SecureList

MARCH 25, 2025

Amazon Online Shopping was mimicked by 33.19% of all phishing and scam pages targeting online store users in 2024. million detections compared to 5.84 Financial phishing In 2024, online fraudsters continued to lure users to phishing and scam pages that mimicked the websites of popular brands and financial organizations.

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Phishing Banking Scams Mobile 74

Google Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

We're introducing two new real-time protection features that enhance your safety, all while safeguarding your privacy: Scam Detection in Phone by Google to protect you from scams and fraud, and Google Play Protect live threat detection with real-time alerts to protect you from malware and dangerous apps.

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Scams Threat Detection Malware Banking 95

Cisco Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

We’ve investigated this folder once before, showcasing a variety of scams. This level of activity makes it all the more important to be aware of these scams. By far, the largest category of spam we saw were surveys scams. Image 1 – Survey scam emails. Image 2 – Holiday-themed survey scams. A word of caution.

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Scams Phishing Malware Internet 145

Security Boulevard

MARCH 7, 2025

And get the latest on cyber scams; zero-day vulnerabilities; and critical infrastructure security. Anyone receiving those letters should disregard them because theyre a scam, the U.S. The FBI further recommends that targeted executives do the following: Notify fellow executives in the organization about the scam so that theyre aware.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

So, on an average around 512 organizations were found to be hitting the networks of organizations out of which 14% of threats were already found to be incubating inside. Security researchers say that threats like phishing, scamming, extortion and business email compromise were found to be hitting the businesses on a serious note in 2020.

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Cyber Attacks Threat Detection Phishing Scams 139

Identity IQ

JUNE 1, 2023

The Rise of AI Social Engineering Scams IdentityIQ In today’s digital age, social engineering scams have become an increasingly prevalent threat. In fact, last year, scams accounted for 80% of reported identity compromises to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC).

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Social Engineering Scams Engineering Identity Theft 52

Digital Shadows

JANUARY 27, 2025

Streamlined RaaS Operations: The ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) ecosystem has become more efficient, with affiliates adopting new, more specialized strategies like help-desk scams to accelerate and refine their attacks. The success of these help-desk scams hinges on the abuse of standard IT practices, particularly remote management sessions.

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Scams Ransomware Accountability Social Engineering 76

IT Security Guru

APRIL 5, 2024

GenAI creates convincing images, so it can even create phony product listings for scams. Proactive threat detection is one of GenAI’s primary benefits. Companies no longer have to react to data breaches, scams, and hacks. As such, it can perfectly generate bulk phishing content.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Even McAfee’s most basic plan includes a VPN, identity monitoring, and text scam detection. If you need to detect or remove rootkits, check out Norton Power Eraser — it’s not part of Norton 360, but it’s a completely free tool. Norton 360 lacks text scam detection, but again, Norton does offer a free detection tool, Genie.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

McAfees most basic plan consists of a VPN and text scam detection features that Microsoft Defender lacks. Other highlighted features are data cleanup, which sends requests to online services to take down your personal information, and text scam detection. 5 Pricing: 4.7/5 5 Core features: 4/5 Advanced features: 4.3/5

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Antivirus Identity Theft VPN Spyware 68

Google Security

MAY 15, 2024

In addition to our new suite of advanced theft protection features to help keep your device and data safe in the case of theft, we’re also focusing increasingly on providing additional protections against mobile financial fraud and scams. We’re also sharing new tools and policies to help developers build safer apps and keep their users safe.

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Scams Threat Detection Social Engineering Surveillance 77

Webroot

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

In today’s world, both small businesses and everyday consumers face a growing number of cyber threats. From ransomware attacks to phishing scams, hackers are becoming more sophisticated. OpenText’s 2024 Threat Hunter Perspective sheds light on what’s coming next and how to protect yourself.

