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. There’s a chance the unsolicited offer in your inbox is a “ phishing ” scheme. Phishing schemes don’t only travel by way of email. Choose credit over debit.

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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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The Hacker News

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new kind of investment scam that leverages a combination of social media malvertising, company-branded posts, and artificial intelligence (AI) powered video testimonials featuring famous personalities, ultimately leading to financial and data loss.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 13, 2021

A recent phishing campaign targeting Coinbase users shows thieves are getting cleverer about phishing one-time passwords (OTPs) needed to complete the login process. A Google-translated version of the now-defunct Coinbase phishing site, coinbase.com.password-reset[.]com. The Coinbase phishing panel. million Italians.

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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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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

The COVID-19 epidemic has brought a wave of email phishing attacks that try to trick work-at-home employees into giving away credentials needed to remotely access their employers’ networks. For now at least, they appear to be focusing primarily on companies in the financial, telecommunications and social media industries.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2024

GRAND THEFT AUTOMATED Just days after Griffin was robbed, a scammer impersonating Google managed to phish 45 bitcoins — approximately $4,725,000 at today’s value — from Tony , a 42-year-old professional from northern California. I put my seed phrase into a phishing site, and that was it.” My brain went haywire.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Media coverage understandably focused on GoDaddy’s admission that it suffered three different cyberattacks over as many years at the hands of the same hacking group. But it’s worth revisiting how this group typically got in to targeted companies: By calling employees and tricking them into navigating to a phishing website.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

The attacks were facilitated by scams targeting employees at GoDaddy , the world’s largest domain name registrar, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. In March, a voice phishing scam targeting GoDaddy support employees allowed attackers to assume control over at least a half-dozen domain names, including transaction brokering site escrow.com.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 16, 2024

But as security evolves, so do cybercriminals who are always looking for new ways to scam us. A type of phishing we’re calling authentication-in-the-middle is showing up in online media. Victims are lured to phishing sites like these via links from social media or emails where it can be hard to identify the real link.

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Identity IQ

AUGUST 31, 2023

How to Identify and Avoid Holiday Phishing Scams IdentityIQ The holiday season brings joy, celebrations, and… a surge in online scams. Holiday phishing scams are an ongoing issue that ramps up when folks are feeling the most festive. What Is a Phishing Scam? How Does Phishing Work? Their goal?

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

With the US election campaigns at full throttle, scammers have taken a renewed interest in the ways this can be used to defraud people , often using the same tactics legitimate campaigns leverage for support (emails, text messages, phone calls, and social media pleas). Reminder, here is how you can securely register to vote.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 22, 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,” Abnormal’s Crane Hassold wrote. “But there is no employment here, so he chose to do this.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2020

Experts at email security firm Mimecast has uncovered a flight refund scam that attempts to exploit the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Researchers at email security firm Mimecast have uncovered a new flight refund scam that attempts to exploit the ongoing C oronavirus outbreak. SecurityAffairs – flight scam, Coronavirus).

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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). Insurance companies around the world are now suffering from phishing. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2024

Adaptive phishing campaigns are emerging as an increasingly sophisticated threat in the cybersecurity landscape. The phenomenon This phenomenon represents an evolution of traditional phishing tactics, as attackers seek to overcome defenses using more personalized and targeted approaches.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

This story examines a recent spear-phishing campaign that ensued when a California hotel had its booking.com credentials stolen. KrebsOnSecurity last week heard from a reader whose close friend received a targeted phishing message within the Booking mobile app just minutes after making a reservation at a California.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Threat actors have started to exploit the interest in the Omicron COVID-19 variant and are using it as a lure in phishing campaigns. Crooks have already started exploiting the interest in the Omicron COVID-19 variant and are using it as a lure in phishing attacks. The post Watch out for Omicron COVID-19-themed phishing messages!

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 17, 2024

The San Francisco Chronicle tells a story about a family that almost got scammed when they heard their son’s voice telling them he’d been in a car accident and hurt a pregnant woman. The FBI says it has received more than 195 complaints about this type of scam that it refers to as “grandparent scams.”

