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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Will spam die in 2020?
Bill Gates promised 16 years ago that the spam problem would be “solved” by 2006. As we begin the year 2020, the pandemic of unwanted…
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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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Fraud Attacks from Mobile Spiked 300% in Q1
Fraud attacks from mobile apps spiked by 300% in the first quarter of 2019, according to a new researcher from RSA. Published today, the Fraud…
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New Security Warning Issued For Google’s 1.5 Billion Gmail And Calendar Users
Google’s Gmail email service is used by upwards of 1.5 billion people. The Google Calendar app, meanwhile, has been downloaded more than a billion times…
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Sextortion Scammers Pose as Corrupt CIA Agents
In a new sextortion scam, cyber-criminals are posing as corrupt officials of the CIA and demanding $10,000 from their targets whose names they claim to…
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FBI: Cybercrime Losses Doubled in 2018
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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