Krebs on Security

JUNE 13, 2020

For the past year, a site called Privnotes.com has been impersonating Privnote.com , a legitimate, free service that offers private, encrypted messages which self-destruct automatically after they are read. “It’s a pretty smart scam.” And it doesn’t send and receive messages.

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Adam Levin

JANUARY 15, 2019

citizens are more vulnerable to the effects of identity theft and scams as a result of the ongoing government shutdown. Government websites will also become a more attractive avenue for scams and phishing. The post Government Shutdown Leaves Americans More Vulnerable to Identity Theft, Scams appeared first on Adam Levin.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 28, 2025

A sophisticated cybercrime service known as “Lucid” is exploiting vulnerabilities in Apples iMessage and Androids Rich Communication Services (RCS), allowing cyberthieves to conduct large-scale phishing attacks with alarming success. Examples of scam campaigns delivered via iMessage and RCS.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Here are 50 ways to avoid getting scammed on Black Friday — and beyond. Popular browsers, like Safari or Firefox, frequently issue updates to protect against scams. VPNs encrypt data , making it much harder to intercept when transmitted through a shared or suspect internet connection. SSLs ensure all data is encrypted.

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Joseph Steinberg

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

There has likely not been a single hour during the last decade, for example, during which criminals did not carry out successful phishing-based attacks by exploiting the inherent lack of security within standard and ubiquitous email technology.

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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. On top of that, 80.5%

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 25, 2020

government properties and phishing pages. Here’s a sobering statistic: According to PhishLabs , by the end of 2019 roughly three-quarters (74 percent) of all phishing sites were using SSL certificates. The truth is anyone can get an SSL certificate for free, and that’s a big reason why most phishing sites now have them.

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SecureList

APRIL 5, 2023

They have become adept at using Telegram both for automating their activities and for providing various services — from selling phishing kits to helping with setting up custom phishing campaigns — to all willing to pay. ” Links to the channels are spread via YouTube, GitHub and phishing kits they make.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

From zombie botnets to phishing phantoms, these threats might sound like campfire tales, but they're some of the most sinister forces in cybersecurity today. Phishing phantoms: masters of disguise Phishing scams have become more sophisticated. Spooky fact : Sophos says the average ransom in 2024 is $2.73

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Quantum computing advances are making traditional encryption obsolete, and adversaries are stockpiling data for future decryption. FIPS-203 enables legal PQC deployment, prompting CISOs to overhaul encryption strategies. AI-powered cryptocurrency attacks will automate phishing and exploit vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Cybersecurity firm Armorblox discovered a new phishing campaign aimed at American Express customers. Armorblox researchers uncovered a new phishing campaign that is targeting American Express customers. The phishing email, marked by Google as safe, was delivered to more than 16,000 users’ addresses. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureList

MARCH 24, 2022

What are phishing kits? One of the most common tricks scammers use in phishing attacks is to create a fake official page of a famous brand. Even phishing page domain name can often look like the real web address of a certain brand, as cybercriminals include the name of the company or service they are posing as in the URL.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2025

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This post analyzed the numerous phishing campaigns targeting users and organizations in Italy. Phishing is a ploy to trick users into revealing personal or financial information through an e-mail, Web site, and even through instant messaging. Phishing can also be used as a precursor attack to drop malware. Just to name a few.

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Hacker Combat

AUGUST 21, 2020

The concept of phishing is gaining immense popularity during the Covid-19 pandemic. Based on recent Phishing records , almost 90 percent of companies have encountered spear phishing attacks. Based on recent Phishing records , almost 90 percent of companies have encountered spear phishing attacks.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The allure of free access blinds users to the dangers, turning their devices into gateways for cybercriminals to steal sensitive information, encrypt files for ransom, or enlist computers into botnets. Secure Your Personal Information: Store sensitive documents securely and only share personal information over encrypted connections.

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Google Security

MAY 11, 2022

Posted by Daniel Margolis, Software Engineer, Google Account Security Team Every year, security technologies improve: browsers get better , encryption becomes ubiquitous on the Web , authentication becomes stronger. But phishing persistently remains a threat (as shown by a recent phishing attack on the U.S.

