PsyScam: a Benchmark for Psychological Techniques in Real-World Scams

Online scams have become increasingly prevalent, with scammers using psychological techniques PTs to manipulate victims. While existing research has developed benchmarks to study scammer behaviors, these benchmarks do not adequately reflect the PTs observed in real-world scams. To fill this gap, ...

Desperate Taylor Swift fans defrauded by ticket scams

Ticket scams are very common and apparently hard to stop. When there are not nearly enough tickets for some concerts to accommodate all the fans that desperately want to be there, it makes for ideal hunting grounds for scammers. With a ticket scam, you pay for a ticket and you either don’t receiv...

A week in security (February 1 – February 7)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we dug into a load of security events. We first peered into how Fonix ransomware was giving up the ghost, swearing off a life of crime and even apologizing for past actions. We looked at a credit card skimmer that found opportunity in the latest Magento 1 hacking...