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Those numbers that show up on your phone to tell you who’s calling? Treat them as SUGGESTIONS, never as PROOF. Source: Naked Security Sophos New feed
Continue ReadingGrooming is a method of establishing a connection with a person to perpetrate a crime against them. Grooming is becoming more common in fraud, both online as well as in interpersonal interactions. What’s more, scammers are getting more sophisticated in their techniques. There is a mistaken belief that scammers are forceful, arrogant, and therefore easy […]
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The website of the Russian government was recently hacked. The fraudsters started a phoney Bitcoin (BTC) scheme, which they then re-published after being taken down several times. An unnamed gang of hackers began promoting the Free BTC Giveaway scam on the Ryazan administration’s website, according to the local Russian news source Izvestia. Hackers had […]
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a warning about fraud associated with Hurricane Ida, which wreaked havoc in numerous states last week with torrential rain and tornadoes, leaving millions without power. The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy releases investor alerts regularly to caution investors about the latest investment frauds and […]
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INTERPOL has issued a global alert regarding organized criminal organizations approaching governments and peddling COVID-19 vaccinations through fraudulent offers. After INTERPOL reported about 60 incidents from 40 nations, the international law enforcement organization sent a warning to all 194 member countries. The staff of hospitals and health ministries was targeted, with fraudsters promising to […]
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Americans should be skeptical of text messages appearing to be from their state workforce agency, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Following the discovery of an SMS-based phishing effort targeting users of unemployment insurance benefits, the FTC has raised a red flag. In one year, consumers lost $57 million to phishing schemes, according to […]
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Although Windows 11 isn’t expected to be released until later this year, hackers have already begun attempting to use it to infect victims with malware. On Friday, security firm Kaspersky warned that crooks were using bogus installers to take advantage of consumers eager to get their hands on the Microsoft operating system update, which […]
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Experts warn that scammers have begun to hack the accounts of citizens on the site of state services and using them to take loans and microloans. “This is already a serious problem, and in the near future, it will only get worse. Hacking an account, password matching or data leakage can lead to an attacker […]
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