Last year, according to the FBI’s “2018 Internet Crime Report,” reported damages from cybercrime nearly doubled to $2.7 billion, and roughly half of that amount…
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Avoid a Security Endgame: Learn About the Latest “Avengers” Scam
Marvel Studio’s $2.2 billion box-office hit “Avengers: Endgame” has quickly risen to the second-highest grossing film of all time in its first two weekends. Not…
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Attackers Add a New Spin to Old Scams
Scammers are figuring out unique ways of abusing cloud services to make their attacks look more genuine, Netskope says. Cybercriminals have begun abusing legitimate cloud…
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GoDaddy Shutters 15,000 Subdomains Tied to ‘Snake Oil’ Scams
GoDaddy worked with researchers to shut down 15,000 domain-shadowing websites tied to bogus affiliate marketing offers promoted via spam campaigns. Researchers at the security firm…
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Two Found Guilty in Online Dating, BEC Scheme
Cybercriminals involved in the operation created fake online dating profiles and tricked victims into sending money to phony bank accounts. Two men have been found…
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Magecart payment card skimmer gang returns stronger than ever
Hackers are using increasingly sophisticated techniques to hide malicious code on e-commerce websites with the goal of stealing payment card details. Known as web skimmers,…
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Your money or your life: Digital extortion scams
There’s a particularly insidious type of targeted phishing scam that has grown in popularity since mid-2018. Our Cisco Talos researchers have been monitoring these scams,…
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