Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2024

Offers that promise easy earnings can also bring with them a host of scams that deceive those who are genuinely seeking income opportunities. t is into this scenario that illicit practices such as moneny mules and reshipping scams can fit. In practice, packages arrived with prepaid shipping labels with stolen credit cards.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2020

The FBI is warning of online romance scams and related financial losses, overall losses associated with those complaints exceeded $475 million. Crooks behind romance scams use fake online identities to establish a contact with the potential victims and gain their trust. SecurityAffairs – hacking, romance scams).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2025

A campaign named PoisonSeed uses stolen CRM and bulk email credentials to send crypto seed scams, aiming to empty victims’ digital wallets. Silent Push researchers warn of a malicious PoisonSeed campaign that uses stolen CRM and bulk email provider credentials to send crypto seed phrase spam.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Gary Perkins, Chief Information Security Officer Social engineers rely on two key psychological triggers: urgency and empathy. In today’s hyper-connected world, cybersecurity […] The post Cyber Scams & Why We Fall for Them appeared first on CISO Global.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2024

Threat actors can abuse QR codes to carry out sophisticated scams, as reported by the Italian Postal Police in its recent alert. They are widely used to access information, services, or online payments quickly and conveniently. However, they can also hide scams, as denounced by the Italian Postal Police in its recent alert.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2024

During the month of Ramadan, Resecurity observed a significant increase in fraudulent activities and scams. During the month of Ramadan, Resecurity observed a significant increase in fraudulent activities and scams, coinciding with a surge in retail and online transactions.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2024

The X account of cybersecurity giant Mandiant was hacked, attackers used it to impersonate the Phantom crypto wallet and push a cryptocurrency scam. Crooks hacked the X account of cybersecurity firm Mandiant and used it to impersonate the Phantom crypto platform and share a cryptocurrency scam.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2025

In one particular case, the report believe that a single individual adopted multiple personas to promote the scam, using a Laptop Farm specifically configured to hide the real geolocation of the various remote workstations. He is also the author of the book La Gestione della Cyber Security nella Pubblica Amministrazione.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2020

While crooks continue to exploit the Coronavirus outbreak, the Europol announced to have arrested a man involved in COVID19 business scams. The Europol announced the arrest of a 39-year old man that is allegedly involved in Business email scam (BEC) connected to the current Coronavirus outbreak. The man has stolen €6.64

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2020

However, you can defend against the scams by taking certain protective measures that are listed below: Do not give your personal information: A common theme for most coronavirus phishing emails seems to be the inquiry for personal information such as Social Security Number or login information. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2021

Overall, fraud accounts for 73% of all online attacks: 56% are scams (fraud that results in the victim voluntarily disclosing sensitive data) and 17% are phishing attacks (theft of bank card details). In 2020, a multi-stage scam called Rabbit Hole targeted companies’ brands, primarily retail and online services.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

. “We may warn you about messages that ask you to take the conversation to another platform because that can be a sign of a scam,” the company said in a blog post. ” It remains unclear who or what is behind the recent proliferation of fake executive profiles on LinkedIn, but likely they are from a combination of scams.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

Experts warn of a new ongoing WhatsApp OTP scam that could allow attackers to hijack users’ accounts through phone calls. Recently CloudSEK founder Rahul Sasi warned of an ongoing WhatsApp OTP scam that could allow threat actors to hijack users’ accounts through phone calls. To nominate, please visit:?. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

Kaspersky experts uncovered a new wave of phishing scams that use a COVID-19 theme and impersonate shipping carriers, including FedEx, UPS, and DHL. Kaspersky observed COVID-19-themed phishing scams that impersonate popular shipping carriers such as FedEx, UPS, and DHL. ” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Few journalists realized that this was all a show, a fake, and a scam! ” A review of Boriselcin’s recent postings on XSS indicate he has been planning this scheme for several months. “Manipulation of large information security companies and the media through a ransom blog,” he wrote. Maybe sell it?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Operation HAECHI V (July-Nov 2024) targeted cyber frauds like phishing, romance scams, sextortion, investment fraud, online gambling, BEC, and e-commerce fraud. The authorities have warned of “USDT Token Approval Scam” that allows scammers access to the victims’ cryptocurrency wallets and make unauthorized transactions.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 20, 2025

March Madness is here, and while fans are busy filling out brackets and making last-minute bets, cybercriminals are running their own full-court presstargeting unsuspecting fans with phishing scams, fake betting apps, and credential-harvesting schemes.

