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Tricks of the trade: How a cybercrime ring operated a multi-level fraud scheme
Scams A peek under the hood of a cybercrime operation and what you can do to avoid being an easy target for similar...
Tricks of the trade: How a cybercrime ring operated a multi‑level fraud scheme | WeLiveSecurity
A peek under the hood of a cybercrime operation and what you can do to avoid being an easy target for similar ploys...
ML in Finance: Is it the Silver Bullet for Preventing Fraud?
The projected increase in fraudulent transactions is estimated to be
$6.5 billion between 2021 and 2027, and its impact on the finance industry is...
Scammer Receives 4-Year Prison Sentence After Being Caught in the US
Tyler Cross Published on: March 31, 2023 Solomon Ekunke Okpe, who is a 31-year-old from Nigeria, has been...
Cyberattackers Hoop NBA Fan Data via Third-Party Vendor
As it moves into the final stretch of its regular season, the National Basketball Association said over the weekend that "an unauthorized third party"...
5 cybersecurity threats to the financial sector
According to a 2019 survey, global data breaches exposed an astonishing 7.9 billion records the first nine months of that year – more...
Hackers Use Microsoft Teams Chats to Deploy Malware
Security researchers warn that some cybercriminals are infiltrating Microsoft Teams accounts to enter chats and spread malicious malware to participants in the conversation. More than 270 million users rely on Microsoft Teams every month, despite the absence of protections against malicious files. Researchers at Avanan, a Check Point company that secures cloud email and collaboration […]
IRONSCALES Adds More than 3,000 Customers, Remediates 27+ Million…
Company increased customers, expanded protected mailboxes and earned numerous award recognitions in 2021
(PRWeb February 08, 2022)
Read the full story at https://www.prweb.com/releases/ironscales_adds_more_than_3_000_customers_remediates_27_million_emails/prweb18477166.htm
Hackers Using New Evasive Technique to Deliver AsyncRAT Malware
A new, sophisticated phishing attack has been observed delivering the AsyncRAT trojan as part of a malware campaign that's believed to have commenced in September 2021. "Through a simple email phishing tactic with an html attachment, threat attackers are delivering AsyncRAT (a remote access trojan) designed to remotely monitor and control its infected computers through a secure, encrypted
FBI Links Diavol Ransomware to Trickbot Banking Trojan
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has issued a flash alert connecting Diavol ransomware to hackers who are behind the Trickbot banking Trojan, according to a notice late last week. The FBI’s cyber division said it first learned of Diavol ransomware in October. Analysts quickly associated the data-encrypting malware with the developers of Trickbot. Trickbot is an […]
SageNext, a cloud hosting provider for Tax and Accounting, Releases a…
A security research team of Sagenext creates a comprehensive guide by interviewing security analysts across domain and victims, assimilating IRS & US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...
(PRWeb January 19, 2022)
Read the full story at https://www.prweb.com/releases/sagenext_a_cloud_hosting_provider_for_tax_and_accounting_releases_a_comprehensive_guide_to_help_prevent_ransomware_attacks_in_2022/prweb18435017.htm
FBI Arrests Suspect in Years-Long Book Publishing Phishing Scam
The FBI has arrested an Italian man who is suspected of running a years-long email phishing scam that targeted hundreds of authors. Fillipo Bernardini was arrested on Jan. 5 after landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, according to a press release by the agency. The Italian national is charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, […]