Category Archives: Phishing Scam

Gmail Phishing Scam Stealing Credentials Through Infected Attachment

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By Uzair Amir

Malicious threat actors are using exclusively designed URLs to deceive users into providing their Gmail credentials. This latest phishing campaign, discovered by security experts, utilizes a very effective phishing attack that can trick even the most alerted users and tech-savvy people. The campaign involves sending infected messages to the contacts from an already infected computer. […]

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Researchers Expose Fake Android Apps Stealing Instagram Passwords

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By Owais Sultan

Instagram undoubtedly is a very popular social networking platform, which is the main reason why it attracts the attention of cyber-criminals, hackers and scammers so frequently. According to latest findings from the mobile malware research team at Intel Security, Google Play store has become a haven for Instagram password stealers. These malicious cybercriminals are distributing […]

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Researchers Expose Fake Android Apps Stealing Instagram Passwords

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By Owais Sultan

Instagram undoubtedly is a very popular social networking platform, which is the main reason why it attracts the attention of cyber-criminals, hackers and scammers so frequently. According to latest findings from the mobile malware research team at Intel Security, Google Play store has become a haven for Instagram password stealers. These malicious cybercriminals are distributing […]

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Phishing attack on LA County computers; personal data of 756k people stolen

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By Pushpa Mishra

The Los Angeles County employees have become the victim of a phishing attack and as a result, the data of around 756,000 individuals has become vulnerable to exploitation. The county has confirmed that a breach was carried out after a Nigerian hacker targeted around 108 employees with phishing attacks. It must be noted that in […]

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Bahamian Hacker Gets 5 Years Jail Time for Hacking, Leaking Celebrities Photos

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By Carolina

Alonzo Knowles, a 24-year-old Bahamian male, has received five years in prison for violating the privacy of celebrities, athletes and famous personalities by hacking into their email accounts and stealing movie scripts, personal video clips and pictures from them. Also Read: iCloud accounts hacking: Nude Photos of 98 Hollywood Celebrities leaked online That list of […]

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Fake WhatsApp email comes as a billing alert

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Recently, we have received a report from one of our readers on Facebook regarding another criminal-driven campaign targeting WhatsApp users. It comes in the form of a phishing email, which our reader has forwarded for us to look into.Categories: Cyberc… Continue reading Fake WhatsApp email comes as a billing alert→

Scammers Using Images on Facebook Messenger to Drop Locky Ransomware

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By Waqas

Facebook Messenger has become a favorite target of cyber-criminals lately since the social network’s messenger service is continuously being targeted with malware scams and phish campaigns. The latest scam is a proof of that. According to researchers, a new form of attack has been launched using Facebook Messenger that quickly distributes Locky malware. Locky belongs […]

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Beware; LinkedIn Users Hit with Sophisticated Phishing Campaign

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By CarolinaLatest LinkedIn phishing scam asks users for their personal dataThis is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Beware; LinkedIn Users Hit with Sophisticated Phishing Campaign Continue reading Beware; LinkedIn Users Hit with Sophisticated Phishing Campaign→

Fancy Bears hacked MH17 crash investigators with spear-phishing campaign

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By WaqasNew Spear-phishing Campaign Targets Bellingcat Researchers trying to Investigate FlightThis is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fancy Bears hacked MH17 crash investigators with spear-phishing campaign Continue reading Fancy Bears hacked MH17 crash investigators with spear-phishing campaign→