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Identity IQ

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Smart TV Scams: How to Avoid the Growing Threat IdentityIQ Smart TVs – such as Roku and Amazon Fire TV sticks with streaming services such as Netflix and YouTube TV – it seems like everyone has them these days. And in this case, it’s the possibility to be scammed right from your own couch. What are Smart TV Scams?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

The US Securities and Exchange Commission warns investors of potential investment scams that leverages Hurricane Ida as a bait. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy is warning investors of potential investment scams related to Hurricane Ida. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2022

Threat actors compromised the Twitter and YouTube accounts of the British Army to promote online crypto scams. The Twitter and YouTube accounts of the British Army were used to promote NFT and other crypto scams. The Army takes information security extremely seriously and is resolving the issue. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2022

Threat intelligence firm Resecurity details how crooks are delivering IRS tax scams and phishing attacks posing as government vendors. SecurityAffairs – hacking, IRS tax scam). The post Cybercriminals Deliver IRS Tax Scams & Phishing Campaigns By Mimicking Government Vendors appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

During this time, many government agencies and consumer protection organizations come together to help educate consumers on how to keep their personal and financial information secure. Millions of customers were put at risk when their social security numbers, phone numbers, and other sensitive personal information were leaked.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Thai authorities uncovered call center gangs using fake “02” numbers to deceive citizens into scams and fraudulent investments, generating over 700 million calls. Thai cyber police uncovered three companies using SIP Trunk technology to operate fake “02” numbers, generating 730 million scam calls.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 9, 2023

Next, we dive into the world of airline reservation scams, exposing how […] The post Meta’s Threads and Your Privacy, Airline Reservation Scams, IDOR Srikes Back appeared first on Shared Security Podcast. However, there’s a catch – the app collects extensive personal data, sparking concerns about privacy.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 7, 2022

In 2020, researchers from Athens University School of Information Sciences and Technology in Greece showed (PDF) how ransomware-as-a-service offerings might one day be executed through smart contracts. Before that, Jeffrey Ladish , an information security consultant based in Oakland, Calif., As Gizmodo first reported on Nov.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Once payments are collected from the victims, they make previously created resources vanish and set up the next new campaign – this is why investigators named the group “Digital Smoke” According to the latest report by FTC released last week called “The Top Scams of 2022” people reported losing $8.8

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Scattered Spider members are part of a broader cybercriminal community called “The Com,” where hackers brag about high-profile cyber thefts, typically initiated through social engineering tactics like phone, email, or SMS scams to gain access to corporate networks.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2023

CyberNews analyzed a classic cryptocurrency romance scam, also known as CryptoRom, explaining how scammers hid the money CryptoRom scammers hid the money with several layers of obfuscation, but the Cybernews research team discovered that the stolen funds ended up in Binance accounts. Here’s how we did it. Cybernews researcher team said.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Similar scams were reported globally. Victims of SpyLoan apps face threats, personal data misuse, and harassment, including intimidating calls, misuse of photos/IDs, and contact spamming to friends and family. Authorities in Peru raided a call center tied to SpyLoan apps that extorted 7,000+ victims in Peru, Mexico, and Chile.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 17, 2022

For example, researchers at Group-IB uncovered a targeted worldwide scam campaign using over 121 popular brands as bait in over 90 countries, including the US, Canada, South Korea and Italy. in a long chain of redirects, during which scammers gather information about their session, including country, time zone, language, IP, browser, and etc.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 18, 2021

The SEC said that under First American’s remediation policies, if the person responsible for fixing the problem is unable to do so based on the timeframes listed above, that employee must have their management contact the company’s information security department to discuss their remediation plan and proposed time estimate.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2025

CERT-UA warned of scammers impersonating the agency, using fake AnyDesk requests to conduct fraudulent security audits. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of cyber scams involving threat actors impersonating the agency by sending fraudulent AnyDesk connection requests under the guise of security audits.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2021

That would be a pretty convincing scam. ” In the grand scheme of many other, far more horrible things going on in information security right now, this Zales customer data exposure is small potatoes. Or just targeted phishing attacks.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The Bohemia marketplace ceased operations in late 2023 due to service disruptions, while its members suspected an exit scams of a rogue developer. It is the largest and longest running international dark web market of all time worldwide.” ” reads the announcement published by Polite.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2025

Their TrustPilot pages show many 5-star reviews with similar, likely AI-generated content, and occasional 1-star reviews calling them scams or spammy. AkiraBot-linked SEO sites use Akira and ServiceWrap branding. Review patterns suggest possible fake reviews, though not conclusively proven.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Below are the recommendations provided by Armorblox to identify phishing messages: Augment native email security with additional controls; Watch out for social engineering cues; Follow multi-factor authentication and password management best practices; Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In late September 2022, KrebsOnSecurity warned about the proliferation of fake LinkedIn profiles for Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) roles at some of the world’s largest corporations. A follow-up story on Oct.

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