Collaborate Disseminate
Fraudsters can add stolen payment cards to digital wallet apps and continue making online purchases even after victims’ report the card stolen and the bank blocks it, computer engineers with University of Massachusetts Amherst and Pennsylvania St… Continue reading Stolen, locked payment cards can be used with digital wallet apps
Orion S.A., a global chemical company with headquarters in Luxembourg, has become a victim of fraud: it lost approximately $60 million through “multiple fraudulently induced outbound wire transfers to accounts controlled by unknown third parties…. Continue reading Scammers dupe chemical company into wiring $60 million
It’s possible to cancel other people’s voter registrations:
On Friday, four days after Georgia Democrats began warning that bad actors could abuse the state’s new online portal for canceling voter registrations, the Secretary of State’s Office acknowledged to ProPublica that it had identified multiple such attempts…
…the portal suffered at least two security glitches that briefly exposed voters’ dates of birth, the last four digits of their Social Security numbers and their full driver’s license numbers—the exact information needed to cancel others’ voter registrations…
Continue reading Problems with Georgia’s Voter Registration Portal
The UK’s National Crime Agency has dismantled Russian Coms, a major fraud platform responsible for global financial losses.… Continue reading UK Shuts Down ‘Russian Coms’ Fraud Platform Defrauding Millions
Cybercriminals are using GitHub to distribute malware through fake accounts. Learn how the “Stargazers Ghost” network operates and… Continue reading 3,000 Fake GitHub Accounts Used to Spread Malware in Stargazers Ghost Scheme
Is critical journalism under attack? A recent exposé reveals a disturbing trend: Companies, in this case, an Indian… Continue reading Indian Firm Linked to Fake DMCA Notices Silencing Journalists
I have a friend who uses Google Mail. They have been in contact with a company for a while arranging a purchase.
They got a new email chain from the company providing real information and fake payment details. According to the company most… Continue reading How could this have been done – is it possible to edit a received email on Gmail?
When it comes to the cyber threat landscape, change is the only constant: the inevitable interplay between cybercriminals and law enforcement agencies makes it inevitable. Europol’s recently released Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IO… Continue reading The changes in the cyber threat landscape in the last 12 months
Aided by the emergence of generative artificial intelligence models, synthetic identity fraud has skyrocketed, and now accounts for a staggering 85% of all identity fraud cases. For security professionals, the challenge lies in staying one step ahead o… Continue reading Fighting AI-powered synthetic ID fraud with AI
Cybercriminals exploit Trump’s assassination attempt to lure victims into a crypto doubling scam using deepfake Elon Musk videos… Continue reading Hacked YouTube Channels Use Trump Assassination News to Push Crypto Scam