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SC Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

And yet, it’s become such a hot trend that scammers have taken notice and are attempting to lure current and prospective traders onto NFT-themed phishing and fraud websites. No wonder scam artists are taking notice and jumping on the bandwagon. Many people have never even heard of non-fungible tokens. billion in 2020. “We

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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.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 17, 2018

And just the day after first seeing Nodestack's behaviour: Prevent #phishing attacks with comprehensive, cloud-based email security that provides end-to-end control of your email! Subsequent to-and-fro suggests they don’t see it as a social media anti pattern, comments from the masses?

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

As artificial intelligence continues advancing at a rapid pace, criminals are increasingly using AI capabilities to carry out sophisticated scams and attacks. Technologies that synthesize realistic fake media, known as deepfakes, are among the newest tools being deployed to enable fraud.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Users of social media and Facebook in particular tend to forget how many people can see the “public” part of their profile and posts. Social media and scams. Social media is a perfect way for scammers to reach a lot of people, and we often see them using this to round up victims. Don’t give information like that away.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The dangers of cryptocurrency phishing are back in the news, after tech investor Mark Cuban was reported to have lost around $870k via a phishing link. As for the specifics of the phishing tactic deployed, Cuban is reported as saying he may have downloaded a bogus wallet tool via a search engine query.

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Pen Test Partners

AUGUST 29, 2024

Phishing awareness : Stay alert to phishing attempts by scrutinising emails and messages that request personal information or direct you to suspicious websites. Secure networks : Avoid using untrusted public Wi-Fi to access social media accounts, instead, use mobile data. Multi-Factor authentication (MFA). Why do I need it?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 18, 2022

Everything Everywhere shortly and widely known as EE, a UK based company that offers super-fast telecom and data network services based on 5G says that it has officially blocked 200 million phishing texts and over 11 million scammed calls to its users in the month of this year’s July alone.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Threat actors have launched a phishing campaign targeting more than 125 TikTok ‘Influencer’ accounts in an attempt to hijack them. Researchers from Abnormal Security uncovered a phishing scam aimed at hijacking at least 125 TikTok ‘Influencer’ accounts. SecurityAffairs – hacking, phishing ). ” concludes the report.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 14, 2022

This type of targeted phishing or whaling (executive-level) attack tricks email recipients into believing someone they know and trust is asking them to carry out a specific financial task. Today’s BEC attempts aren’t the easy-to-spot, typo-laden phishing campaigns of the past. The short answer: Not always.

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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 Through Education

MARCH 22, 2023

What does a government scam, an IT support scam and a romance scam have in common? Let’s see what lessons we can learn from scam artists to better protect ourselves. Thanks to technology and social media, impersonation scams have grown exponentially. You realize the email is a scam.

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Webroot

JANUARY 5, 2022

Each year, as online shopping ramps up in the weeks before the holidays, so do online scams targeting the elderly. The FBI reported nearly $1 billion in scams targeting the elderly in 2020, with the average victim losing nearly $10,000. According to the FBI, these are some of the most common online scams targeting the elderly.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The fraudsters behind the often laughable Nigerian prince email scams have long since branched out into far more serious and lucrative forms of fraud, including account takeovers, phishing, dating scams, and malware deployment. The FBI says BEC scams netted thieves more than $12 billion between 2013 and 2018.

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 18, 2023

How to Avoid Fake QR Code Scams IdentityIQ In today’s tech-driven world, QR (quick response) codes are everywhere. Fake QR code scams have quickly become a massive issue. Here, we unwrap how to help avoid fake QR code scams to keep you and your private information safe. What Are Fake QR Code Scams?

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Security Through Education

MARCH 16, 2022

In fact, each year we see new versions of tax scams abounding. What are some of these scams we have seen, and how can we identify such schemes? The IRS reported on a scam that they first saw in 2019 related to social security numbers. Signs of a Scam. Scams with similar themes will surely flourish this season.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 15, 2023

Now the important question: how many of you got scammed in some sort of way by cryptocurrency or another type of investment? The report shows that phishing schemes were the most common type of cybercrime reported by victims in 2022, with 300,497 complaints. Alright, how many of you saw a cryptocurrency ad on TV in 2022?

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Hot for Security

MARCH 30, 2021

The popularity of the social media platform has also ensnared many businesses and individuals who find success in parading out various products, outfits and locations. With over 1 billion active users every month, Instagram is brimming with fraudsters and cybercriminals who prey on naive internet users through various scams.

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