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"Phishing" printed on a keyboard key and fishing hook depicting phishing attack

Scammers have launched a phishing campaign pretending to be Microsoft MSA. The crooks are claiming that the recipientโ€™s MS accountโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
sextortion

Fraudsters are going the extra mile to convince their victims that they have infected their phones with malware. They areโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
hacker_trojan_teamviewer

Facebook and PayPal are still keeping the security loopholes open for scammers to make defrauding a full-time job. Hackers areโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
bitcoin

Scammers have made tens of thousands of dollars by promoting fraudulent QR code generators. The crooks are creating QR codesโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
WhatsApp Quote Feature Security Issue

A "good old" WhatsApp number hijack trick has returned, targeting new and inexperienced users. Scammers are asking victims to sendโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
bec scams

FBI is warning about BEC actors being on a frenzy right now, sending payment diversion instructions all around. Some emailโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
valorant

Scammers are distributing fake โ€œValorantโ€ beta key generators that are basically keyloggers. The malware launches a Riot Games account loginโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
call ID

Caller ID spoofing that leads to vishing is turning to a growing problem, both in numbers and in success rates.โ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
money laundering

A BEC scammer pleads guilty to money laundering and fraud and gives away all the details in court. The personโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
elon musk

Scammers are hijacking YouTube channels and promote fake Bitcoin giveaways to tens of thousands. Many have already been tricked, asโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
mexican atm

A group of Romanians was involved in massive scale ATM skimming operations in Mexico. A number of local municipality officialsโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
business

Malicious actors who set up โ€œshop windowsโ€ using othersโ€™ names are very zestful right now. Analytics companies have recorded aโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
verizon

Verizon is taking an important step to protect subscribers against SIM swapping scammers. The telco introduced a number lock featureโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
PayPal company facade

Fraudsters are exploiting PayPalโ€™s โ€œSend Moneyโ€ feature and the fact that itโ€™s so user friendly. Scammers can send a largeโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
malspam

Spammers targeting people who attend tech and computing events are taking advantage of organizational delays. They are sending all kindsโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
state of texas

Fraudsters impersonated the State of Texas to get free HP Envy laptops and HP Elements drives. The crooks did aโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
tech_support

Multiple redirections and XSS exploits help tech support scammers channel social media users to their domains.The actors rely on aโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
vitamins

A network of 39 vitamin and nutritional product sites are tricking PayPal users with fake offers.Once the victim pays, theโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
Sim card slots

A youngster from Dublin has pleaded guilty to participating in a SIM-swapping scheme. The group stole more than $2.5 millionโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
Telephone

Working remotely goes hand in hand with tech support scammers and vishing actors. The number of crooks calling people whoโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
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