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Cyber threats Small Business Scams Cybercrime 114

Webroot

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Beware of phishing scams: Phishing scams appear in our email inboxes, text messages, social media, and even voicemails. Adopt safe browsing habits: Update browser privacy settings and avoid suspicious websites. Also, limit the number of cookies you accept and clear your browsing history and cache regularly.

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VPN Identity Theft Passwords Scams 119

IT Security Central

JULY 28, 2021

Companies face expansive cybersecurity threats on many fronts, prompting 75 percent of business leaders to view cybersecurity as integral to their organization’s COVID-19 recovery. Surging ransomware attacks and increasingly deceptive phishing scams are attracting national […]. They undoubtedly face an uphill battle.

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Scams Phishing Ransomware Cybersecurity 97

BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Leaders guiding their organisations today need to know how to balance AI’s benefits – like real-time threat detection, rapid response, and automated defences – with new risks and complexities. How AI assists financial fraud One area where AI can be effective in helping criminals is in creating scams using impersonation.

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Artificial Intelligence Ransomware Social Engineering Cybersecurity 64

SecureList

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The most common threat to mobile devices was adware: 40.8% of all threats detected. We detected more than 1.3 11.76%), in second place, represents investment and payout scam apps. Another scam app variety, Trojan.AndroidOS.GriftHorse.l Adware accounted for the majority of threats detected in 2023.

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Mobile Malware Adware Banking 136

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 20, 2022

As The Verge highlights, white hat operators have recently helped to patch huge vulnerabilities that enabled the illegal seizure of NFTs through the gifting of NFTs through scam schemes. On a personal basis, once again, researching the market and looking to keep an eye on emerging threats and trends will help to bridge this gap.

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Cryptocurrency Marketing Scams Government 127

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

According to a recent analysis conducted by Freshbooks on the rise of Covid scams, email remains one of the most vulnerable outlets for cybercriminals. So how do so many employees fall victim to phishing scams? Once the victim opened the document, it would run a macro script that would infect the system and steal their mailing list.

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Phishing Healthcare Data breaches Cyber Attacks 124

Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2024

Organizations and individuals should be aware of adaptive phishing techniques and implement cybersecurity training to educate users on how to recognize and avoid online scams. In conclusion, the phenomenon of adaptive phishing campaigns underscores the need for a proactive approach to cybersecurity.

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Phishing Education Social Engineering Media 134

IT Security Central

OCTOBER 12, 2021

By July 2021, threat actors attempted more than 304 million ransomware attacks, surpassing the 2020 total just halfway through the year. At the same time, the number of phishing scams is soaring, and […].

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Cybersecurity Scams Phishing Ransomware 83

Cisco Security

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Email Threat Defense has introduced a new Threat Profile that provides the customer with deep insights into the specific business risks of individual email threats and the confidence to act quickly. This new visualization is powered by a new patent-pending threat detection engine.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 25, 2020

The Internet from its inception has presented a wide open attack vector to threat actors. Covid19 has upgraded the Internet — from the criminals’ point of view — to a picture-perfect environment for phishing, scamming and deep network intrusions. Clark, 17, of Tampa, Fla.

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Cyber Risk Software Risk Cloud Migration 182

IT Security Central

OCTOBER 12, 2021

By July 2021, threat actors attempted more than 304 million ransomware attacks, surpassing the 2020 total just halfway through the year. At the same time, the number of phishing scams is soaring, and […].

Cybersecurity 81

Cybersecurity Scams Phishing Ransomware 81

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Proofpoint continues to invest in its threat detection engines by incorporating technologies such as AI/ML that help provide nearly 100% efficacy in threat detection,” said Choi. CertiK’s Security Suite has tools to identify and avoid scams. They have been able to fend off various crypto and DeFi attacks.

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Cybersecurity Threat Detection Cryptocurrency eCommerce 121

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

At the mention of AI, most cybersecurity experts get excited about threat detection, automated incident reports, and easy discovery of polymorphic code. While it can aid us in detecting deepfakes , in the end, it comes down to the person in front of the computer to make the right choices.