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SecureList

JULY 11, 2022

In terms of topics and techniques, text-based fraud can be divided into several types: Dating scams. Let’s take a look at these types of scams and see why they work. Dating scams. Example of a dating scam e-mail. Dating scams are the least common type of message-based fraud. 419 scam with transactions.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 16, 2025

Conducting regular training sessions on recognizing phishing emails, avoiding suspicious downloads, and following cybersecurity protocols can build a resilient workforce. Hackers used compromised credentials to gain access to Colonial Pipeline's network, deploying ransomware that encrypted critical systems.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The Kaspersky Anti-Phishing component blocked 434,898,635 attempts at accessing scam sites. The most frequent targets of phishing attacks were online stores (18.12 The contact phone trick was heavily used both in email messages and on phishing pages. The link opened a phishing page disguised as the Outlook web interface.

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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. IRS and Bank-related scams.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 30, 2021

With over 1 billion active users every month, Instagram is brimming with fraudsters and cybercriminals who prey on naive internet users through various scams. Here are some of the most common hustles you can find on Instagram: Phishing attacks. Romance scams. Fake Giveaways. Honestly, not good.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

This scam sends you a fake PDF that asks you to login and unlock it, then steals your credentials. Tripwire explains: Attackers are using fake encrypted PDF documents to try to phish for unsuspecting users’ login credentials. John Bambenek, a handler at SANS Internet Storm Center, disclosed the phishing campaign on 4 January.

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SecureList

AUGUST 5, 2021

A fake notification about a Microsoft Teams meeting or a request to view an important document traditionally takes the victim to a phishing login page asking for corporate account credentials. Parcel scam: buy one, get none. Therefore, any offer to buy them is evidently a scam. Investments and public property scams.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2021

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) revealed that the number of phishing websites peaked at record levels in the first quarter of 2021. The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has published its new Phishing Activity Trends Report related to the first quarter of 2021. Reported Phishing Websites for Q1 2021.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 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,” Hassold wrote. billion in 2020. For example, the Lockbit 2.0 “Would you like to earn millions of dollars?

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Phishing attacks are nothing new, but scammers are getting savvier with their tactics. The Iranian hacker group TA453 has recently been using a technique that creates multiple personas to trick victims , deploying “social proof” to scam people into engaging in a thread. Spear phishing. Phishing via texting.

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SecureList

MAY 3, 2021

Banking phishing: new version of an old scheme. In Q1 2021, new banking scams appeared alongside ones that are more traditional. Clients of several Dutch banks faced a phishing attack using QR codes. The link redirected them to a phishing page requesting their Microsoft account credentials. Quarterly highlights.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

” Group-IB dubbed the gang by a different name — 0ktapus — which was a nod to how the criminal group phished employees for credentials. The missives asked users to click a link and log in at a phishing page that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. On July 28 and again on Aug. According to an Aug.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

‘Tis the season when even those who know a thing or two about Internet scams tend to let down their guard in the face of an eye-popping discount or the stress of last-minute holiday shopping. Even people who shop mainly at big-name online stores can get scammed if they’re not wary of too-good-to-be-true offers.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 23, 2021

While companies can use backups to recover from data encryption without paying the ransom, they can’t use them to contain leaks. The stolen data can be downloaded by anyone, including other criminals, who may use it to add insider knowledge to business email compromise (BEC) attacks and phishing attempts, to give them more credibility.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 9, 2021

Cybercriminals are targeting Coinbase platform users with phishing campaings in an attempt to steal their account credentials and drain their cryptocurrency wallets, Bitdefender Antispam Lab has learned. According to our latest telemetry, the phishing campaign was noticed since mid-February, targeting over 25,000 users.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Implement Data Encryption & Backup Protocols Encrypting sensitive data adds a layer of protection by ensuring that even if data is accessed, it remains unreadable without proper decryption keys. Cybersecurity awareness training helps staff recognize phishing scams , social engineering attempts, and other threats.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 15, 2021

Phishing attacks hit an all-time high earlier this year, and your end-users should certainly be trained on how to identify them. The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has released its Phishing Activity Trends Report, 1st Quarter 2021 , which dives into phishing attacks and other identity theft techniques.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2020

DeathRansom was considered fake ransomware due to the fact that it did not implement an effective encryption process, but now things are changing. DeathRansom is a ransomware family that was initially classified as a joke because it did not implement an effective encryption scheme. ” continues the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Introduction Following the 2024 ThreatLabz Phishing Report, Zscaler ThreatLabz has been closely tracking domains associated with typosquatting and brand impersonation - common techniques used by threat actors to proliferate phishing campaigns. Among the analyzed phishing domains, 48.4%

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

from Bybit, it is the largest cryptocurrency heist ever Apple removes iCloud encryption in UK following backdoor demand B1acks Stash released 1 Million credit cards U.S. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Lazarus APT stole $1.5B

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