SecureWorld News

AUGUST 2, 2021

Robinhood is an increasingly popular trading app where you can buy and sell stocks, as well as cryptocurrency. Phishing attempts come via email where scammers use different social engineering tactics to pose as a reputable sender like the IRS, your bank or brokerage firm. How to spot phishing emails.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Transactions on the dark web are typically conducted using cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin to maintain anonymity. Transactions on the dark web are often carried out with Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, which are unregulated and difficult to trace back to the user.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Once hijacked a SIM, the attackers can steal money, cryptocurrencies and personal information, including contacts synced with online accounts. The criminals could hijack social media accounts and bypass 2FA services based on SMS used by online services, including financial ones. .

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Mobile Data breaches Telecommunications Identity Theft 135

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

“Nicholas Truglia, 21, lifted the $1 million from Ross’ two cryptocurrency accounts, according to a felony complaint filed this month in California state court. “ The man has been charged with a total of 21 crimes, including identity theft, fraud, embezzlement, and attempted grand theft.

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Cryptocurrency Identity Theft Social Engineering Advertising 107

Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2024

This tactic underscores their commitment to identity theft and the exploitation of unsuspecting individuals through deceptive online means. Utilizing AI-driven bots for advanced social engineering techniques. In the case of Spain, the “GXC Team” created a counterfeit landing page that impersonated the GOB.ES

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 2, 2022

Scenario 3: Spamming is another way to reach a massive audience and disseminate information related to cryptocurrency or the stock market. So, a Twitter bot army can be used to inflate or deflate the value of a cryptocurrency or the stock value of a corporation.

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Mobile Accountability Identity Theft Cryptocurrency 83

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 3, 2022

Spamming with the aim of, for example, disseminating information related to cryptocurrency or the stock market. Phishing to obtain sensitive user information, which is then used to launch other social engineering attacks or identity theft. State of API security: malicious attack traffic grew 117%.

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Mobile Authentication Accountability Identity Theft 98

Security Through Education

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The personal information collected could then be used to fraudulently bill federal health care programs and commit medical identity theft. Watch out for “charities” asking you to pay with cash, gift cards, wire transfers, or cryptocurrency. Written by: Josten Peña Human Risk Analyst for Social-Engineer, LLC

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 22, 2021

This scam is most often used when an attacker compromises legitimate email accounts through social engineering or computer intrusion techniques. In 2020, the IC3 observed an increase in the number of BEC/EAC complaints related to the use of identity theft and funds being converted to cryptocurrency.

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Cybercrime Scams Banking Accountability 55

Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2022

Millions of customers of large businesses have been left vulnerable to identity theft, thanks to a security flaw that exposes their personal data to illicit download. Threat actors can abuse PII to conduct phishing and social engineering attacks. Note that iOS users are affected as much as Android users. Looming dangers.

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Identity Theft Accountability Data breaches Social Engineering 98

SC Magazine

JULY 2, 2021

The research will cover such innovations of interest as P2P payments, mobile payments, digital wallets and central bank digital currencies – nationally sponsored cryptocurrencies that, unlike Bitcoin or Monero, would serve as a legitimate substitute for a country’s official currency.

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Financial Services Banking Identity Theft Media 71

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. From mining cryptocurrency to launching DDoS attacks against networks, there are countless ways in which malware can access and utilize victim’s computers and data. Less common types.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. From mining cryptocurrency to launching DDoS attacks against networks, there are countless ways in which malware can access and utilize victim’s computers and data. Less Common Types of Malware.

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Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 107

Spinone

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Hacking and Social Engineering Attack vector – a specific method used by a hacker to accomplish his malicious goal. Account Hijacking – a type of identity theft, when a hacker hacks and steals someone’s account to perform malicious actions.

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Passwords Social Engineering Malware Encryption 40

SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

These sites referenced public figures and humanitarian groups, offering to accept cash in cryptocurrency, something that should have raised a red flag in itself. The scheme likely aimed at identity theft: the illegal use of others’ personal details for deriving profit.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Throughout 2022, LAPSUS$ would hack and social engineer their way into some of the world’s biggest technology companies , including EA Games, Microsoft , NVIDIA , Okta , Samsung , and T-Mobile.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2021

Cryptocurrencies are represented in hacked accounts to trading sites. Monero is the cryptocurrency of choice, instead, and all communications must be PGP encrypted. Cryptocurrency trading accounts. Other cryptocurrencies have increased in value as well. Preventing Identity Theft. Avoid unsecured WiFi.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Many of the contact tracing scams of 2020 similarly followed social engineering scripts that have been used in taxpayer identity theft schemes since the 1990s as well. 2020 saw a record number of ransomware attacks, and we can expect more of the same in 2021.

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IoT Artificial Intelligence Technology Scams 130

Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Among these experienced affiliates is the “Scattered Spider” group, known for its custom tools and advanced social engineering skills, which helped RansomHub become the most active ransomware group in Q3 2024 (see Figure 1).

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Among these experienced affiliates is the “Scattered Spider” group, known for its custom tools and advanced social engineering skills, which helped RansomHub become the most active ransomware group in Q3 2024 (see Figure 1).

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