Security Boulevard

MARCH 16, 2023

Ben is disappointed: FBI reports huge rise in cryptocurrency investment scams. The post Scams Lost US $10 BILLION in 2022 — Crypto Fraud Grows Fast appeared first on Security Boulevard. Why am I not surprised?

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Graham Cluley

AUGUST 14, 2024

Scammers are once again using deepfake technology to dupe unwary internet Facebook and Instagram users into making unwise cryptocurrency investments.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 15, 2023

Alright, how many of you saw a cryptocurrency ad on TV in 2022? Now the important question: how many of you got scammed in some sort of way by cryptocurrency or another type of investment? The report is based on 800,944 complaints of suspected internet crime reported to the FBI last year, with losses exceeding $10.3

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

What You Should Know About ‘Pig Butchering Scams’ IdentityIQ Scammers are back at it again with a new scheme – called “pig butchering scams” – that targets people looking for love online. This highly sophisticated scam lures people into long-term relationships before selling them on fake online investment opportunities.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 3, 2022

Welcome to Internet Safety Month, a once-a-year event in which you, the public, are told that anywhere between three and 30 different best practices will simplify your approach to staying safe online. This year, then, for Internet Safety Month, we’re packaging our advice a little differently. None of these situations are hypotheticals.

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Identity IQ

APRIL 20, 2023

Tax Season Scams: How to Protect Your Identity IdentityIQ While it’s important to be on high alert and protect your identity all year long, tax season is an especially vulnerable time. Every tax season, identity thieves run a variety of scams to get their hands on taxpayers’ personal information. It’s probably a scam.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2021

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center has released its annual report, the 2020 Internet Crime Report , which includes data from 791,790 complaints of suspected cybercrimes. The novelty this year is represented by scams exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic. ” reads 2020 Internet Crime Report. billion in losses.

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SecureList

JULY 5, 2023

The higher the global popularity of cryptocurrencies and the more new ways of storing them, the wider the arsenal of tools used by malicious actors who are after digital money. This story covers two fundamentally different methods of email attacks on the two most popular ways of storing cryptocurrency: hot and cold wallets.

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Identity IQ

APRIL 6, 2022

Common Tech Support Scams and How to Avoid Them. The FBI recently posted an alert notifying consumers that tech support scams are on the rise. Recognizing a Tech Support Scam. Here are some outlined by the FBI as particularly prevalent right now: Utility or cable/internet scam. Travel industry scams.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 27, 2022

As Elon Musk spends most of the week in the headlines, so pop up Elon Musk-themed scams—and it looks like they may be ramping up. Appealing—if you’re a big cryptocurrency user. BTC on Instagram bitcoin scam. This is just one of the many faces of a recovery scam. The report says: Good work deserves recommendation.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Whether you’ve been naughty or nice, someone will try and stuff a scam down your chimney either way. Social media shopping scams. Often, these scams lead consumers to participate in an online survey that is designed to steal personal information. Work from home scams. Charity scams. Gift card generators.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 10, 2023

But while it’s an easy experiment to run, it misses the real risk of large language models (LLMs) writing scam emails. Today’s human-run scams aren’t limited by the number of people who respond to the initial email contact. So why were scammers still sending such obviously dubious emails?

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Krebs on Security

JULY 21, 2022

The term “pig butchering” refers to a time-tested, heavily scripted, and human-intensive process of using fake profiles on dating apps and social media to lure people into investing in elaborate scams. In a more visceral sense, pig butchering means fattening up a prey before the slaughter.

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Identity IQ

APRIL 2, 2021

The recent Federal Bureau of Investigations Internet Crime Report shows that cybercrime has spiked, leaving hundreds of thousands of victims and costing more than $4 billion. Moreover, losses due to internet crime increased by $700 million, growing from $3.5 Phishing Scams. Non-Payment/Non-Delivery Scams. billion in 2020.

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Joseph Steinberg

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Reinesch and Zenners, the two people seen in the video, however, never discussed such a project, because the central bank has no so project; “the project” in question is nothing more than a scam created by criminals.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The FBI warns of an increase of fraudulent schemes leveraging cryptocurrency ATMs and QR Codes to facilitate payment. The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) published an alert to warn the public of fraudulent schemes leveraging cryptocurrency ATMs and Quick Response (QR) codes to complete payment transactions.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 6, 2022

There are two main types of online fraud aimed at stealing user data and money: phishing and scams. The history of scams and phishing. The term “phishing” was coined back in 1996, when cybercriminals attacked users of America Online (AOL), the largest internet provider at that time.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 26, 2022

Rogue Google ads caused no end of misery for cryptocurrency enthusiasts, costing them roughly $4.31 This is an astonishing slice of cryptocurrency cash to lose for the sake of clicking on something in a search engine. They’ve been the stomping ground of exploit kits, ransomware, fake tech support scams, and much more for years.

