Krebs on Security

AUGUST 4, 2022

Email scammers sent an Uber to the home of an 80-year-old woman who responded to a well-timed email scam, in a bid to make sure she went to the bank and wired money to the fraudsters. ” “They took control of her screen and said they had accidentally transferred $160,000 into her account,” Hardaway said.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The FBI has issued a bulletin describing a bitcoin variant of a wire fraud scam : As the agency describes it, the scammer will contact their victim and somehow convince them that they need to send money, either with promises of love, further riches, or by impersonating an actual institution like a bank or utility company.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 7, 2024

A partial selfie posted by Puchmade Dev to his Twitter account. That story showed how Punchmade’s social media profiles promoted Punchmade-themed online stores selling bank account and payment card data. PNC Bank did not respond to a request for comment. Punchmade Dev’s previous online shop (now defunct).

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 31, 2025

Were forever investigating new scams here at Malwarebytes, and so we get how hard it is to know whator whoto trust online. Theres the scam that takes advantage of grieving people and tricks them into paying for a funeral live stream. How to protect yourself from scams Watch out for a false sense of urgency. No exceptions.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

You know how banks really, really want to avoid their customers falling victim to phishing scams? And how they put a heap of effort into education to warn folks about the hallmarks of phishing scams? And how banks are the shining beacons of light when it comes to demonstrating security best practices? Ah, cheeky phisher!

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 28, 2020

Email service provider Sendgrid is grappling with an unusually large number of customer accounts whose passwords have been cracked, sold to spammers, and abused for sending phishing and email malware attacks. “And I just am not seeing anything this egregious in terms of viruses and spams from the other email service providers.”

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 14, 2019

The ne’er-do-well who set up the account below has been paying $550 a month for a Land Lordz “basic plan” subscription at landlordz[.]site 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.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Most of us have been trained to be wary of clicking on links and attachments that arrive in emails unexpected, but it’s easy to forget scam artists are constantly dreaming up innovations that put a new shine on old-fashioned telephone-based phishing scams. After the unauthorized charges, he had just $300 remaining in his account.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 1, 2025

This update must be completed by 2025-03-16 to avoid any potential penalties or disruptions to your account. Perhaps they’ll sell the details on the dark web, or use them for themselves to get access to your Microsoft accounts. But that’s just one example of a tax scam.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 23, 2020

Many security-conscious people probably think they’d never fall for a phone-based phishing scam. But if your response to such a scam involves anything other than hanging up and calling back the entity that claims to be calling, you may be in for a rude awakening.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 18, 2025

So, how can we make dating scams less attractive? There are lots of areas where were already really good at preventing fraud, like online banking, for example, noted the panel. Accountability Fraudsters want to get you off the apps as quickly as possible, ultimately aiming for encrypted messaging services. Whilst friction (i.e.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram says its testing new ways to use facial recognition—both to combat scams and to help restore access to compromised accounts. The social media giant is testing the use of video selfies and facial recognition to help users get their hijacked accounts back. What do you think?

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

of all reports to the BBB Scam Tracker “were online purchase scams, up from 24.3% of those consumers lost money due to those scams, up from 71.2% A BBB survey conducted in August found that the majority of these scammed consumers made purchases for which they never received products. Keep a close eye on your accounts.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2025

The FBI warns of a significant increase in scams involving free online document converters to infect users with malware. “The FBI Denver Field Office is warning that agents are increasingly seeing a scam involving free online document converter tools, and we want to encourage victims to report instances of this scam.”

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 31, 2025

Streaming giant Netflix is at the center of a rising wave of online scams, cybersecurity experts warn. “Netflix is an all-year scam because there are so many people using it that hackers dont need to do anything special,” Zilberstein explained. They can now access the account, which contains financial information.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The CEO of a UK-based energy firm lost the equivalent of $243,000 after falling for a phone scam that implemented artificial intelligence, specifically a deepfake voice. The post Voice Deepfake Scams CEO out of $243,000 appeared first on Adam Levin. Read the Wall Street Journal article here (subscription required).

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Merrill has been studying the evolution of several China-based smishing gangs, and found that most of them feature helpful and informative video tutorials in their sales accounts on Telegram. “This is much bigger than the banks are prepared to say.” “Who says carding is dead? .

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Here are 50 ways to avoid getting scammed on Black Friday — and beyond. Credit cards offer markedly better fraud protections than debit cards , which connect directly to your bank account. Virtual credit cards similarly allow online shoppers to mask their financial accounts. Vary login credentials across accounts.

