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Email scammers sent an Uber to the home of an 80-year-old woman who responded to a well-timed email scam, in a bid to make sure she went to the bank and wired money to the fraudsters. In this case, the woman figured out she was being scammed before embarking for the bank, but her story is a chilling reminder of how far crooks will go these days to rip people off. Continue reading Scammers Sent Uber to Take Elderly Lady to the Bank
Menlo Imposter Threat Detection Flags Payloadless Attacks that Impersonate Senior Executives and Other VIPs
Cyberattacks aren’t always delivered via a payload such as a link to a malicious URL or an infected file attachment. Rather than trick user… Continue reading Protect Your Employees from Business Email Compromise Attacks
Over a decade since the infamous Zeus malware surfaced, scammers are still using variants of that code to try to steal data from banking customers on multiple continents. Since the beginning of the year, various criminal hacking groups have been using a descendant of Zeus in more than 100 phishing campaigns and some 700,000 emails against people in Australia, Canada, Germany, Poland, and the U.S., email security company Proofpoint said this week. Like countless other hackers around the world, they are trying to capitalize on fears around the coronavirus to slip their code onto victim computers. The ZLoader campaign shows how one piece of code is still inspiring criminals years after law enforcement identified it as pernicious. After malicious hackers had used Zeus malware to steal over $100 million from victims, the Department of Justice disrupted a Zeus-based botnet in 2014 and put a $3 million bounty out for information leading to the arrest of Zeus’s alleged […]
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Gen. Paul Nakasone, the director of the National Security Agency and head of U.S. Cyber Command, is a busy man. He oversees vast, technical surveillance efforts in the U.S. and abroad, while also commanding a military outfit charged with launching cyberattacks. Emailing random women from an outpost in Syria is probably not on his to-do list. So when, Susan, a woman from the New York City area, started receiving correspondence from a “Paul Nakasone” this week, she wondered why the self-proclaimed “head of U.S. Army Cyber Command” was trying to flirt with her. “I Googled this guy and I’m like, ‘Are you kidding me?’” Susan, who asked to be identified by only her first name, told CyberScoop. “And it was very flirtatious, but I’m a married woman.” Susan ultimately realized, that, no, she was not talking to the real Paul Nakasone. She and her friend were actually dealing with scammers who were posing as top […]
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FBI said that government agencies aiming to buy critical items like ventilators have unknowingly transferred funds to threat actors. Continue reading PPE, COVID-19 Medical Supplies Targeted by BEC Scams
The FBI has warned that scammers are using email scams to capitalize on the coronavirus scare, including messages purporting to be from national authorities like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Scammers are leveraging the COVID-1… Continue reading Don’t Fall for These COVID-19 Scams, FBI Warns
Looks like cybercriminals have come up with yet another innovative means to distribute malware. Researchers at Inky, which provides tools to combat phishing attacks, have discovered that cybercriminals are now sending emails that come with fake attach… Continue reading Phaxttachments Are Latest Spin on Phishing Attacks
Scam threatens to flood sites using Google’s banner-ad program with bot and junk traffic if owners don’t pay $5K in bitcoin. Continue reading Hacker Scheme Threatens AdSense Customers with Account Suspension
A recent phishing scam targeted Puerto Rico’s Industrial Development Company. Continue reading Puerto Rico Gov Hit By $2.6M Phishing Scam
A new extortion attack has targeted hundreds of users affected by the Ashley Madison breach over the past week. Continue reading Ashley Madison Breach Extortion Scam Targets Hundreds