Every year, more than 25% of Russians fall for the bait of financial fraudsters, and only a few successfully get out of this unpleasant situation. For the hero of our story (let's call him M.), the attackers fraudulently issued a loan in the amount of more than 1.3 million rubles, but everything...
Phishing is a well-known technique, but it is still dangerous. Users do not stop opening emails "with surprises", and hackers do not stop using suitable information guides as a "bait". According to research, more than a quarter of employees of Russian companies. Why is phishing dangerous for...
How did researchers manage to uncover three large-scale malware campaigns at once?
Over the past few years, Docker Hub, a platform for hosting software repositories, has been the target of three major fraud campaigns. Researchers from JFrog found that about 20% of the 15 million hosting...
The innovative project will turn predators into prey.
Tinkoff Bank has launched an innovative pilot project called "Fraud Roulette", aimed at combating phone fraudsters. According to the official statement of the financial institution, this initiative is a system where randomly connected users...
Telegram is at the epicenter of a new wave of fraud.
Recently, cases of fraudulent attacks on users of the popular Telegram messenger have become more frequent. Attackers use a sophisticated phishing scheme to gain unauthorized access to victims ' personal accounts.
According to the F. A. C...
In the city of Solikamsk, Perm Krai, the court verdict was heard by a 22-year-old native of Krasnovishersky district, who was charged by investigators of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Solikamsk City District with participating in six frauds and two...
Police officers in Tatarstan stopped the activities of a group of persons suspected of fraud committed using information and telecommunications technologies.
The police received a statement from a resident of Kazan, deceived by scammers. It turned out that the applicant received a call from a...
Employees of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Voronezh Region, with the support of the Russian National Guard, detained five members of a group of fraudsters, whose victims were four residents of the Voronezh Region. More than 2.3 million rubles were...
Victims lose control of their savings, unaware of the hack until the last moment.
Cybersecurity experts have discovered a complex multi-stage attack that uses phishing messages with invoice themes to spread a variety of malicious software, including Venom RAT, Remcos RAT, XWorm, NanoCore RAT...
In just a few days, hackers managed to intercept almost $18,000 in cryptocurrency.
An extensive network of phishing sites masquerading as the popular self-destructing messaging service Privnote was recently discovered in cyberspace. These sites are designed to look and function like a real...
74 million was sent by a notary from Moscow to scammers: she withdrew all her savings, collected loans and borrowed from friends. In the end, the woman was convinced to go to Obninsk under the witness protection program.
A resident of Moscow is 70 years old and works as a notary. Recently, the...
Don't let scammers hack into your personal life.
Experts warn about a new danger associated with the use of public Wi-Fi networks, which can lead to the theft of accounts in the Telegram messenger. Fraudulent Wi-Fi was detected at Sheremetyevo Airport, however, such a threat may be waiting for...
The Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Labinsky district has completed the investigation of a criminal case initiated against a 54-year-old resident of the Volgograd region on the grounds of a crime under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code...
How do criminals make money today, moving away from traditional methods of deception?
According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in 2023, fraud, in which attackers impersonate well-known companies and government agencies, occupies a leading position among all user complaints.
In 2023...
404 Media has discovered an unusual method of using content moderation tools: scammers deliberately place CSAM images on Discord servers in order to block their competitors servers.
According to 404 Media, such actions differ from previous attacks on Discord in their clearly criminal...
Criminals have found an insidious way to eliminate competitors.
404 Media discovered an unusual method of using content moderation tools: scammers deliberately place CSAM images on Discord servers in order to block their competitors servers.
According to 404 Media, such actions differ from...
The gang operated mainly in the province of Castile and Leon. The attackers were detained during the operation of regional law enforcement agencies.
Employees of the Spanish Civil Guard conducted an operation, during which they arrested three people for Internet fraud.
Due to the actions of...
An investigator of the Investigative Department of the Department of Internal Affairs for the VAO GU of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow has completed the investigation of a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the...
The cyber police of the Ivano-Frankivsk region stopped the activities of a group of individuals who hacked the accounts of users of a popular social network and sent messages on their behalf asking them to borrow money: more than a million hryvnias of cash were seized from them. Law enforcement...
During Ramadan, Resecurity recorded a significant increase in the number of fraudulent activities and scams, coinciding with an increase in retail and online transactions.
Cybercriminals are particularly active in the Middle East, especially in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where consumer...