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Social Engineering Phishing Engineering Technology 109

Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

It stops any automated threat detection efforts to URLs visited by the targets. The account access could be sold in bulk to other cybercriminals to conduct traditional monetary scams. Further investigations show one of PerSwaysion earliest operation teams is a group of threat actors who operate in Nigeria and South Africa.

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Phishing Accountability Financial Services Cloud Migration 136

Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2020

CERT-GIB’s report is based on analyses of coronavirus-related phishing traffic by the Threat Detection System (TDS) Polygon as part of operations to prevent threats spread online. These companies are in no way involved in the scams, of course. Spyware: the most likely COVID-19 payload. Source: CERT-GIB.

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Phishing Malware Spyware DDOS 141

SecureList

AUGUST 14, 2023

However, to a phisher, the possibility of hacking the website is more important than its popularity, as links to scam pages are likely to be emailed or sent via instant messaging platforms. Furthermore, they may use the information they collect to make their future scams look more credible. According to W3Techs, 43.1%

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Phishing Hacking Banking Scams 98

SecureList

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Last but not least, through a stolen social media account, cybercriminals can target the victim’s friends and relatives with various scams. Gaming-related scams Similar bait is used in scams where users are tricked into paying cybercriminals a certain amount of money to obtain a gift card, in-game currency or a brand-new game.

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Mobile Phishing Accountability Scams 137

Cisco Security

MAY 18, 2021

These industries experienced higher incident rates across the board, with hospitality companies falling victim to more data breaches (23%), fraud or scams (21%), and ransomware attacks (20%) than other industries. Our analysis concluded that Cisco Secure Endpoint contributes to every single objective examined in the Security Outcomes Study.

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Data breaches Small Business Financial Services Cybersecurity 131

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 25, 2022

In the first half of the year, we observed spiking detections of threats associated with tech support scams. These threats install applications on the system that create fake error messages, urging the user to call a "help center" that is, in reality, a scam operation.

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SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

One of the schemes used by scammers which has been becoming more popular since last year are scam apps for receiving social benefits. Scam apps targeting Russian-speaking users. Number of detected malicious installation packages, Q1 2021 — Q1 2022 ( download ). Distribution of detected mobile malware by type.

Mobile 130

Mobile Adware Banking Malware 130

Webroot

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In today’s world, both small businesses and everyday consumers face a growing number of cyber threats. From ransomware attacks to phishing scams, hackers are becoming more sophisticated. OpenText’s 2024 Threat Hunter Perspective sheds light on what’s coming next and how to protect yourself.

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Cyber threats Small Business Scams Cybercrime 59

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Hackers may target those who may not know how to fend off a cyber attack or scam. Here’s how to stay ahead of the curve this holiday season. Train staff members. Many retailers hire temporary employees during the winter months. Retailers tend to do an average job educating their employees , according to recent research.

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Retail Cybersecurity Cyber threats Education 132

SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The first one includes scam apps of Trojan.AndroidOS.Fakeapp variety exploiting the theme of social payments to cajole money out of the user; the second one is the fast growing family Trojan-PSW.AndroidOS.Facestealer stealing Facebook account data. Number of detected malicious installation packages, Q3 2020 — Q3 2021 ( download ).

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Mobile Adware Banking Malware 132

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2023

To view email headers in most clients, you can right click on the message and choose “show original” or “view-source.” ” Metadata Now, let us understand the terms related to metadata what it is and why the metadata associated is so important for email communications.

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DNS Authentication Internet Internet 107

IT Security Guru

AUGUST 31, 2023

In recent years, cyber-attacks like phishing scams targeting game credentials or malware being disseminated through game mods have seen an alarming rise in both the UK and the US. For UK-based gamers, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) offers a plethora of advice, from basic password protection to more advanced threat detection.

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Cybersecurity Accountability Threat Detection Scams 87