Scam hunter scammed by tax office impersonators

The next time you shake your head at another online scam and vow that you'd never fall for it, remember that even the most tech-savvy people can sometimes slip up. A case in point: Julie-Anne Kearns. This self-made scam-hunter told her story to the Guardian last week, revealing how she had been...

Been scammed online? Here’s what to do

Unfortunately, people getting scammed online is a frequent event. Scammers are getting better at social engineering and are using Artificial Intelligence AI to sound more authentic and eliminate any spelling errors. It really can happen to anyone, so there's no need to feel embarrassed if you hav...

Police Shut Down Fake Trading Platform That Scammed Hundreds

Police in Europe have shut down a fake online trading platform that scammed hundreds of victims out of…...

The ‘Largest Illicit Online Marketplace’ Ever Is Growing at an Alarming Rate, Report Says

Huione Guarantee, a gray market researchers believe is central to the online scam ecosystem, now includes a messaging app, stablecoin, and crypto exchange—while facilitating $24 billion in transactions...

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Bypassing 2FA with phishing and OTP bots

Introduction Two-factor authentication 2FA is a security feature we have come to expect as standard by 2024. Most of todays websites offer some form of it, and some of them wont even let you use their service until you enable 2FA. Individual countries have adopted laws that require certain types ...

In the Fight Against Scams, ‘Cyber Ambassadors’ Enter the Chat

Police in the Indian state of Telangana have found a novel way to help people avoid getting swindled online: grassroots education...

Criminals socially engineer their way to bank details with fake arrest warrants

When an organization experiences a massive data breach, it knows at least that it needs to inform the federal government about the cybersecurity incident, get law enforcement involved, and then inform its clients and affiliates. Seems simple enough, but this process, which countries from the West...

Authorities bust multi-million online Coronavirus face mask scam

By Deeba Ahmed The operation was carried out by Europol, NSA, and Interpol, etc., busting 1.5 million Euro Coronavirus face mask scam. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Authorities bust multi-million online Coronavirus face mask scam...

FBI Shuts Down Multimillion Dollar – 3ve – Ad Fraud Operation

Google, the FBI, ad-fraud fighting company WhiteOps and a collection of cyber security companies worked together to shut down one of the largest and most sophisticated digital ad-fraud schemes that infected over 1.7 million computers to generate fake clicks used to defraud online advertisers for...

Scareware Takedown By FBI, Int'l Authorities Results in Two Arrests

The FBI has made a major dent in the huge scareware and rogue antivirus problem that has been plaguing Internet users for years now, arresting two people and seizing dozens of computers, servers and bank accounts as part of a large-scale coordinated operation in twelve countries. The operation,...

IC3: Internet Crime Up in 2010

Internet crime is on the rise again according to a report recently released by The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3. The organization said last week that it received the second-highest number of complaints in its decade long history in 2010. Released on February 24, the 2010 Internet Crime...

FTC Charges Scareware Operators to Pay $8 Million Settlement

The FTC doled out $8 million in fines to the operators of an online scareware scheme. The scam involves tricking consumers into thinking their computers are infected with malware and then selling them software to remedy problems that doesn’t exist in the first place. A district court order in...

Real SEO Feeding Traffic to Fake Search Engines

Online scam artists are using black hat search engine optimization SEO techniques to push more than just malicious software. In fact, SEO is increasingly being used to drive traffic to a range of phony Web based search engines that are feeding cost-per-click advertising scams, according to a blog...