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Tech Republic Security

APRIL 5, 2022

In one type of phishing attack described by the IRS, scammers pose as IRS workers to try to coax employees into sharing social security numbers or bank account details. The post IRS warns consumers and businesses of common scams during tax season appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Australia's Scam Prevention Framework aims to protect consumers by holding tech, banking, and telecom sectors accountable, with fines up to $50 million.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 21, 2023

Related: The rise of ‘SMS toll fraud’ The Bank of America scam serves as a prime example of how criminals exploit this technique. These scammers impersonate Bank of America representatives, using the genuine bank’s phone number (+18004321000) to gain trust and deceive their targets.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Thieves are combining SMS-based phishing attacks with new “cardless” ATMs to rapidly convert phished bank account credentials into cash. Recent arrests in Ohio shed light on how this scam works. That is, until the bank zeroed in on four individuals suspected of perpetrating the crime spree.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The Russian-speaking Crazy Evil group runs over 10 social media scams, tricking victims into installing StealC, AMOS, and Angel Drainer malware. Security experts identified six Crazy Evil’s subteams, called AVLAND, TYPED, DELAND, ZOOMLAND, DEFI, and KEVLAND, which are running targeted scams for specific victim profiles.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 30, 2021

A counterfeit check image [redacted] that was intended for a person helping this fraud gang print and mail phony checks tied to a raft of email-based scams. the “car wrap” scam ). A few days after the check is deposited, it gets invariably canceled by the organization whose bank account information was on the check.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 10, 2020

Most who are eligible for payments can expect to have funds direct-deposited into the same bank accounts listed on previous years’ tax filings sometime next week. Today, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) stood up a site to collect bank account information from the many Americans who don’t usually file a tax return.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 20, 2025

March Madness is here, and while fans are busy filling out brackets and making last-minute bets, cybercriminals are running their own full-court presstargeting unsuspecting fans with phishing scams, fake betting apps, and credential-harvesting schemes. Awareness and vigilance.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 17, 2020

But KrebsOnSecurity received copious amounts of information about this scam from Milwaukee, Wisc. You will need to receive cash atm or at your bank branch.” Money mule scammers specialize in hacking employer accounts at job recruitment Web sites like Monster.com, Hotjobs.com and other popular employment search services.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

million complaints for a wide range of internet scams, resulting in $37.4 Brand impersonation scams This Black Friday and beyond, you’re likely to see scammers ripping off big name brands. Except in this scam we caught online, the website isn’t really Amazon—check out the URL. These scams are very common.

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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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Krebs on Security

MAY 8, 2020

Bank , a Minnesota-based financial institution that handles unemployment payments for more than a dozen U.S. Bank to the applicant. Bank to countless people enrolling in state unemployment benefits. Bank said the letters are designed to confirm with the cardholder that the address change is valid and to combat identity theft.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 13, 2021

It also shows that phishers are attempting to sign up for new Coinbase accounts by the millions as part of an effort to identify email addresses that are already associated with active accounts. Rather, the bad guys understood that any attempts to sign up using an email address tied to an existing Coinbase account would fail.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

“According to this actor, he had originally intended to send his targets—all senior-level executives—phishing emails to compromise their accounts, but after that was unsuccessful, he pivoted to this ransomware pretext,” Abnormal’s Crane Hassold wrote. Krebson is a clout-chasing monger.

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SecureList

MARCH 25, 2025

Note that for mobile banking malware, we retrospectively revised the 2023 numbers to provide more accurate statistics. We also changed the methodology for PC banking malware by removing obsolete families that no longer use Trojan banker functionality, hence the sharp drop in numbers against 2023. million detections compared to 5.84

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Be wary of romance scams "People can be vulnerable on February 14th," said Dave Machin , Partner at The Berkeley Partnership. "If Verify charities before donating Scam emails and messages impersonating charities are common. Here are the top tactics that cybercriminals employ, and how to avoid falling victim.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 16, 2020

. “In the state of Washington, individuals residing out-of-state are receiving multiple ACH deposits from the State of Washington Unemployment Benefits Program, all in different individuals’ names with no connection to the account holder,” the notice continues. Treasury hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue each year.

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We Live Security

JULY 9, 2024

Scammers gonna scam scam scam, so before hunting for your tickets to a Taylor Swift gig or other in-demand events, learn how to stop fraudsters from leaving a blank space in your bank account

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Employees of these companies were tricked into clicking malicious attachments and links and filling in their email account login information on fake sites. With our law enforcement partners, we will continue to aggressively investigate, pursue, and hold accountable the crooks who perpetrate frauds online, wherever they are.”

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