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CSO Magazine

MAY 15, 2023

It can seem like cybercriminals are running rampant across the world's digital infrastructure, launching ransomware attacks, scams, and outright thefts with impunity.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 4, 2022

After a good start, the Internet-enabled, technological revolution we are living through has hit some bumps in the road. To celebrate Independence Day we want to draw your attention to five technologies that could improve life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness on the Internet. And yet almost every Internet account requires one.

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Hot for Security

MAY 24, 2021

Threat actors are relentless when it comes to recycling old ruses to fool internet users and steal their money. While the ongoing pandemic and vaccination campaigns ushered in a new wave of creative scams, some malicious actors prefer to stick to old-fashioned scams that have proven efficient in the past.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 19, 2022

Together with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the FBI has released a warning about cybercriminals creating fraudulent cryptocurrency investment apps in order to defraud cryptocurrency investors. Stay safe, everyone!

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SC Magazine

JUNE 28, 2021

A technician inspects the backside of a cryptocurrency mining farm in Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec. Cryptocurrency is famously anonymous, but evading capture is not the only reason cryptocurrency is the go-to payment solution for ransomware. First, understanding the role of cryptocurrency in ransomware. Would it work?

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Malicious hackers are targeting people in the cryptocurrency space in attacks that start with a link added to the target’s calendar at Calendly , a popular application for scheduling appointments and meetings. The attackers impersonate established cryptocurrency investors and ask to schedule a video conference call.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 22, 2022

The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (ic3.gov) gov) has released their 2021 Internet Crime Report. For several years, the #1 Cybercrime type has been Business Email Compromise followed by the #2 of Romance Scam. For several years, the #1 Cybercrime type has been Business Email Compromise followed by the #2 of Romance Scam.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 2, 2021

Internet scams are everywhere, inflicting billions of dollars in reported losses from victims each year. Anyone can fall for online scams, as tactics are tailored to the interests of all age groups. Let’s take a closer look at some of the most common scams: Coronavirus-related scams.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

“We have fallen victim to an internet-based crime that has defrauded our taxpayers of $2.3m,” reads an August 23 press release put out by the Town Administrator of Peterborough, New Hampshire. The business email compromise (BEC) scam was detected when ConVal School District reported it had not received its monthly $1.2

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SecureList

JULY 11, 2022

But there is a specific class of attacks that is technically stuck somewhere in the late 90s/early 00s, in the era of CRT monitors and sluggish internet: we are talking about text-based fraud. In terms of topics and techniques, text-based fraud can be divided into several types: Dating scams. Dating scams. Statistics.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 28, 2021

A technician inspects the backside of a cryptocurrency mining farm in Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec. Cryptocurrency is famously anonymous, but evading capture is not the only reason cryptocurrency is the go-to payment solution for ransomware. First, understanding the role of cryptocurrency in ransomware. Would it work?

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Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Whether you’re a crypto-skeptic or a crypto-maximalist, it cannot be denied that the mostly unregulated cryptocurrency ecosystem is no stranger to fraud. To conduct attacks specifically linked to cryptocurrency, threat actors must usually cooperate within a web of associates—just like any other area of cyber crime.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Bots, both good and malicious, now comprise a significant portion of internet traffic and are used to automate processes, conduct brute-force attacks, hunt for vulnerabilities in zombie APIs, send emails used for scams, steal cryptocurrency, and everything […] The post What is a Botnet Attack?

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 3, 2024

But first I want to share some more remarkable conclusions from the report: Charity scams that prey on concern about international conflicts and natural disasters are becoming more prevalent. But another method resembles that of romance scams where the criminal builds a relationship with the victim.

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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

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

That investigation detailed how the 38-year-old Shefel adopted the nickname Rescator while working as vice president of payments at ChronoPay , a Russian financial company that paid spammers to advertise fake antivirus scams, male enhancement drugs and knockoff pharmaceuticals. “Hi, how are you?” ” he inquired.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 27, 2022

But someone’s managed to… Police seize and dismantle massive phishing operation Rogue cryptocurrency billboards go phishing for wallets Dial 311 for…cybersecurity emergencies? ” 7-Zip gets Mark of the Web feature, increases protection for users MEGA claims it can’t decrypt your files.

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SC Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

Researchers found 167 counterfeit Android and iOS apps that attackers used to steal money from victims who believed they installed a financial trading, banking or cryptocurrency app. Carson said companies need better cyber hygiene via educating employees on ways to detect these scams. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images).

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 10, 2024

A California man who lost $100,000 in a 2021 SIM-swapping attack is suing the unknown holder of a cryptocurrency wallet that harbors his stolen funds. Dellone says the crooks then used his phone number to break into his account at Coinbase and siphon roughly $100,000 worth of cryptocurrencies. million cyberheist.

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