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Only one message leads to the theft of confidential information of companies. Researchers at Menlo Security have discovered a new phishing campaign targeting the Microsoft 365 accounts of key CEOs of organizations in the United States. As part of the campaign, cybercriminals are abusing Open...

The FBI explains how the "Phantom Hacker" scheme works, and who is at risk in the first place. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation warns citizens about a sharp increase in the number of scammers operating under the "Phantom Hacker" scheme. Older people are particularly at risk. The new...

Attackers steal billions by using ordinary people as pawns in their game. China is joining forces with ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and the United Nations (United Nations) to combat cyber fraud, which has become widespread in Southeast Asia. Over the past two or three years...

A brutal fraud scheme brought criminals more than $1 million. Information security company Sophos has revealed the actions of a fraudulent group specializing in The Pig Butchering campaigns. The group specializes in romantic scams, in which attackers convince the victim to invest in fraudulent...

Interpol vs Betting mafia: who won this match? As a result of a major international operation, which was joined by Interpol, Europol and the Spanish police, an organized criminal group was eliminated. She specialized in illegal sports betting and manipulating the results of competitions...

A pensioner born in 1956 contacted police department No. 2 of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Astrakhan. The woman said that an unknown person called her and said that her niece had suffered a serious head injury and needed medical attention. Since the girl is in the...

Residents of the region deceived customers using fake ads for the sale of goods. Malefactors face up to 8 years in prison. A 27-year-old resident of the region became the organizer of tima, and for a dense vork, he attracted two fellow countrymen. He coordinated the creation of ads on the OLX...

In India, the activities of a fraudulent cartel that specialized in the use of one-time passwords and operated in the American market were uncovered. The local NDTV channel devoted a 25-minute investigation to this investigation, “Inside The OTP Mafia: Nuh To New York” (Nuh is a city in the...

Big-name "businessmen" have become the key to a new type of cyber-attacks. In Turkey, hackers have come up with a new way to gain access to the data of hotel and airline guests. They pretend to be assistants to influential big-name businessmen who want to book rooms or tickets for their...

Early access sometimes has a lot more disadvantages than advantages... The FBI warns of a new type of fraud, in which cybercriminals offer users to install malicious applications on their smartphones under the guise of beta testing. These apps disguise themselves as legitimate programs with...

Stay alert and don't trust suspicious text messages. Modern scammers are constantly adapting their methods to deceive unsuspecting citizens. One of the new ways is to use the legend of replacing social cards. These attackers call bank customers and, posing as social service employees, offer to...

The Russian Interior Ministry reports on a new scheme of telephone fraudsters. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia reports a sharp increase in the number of cases when telephone scammers from Ukraine deceive Russians not only for money, but also in order to involve them in illegal...

During the day, there were at least 12 arson attempts, both elderly and young people fell for the tricks of scammers. In Russia, at least 11 cases of arson or attempts to set fire to military commissariats occurred per day. Most of the arsonists said they were deceived by scammers who called...

Chinese police have arrested a group of scammers who sold old video cards as new - they bought old video cards in bulk, cleaned them, packed them in new boxes, and sold the devices as new in the domestic market. In total, law enforcement agencies detained 22 people. As part of the...

An ugly duckling has appeared among AI lovers. Cybercriminals distribute fake versions of ChatGPT, Google Bard, Midjourney, and Jasper on Facebook*, which are designed to steal passwords, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive information. A new malware campaign discovered by Check Point...

How does the government deal with cyber fraud and will the new methods work? In Russia, cases of fraud in instant messengers have become more frequent. Attackers send out links to phishing sites and malicious programs under the guise of ordinary ones. Alexander Khinshtein, Chairman of the State...

Common fraud techniques Phone scammers Techniques: They introduce themselves as bank employees and frighten you with the loss of funds. They start talking about transferring money (paying fines, taxes, and services). They force you to take out a loan. Please provide your bank card details (its...

What's it? Fraud-translated from English means "fraud". Antifraud is a system that tracks illegal actions and blocks them. They are most often used to secure financial transactions, such as payment confirmation via a text message code. How do they work? A well-configured anti-fraud tool does...

Scammers are becoming more sophisticated. In this article, we will talk about the latest tactics used by cybercriminals to deceive people on the Internet. The digitalization of our daily lives inadvertently creates a space for malicious users to exploit. When we communicate, do business, and...

Typesquatting is one of the common methods used by cybercriminals to create websites that imitate famous brands. In fact, this technique is a registration of domain names that are similar in spelling to the addresses of popular sites. As specialists from Palo Alto Networks found out ...