Cloudflare.com. 2, and Aug.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 29, 2021

There are some scams on Steam which have stood the test of time. Phishing campaigns aimed at harvesting as many user credentials as possible, for example, are a dime a dozen. For those who aren’t aware of this scam and its variants, below is a breakdown of how the scam works. The Steam scam playthrough.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 26, 2018

pic.twitter.com/lifCZRcICF — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) March 20, 2018. I couldn’t help myself pic.twitter.com/zvx3myyItn — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) March 20, 2018. pic.twitter.com/i2EFDFgLem — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) March 20, 2018. pic.twitter.com/hzXmVWq2KD — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) March 20, 2018.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Nicholas Truglia was part of a group alleged to have stolen more than $100 million from cryptocurrency investors using fraudulent “SIM swaps,” scams in which identity thieves hijack a target’s mobile phone number and use that to wrest control over the victim’s online identities. Image: twitter.com/erupts.

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Threatpost

MARCH 12, 2019

Scammers used both older, tested-and-true phishing tactics in 2018 - but also newer tricks, such as fresh distribution methods, according to a new report.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 24, 2019

billion in 2018. Nevertheless, the information exposed by First American would be a virtual gold mine for phishers and scammers involved in so-called Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams, which often impersonate real estate agents, closing agencies, title and escrow firms in a bid to trick property buyers into wiring funds to fraudsters.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 16, 2020

Consider that the average cost for a ransomware attack against a business is about $4,400, and your run of the mill phishing incident weighs in at a much less hefty $500. billion in BEC scam-related losses the year before. So Isn’t BEC Just Another Form of Phishing? BEC has a home In the pantheon of ishings.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 20, 2021

Levashov has been in federal custody since his extradition to the United States and guilty plea in 2018, and was facing up to 12 more years in prison. 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.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Meanwhile, security experts argue that even in cases where online abusers provide intentionally misleading or false information in WHOIS records, that information is still extremely useful in mapping the extent of their malware, phishing and scamming operations.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The Kaspersky Anti-Phishing component blocked 434,898,635 attempts at accessing scam sites. The most frequent targets of phishing attacks were online stores (18.12 The contact phone trick was heavily used both in email messages and on phishing pages. The link opened a phishing page disguised as the Outlook web interface.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The fraudsters behind the often laughable Nigerian prince email scams have long since branched out into far more serious and lucrative forms of fraud, including account takeovers, phishing, dating scams, and malware deployment. The FBI says BEC scams netted thieves more than $12 billion between 2013 and 2018.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 7, 2018

On July 18, 2018, Pasco County authorities arrested Ricky Joseph Handschumacher , an employee of the city of Port Richey, Fla, charging him with grand theft and money laundering. ” A SIM card is the tiny, removable chip in a mobile device that allows it to connect to the provider’s network. A WORRIED MOM. GRAND PLANS.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 2, 2022

Another day, another dollar, another phishing scam that'll make you holler. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the conviction of a California man who stole more than $23 million from the Department of Defense (DOD) through a complex phishing scam. On October 10, 2018, the DOD transferred $23.5

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Scamming championship: sports-related fraud. Scam: get it yourself, share with friends. million redirects to phishing pages. Spam in the name of generous philanthropists and large organizations offering lockdown compensation is already a standard variant of the “Nigerian prince” scam. Statistics: phishing.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2018

In mid-November 2018, KrebsOnSecurity heard from a Jared customer who found something curious after receiving a receipt via email for a pair of earrings he’d just purchased as a surprise gift for his girlfriend. . That would be a pretty convincing scam. Or just targeted phishing attacks.” ”

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Short-lived phishing sites often offered to see the premieres before the eagerly awaited movie or television show was scheduled to hit the screen. Thus, during the World Cup a brand-new scam appeared: it offered users to win a newly released iPhone 14 for predicting match outcomes.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 28, 2021

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. 2018 Pyeongchang. What a combo!

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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. 30, 2018 through Oct. 26, 2018 — 58 days’ worth of spam.” “Talos extracted all messages from these two sextortion campaigns that were received by SpamCop from Aug.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 20, 2021

There’s been a number of scams targeting fans of major upcoming video game releases over the last week or two. Early access, where players are granted first look at a title by paying or for free, is where our latest scam lies. Scammers are using demos and early access promises as bait for phishing and other forms of attack.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The Manipulaters’ core brand in the underground is a shared cybercriminal identity named “ Saim Raza ,” who for the past decade across dozens of cybercrime sites and forums has peddled a popular spamming and phishing service variously called “ Fudtools ,” “ Fudpage ,” “ Fudsender ,” etc.

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SecureList

MAY 1, 2023

Can ChatGPT detect phishing links? We work on applying machine learning technologies to cybersecurity tasks, specifically models that analyze websites to detect threats such as phishing. live/login.php Yes, it is likely a phishing attempt. Is it phishing? Please explain why.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

— ProtonMail (@ProtonMail) November 16, 2018. ” ProtonMail confirmed to be aware of a limited number of hacked accounts that have been compromised likely through credential stuffing of phishing attacks, but excluded that its systems have been breached. Why mention Avenatti in a scam attempt? Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Through Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

An Fbi.gov article states that, “while these scams can happen at any time, they are especially prevalent after high-profile disasters. Charity Fraud Scam Vectors and Social Engineering Techniques. Some of these include phishing, vishing , social media, and crowdfunding platforms. In short, the campaign was a scam.

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Dark Reading

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Tis the season for holiday crafted phishes, scams, and a range of cyberattacks. Experts list the hottest holiday hacks for 2018.

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