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Would You Have Fallen for This Phone Scam?

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You may have heard that today’s phone fraudsters like to use use caller ID spoofing services to make their scam calls seem more believable. “After we figured out what was going on, we were left asking ourselves how the crooks had obtained her last three transactions without breaking into her account online. .

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Recycle Your Phone, Sure, But Maybe Not Your Number

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New research shows how fraudsters can abuse wireless provider websites to identify available, recycled mobile numbers that allow password resets at a range of email providers and financial services online. “The moderate to high hit rates of our testing methods indicate that most recycled numbers are vulnerable to these attacks.

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FBI’s Vetted Info Sharing Network ‘InfraGard’ Hacked

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Meanwhile, the hackers responsible are communicating directly with members through the InfraGard portal online — using a new account under the assumed identity of a financial industry CEO that was vetted by the FBI itself. Department of Defense. USDoD’s InfraGard sales thread on Breached.

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The ‘Zelle Fraud’ Scam: How it Works, How to Fight Back

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One of the more common ways cybercriminals cash out access to bank accounts involves draining the victim’s funds via Zelle , a “peer-to-peer” (P2P) payment service used by many financial institutions that allows customers to quickly send cash to friends and family.

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The Rise of One-Time Password Interception Bots

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The idea is that even if the user’s password gets stolen, the attacker still can’t access the user’s account without that second factor — i.e. without access to the victim’s mobile device or phone number. The OTP interception service featured earlier this year — Otp[.]agency

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Disneyland Malware Team: It’s a Puny World After All

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financial services firm Ameriprise uses the domain ameriprise.com; the Disneyland Team’s domain for Ameriprise customers is [link] [brackets added to defang the domain], which displays in the browser URL bar as ? .” It also has other options for stalling victims whilst their accounts are drained. Bank customers.

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Massive Losses Define Epidemic of ‘Pig Butchering’

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. “There are just horrifying stories that run the gamut in terms of victims, from young women early in their careers, to senior citizens and even to people working in the financial services industry.” Nolan’s mentor had her create an account website xtb-market[.]com But after investing more than $4.5

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