Tag: Victims
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Three-Quarters of Cyber Incident Victims Are Small Businesses
Over three-quarters of cyber incidents impacted small businesses in 2023, with ransomware having the biggest impact on these firms, …
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Victims Lose $47m to Crypto Phishing Scams in February
Impersonated accounts on X (formerly Twitter) have been blamed for the majority of cryptocurrency phishing attacks last month, with victims …
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TimbreStealer Malware Targets Mexican Victims with Tax-Related Lures
A new phishing campaign targeting Mexican citizens with financial lures has been discovered by Cisco Talos. Using Mexican tax-related …
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Exclusive: eSentire Confirms Rhysida Ransomware Victims
The Rhysida Ransomware Group has escalated its attacks, targeting hospitals, power plants and schools across the UK, Europe and the Middle …
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Safer Internet Day: Two Million Brits Victims of Financial Identity Fraud
Nearly two million Brits may have had their identity stolen and used by fraudsters to open a financial account in 2023, according to …
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Romance Scam Victims Surge in 2023
Romance scam victims surged by more than a fifth (22%) in 2023, compared to 2022, according to new figures from Lloyds Bank. The average …
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FBI: Scammers Are Sending Couriers to Collect Cash From Victims
The FBI has claimed $55m were lost from May to December 2023 to scammers posing as representatives of the government, financial …
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Inferno Malware Masqueraded as Coinbase, Drained $87 Million from 137,000 Victims
The operators behind the now-defunct Inferno Drainer created more than 16,000 unique malicious domains over a span of one year between 2022 …
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Ransomware Leak Site Victims Reached Record-High in November
After a quieter month in October, ransomware groups seemed to return with a vengeance in November, with the highest number of listed …
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Approval Phishing Scams Drain $1bn of Cryptocurrency from Victims
Approval phishing scams have been used to steal at least $1bn in cryptocurrency since May 2021, according to a new report by Chainalysis. …
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Black Friday: Scammers Exploit Luxury Brands to Lure Victims
Once the links within these emails are clicked, victims are led to websites meticulously designed to replicate the official sites of the …
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