Tag: Scams
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Top 5 Scam Techniques: What You Need to Know
Scammers are increasingly resourceful when coming up with scam techniques. But they often rely on long-standing persuasion techniques for …
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Scam alert! The most subtle tax season scams to avoid this year
Cyber scammers love tax season. Emotions run high and it’s easy for scammers to prey on FUD (fear, uncertainty and …
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Smashing Security podcast #360: Lockbit locked out, and funeral Facebook scams
Heaven’s above! Scammers are exploiting online funerals, and Lockbit – the “Walmart of Ransomware” – is dismantled in style by …
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Amount of fraud in UK more than doubled to £2.3bn in 2023, report finds
The amount of fraud committed in the UK more than doubled to £2.3bn in 2023, marking the second-biggest year for scams in the last two …
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Massive utility scam campaign spreads via online ads
For many households, energy costs represent a significant part of their overall budget. And when customers want to discuss their bills or …
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GoldPickaxe Trojan Blends Biometrics Theft and Deepfakes to Scam Banks
Security researchers have warned of a sophisticated new Trojan designed to steal facial biometric data and use it to produce deepfakes of …
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WhatsApp Scams in 2024: How to Spot a Fake
Last year, text scammers prowling around on messaging platforms like WhatsApp sent a staggering 19 million messages in December alone. When …
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Tax season is here, so are scammers
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that the 2024 tax filing season has officially begun, with an expected 146 million individual …
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Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Payment Scams (Part 2)
CyberHoot recently blogged about scams involving peer-to-peer payment apps. Hackers impersonate family members on social media or …
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Smashing Security podcast #355: Fishy Rishi, 23andMe, and the labour of love
Has the British Prime Minister been caught secretly profiting from a cryptocurrency app? Were 23andMe right to blame their users after a …
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Scam alert! Watch out for 401(k) scams
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Many fraudsters know that the real money is in retirement …
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Heartless scammers prey on hundreds of lost pet owners, demanding ransoms or else…
Hundreds of pet owners across the UK have reported that they have received blackmail threats from scammers who claim to have found their …
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