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Go Phish: Cybercriminals Stick to Coronavirus and Financial Content to Fuel Phishing Schemes
We’ve reached the half-year mark and online scammers are still taking advantage of the uncertainties brought on by the pandemic. Cyber-attacks targeting both consumers and business surged worldwide, and the trend shows ...
Court Lets Microsoft Seize Web Domains Used in COVID-19 Phishing/BEC Scams and Fraud
A U.S. court order has allowed Microsoft to seize control of key domains controlled by fraudsters to halt criminal activity after an increase in scams targeting users of Office 365. The U.S ...
HMRC Removes 292 COVID-19 Phishing Websites in Less Than 2 Months
Governments across the globe have been struggling to block the ongoing fraud attempts and attacks that have proliferated amid the coronavirus lockdown. According to official data, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) ...
Miracle cures and dodgy advice for Coronavirus
As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads across the world, fraudsters are preying on the fears of consumers everywhere. Misinformation is spreading like wildfire, and misbranded or unapproved products claiming to have curative effects ...
New Phishing Scam Lures iPhone Owners with Romantic Chat, Gambling, ‘Free’ VPN
Bitdefender this week has detected a new phishing campaign targeting iPhone owners with a range of scams aiming to defraud unsuspecting victims. First things first. If you receive the email pictured below, ...
‘Your account has been locked’ – 7 telltale signs of a phishing scam
According to study after study, phishing remains the most efficient attack vector for bad actors to steal your data. Even though attackers have plenty of options, they prefer phishing because it does ...
Avoid the Dangerous IRS Phishing Scams During Tax Season
It’s tax season once again, when scammers start working overtime to deceive unwitting taxpayers into giving away personal information or sending in money for phony tax preparation services, or even payments for ...
The more you say you know about phishing, the more vulnerable you are … Until you’re hoodwinked
A study in which researchers sent phishing emails to 1,350 students has yielded a startling find: those who believe they know how to tell a phishing scam from a genuine email are ...
Researchers find new financial malware targeting banking customers in Brazil
Bad actors are targeting businesses in Brazil using clever social engineering tactics and camouflaged malware to bypass strong authentication and security controls and ultimately take over bank accounts. Using a Trojan disguised ...
‘Password Check Required Immediately’ – most effective phishing line
Leveraging a key human trait that machines would not fall for, cybercriminals can easily manipulate or fool humans using social engineering tactics. A new study on the most effective phishing scams shows ...
