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The wide-scale phishing scam reportedly started in early November and continued through December, before it was discovered by the Texas school district. Continue reading Scammers Dupe Texas School District Out of $2.3M
Nikkei, one of the largest media companies in Japan, with an empire spanning broadcasting, digital media, magazines, and newspapers such as the Financial Times, says that its US subsidiary, Nikkei America, has been scammed out of $29 million. In a pres… Continue reading Nikkei worker tricked into transferring $29 million into scammer’s bank account
A decade-old botnet malware that currently controls over 450,000 computers worldwide has recently shifted its operations from infecting machines with ransomware or crypto miners to abusing them for sending out sextortion emails to millions of innocent … Continue reading Phorpiex Botnet Sending Out Millions of Sextortion Emails Using Hacked Computers
Toyota Boshoku, a seating and interiors supplier for Toyota cars, has revealed that it was tricked into moving a large amount of money into a bank account controlled by scammers.
The post Toyota Parts Supplier Loses $37 Million in Email Scam appeared f… Continue reading Toyota Parts Supplier Loses $37 Million in Email Scam
Nigerian scam groups launched even more attacks in 2018 – and used more complex types of malware to reach more victims. Continue reading ThreatList: Nigerian Cybercrime Surged 54 Percent in 2018
An Ohio parish lost a whopping $1.75 million after attackers breached two employees’ email accounts – and then tricked other employees into sending wire transfers to a fraudulent bank account. Continue reading BEC Hack Cons Catholic Church Out of $1.75 Million
She sent her bank account details three times, she said. Unfortunately, they wound up in crooks’ hands, and her money wound up in their pockets. Continue reading Email crooks swindle woman out of $150K from home sale
The scam targets Netflix users and asks for payment information. Continue reading FTC Warns of Netflix Phishing Scam Making Rounds
“Pay $20,000 worth of bitcoin, or a bomb will detonate in your building”
A massive number of businesses, schools, government offices and individuals across the US, New Zealand and Canada on Thursday received bomb threats via emails that caused nationw… Continue reading Fake Bomb Threat Emails Demanding Bitcoins Sparked Chaos Across US, Canada
Watch out for emails about gift cards and corporate donations, researcher warn. Continue reading ThreatList: Gift Card-Themed BEC Holiday Scams Spike