Cryptocurrency Phishing Scams 
Krebs on Security
JANUARY 7, 2025
Besieged by scammers seeking to phish user accounts over the telephone, Apple and Google frequently caution that they will never reach out unbidden to users this way. KrebsOnSecurity recently told the saga of a cryptocurrency investor named Tony who was robbed of more than $4.7 million in an elaborate voice phishing attack.
Krebs on Security
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
authorities today announced criminal charges and financial sanctions against two Russian men accused of stealing nearly $17 million worth of virtual currencies in a series of phishing attacks throughout 2017 and 2018 that spoofed websites for some of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges. Separately, the U.S.
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Krebs on Security
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
A visual depiction of the attacks by the SMS phishing group known as Scattered Spider, and Oktapus. The targeted SMS scams asked employees to click a link and log in at a website that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. Image: Amitai Cohen twitter.com/amitaico. com and ouryahoo-okta[.]com. Click to enlarge.
eSecurity Planet
OCTOBER 22, 2024
One of the most concerning tactics currently on the rise is the ClickFix campaign — a sophisticated phishing scheme targeting unsuspecting Google Meet users. These malware scams lure individuals with fake conference invitations designed to mimic legitimate meeting requests and exploit users’ trust. What Are ClickFix Campaigns?
Schneier on Security
APRIL 10, 2023
Here’s an experiment being run by undergraduate computer science students everywhere: Ask ChatGPT to generate phishing emails, and test whether these are better at persuading victims to respond or click on the link than the usual spam. By using an obvious scam email, the scammer can focus on the most potentially profitable people.
Krebs on Security
NOVEMBER 21, 2020
Fraudsters redirected email and web traffic destined for several cryptocurrency trading platforms over the past week. The attacks were facilitated by scams targeting employees at GoDaddy , the world’s largest domain name registrar, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. 13, with an attack on cryptocurrency trading platform liquid.com.
Krebs on Security
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Maybe you were once advised to “look for the padlock” as a means of telling legitimate e-commerce sites from phishing or malware traps. New research indicates that half of all phishing scams are now hosted on Web sites whose Internet address includes the padlock and begins with “[link].
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