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On the Trail of the Robocall King
An investigator set out to discover the source of one scammy robocall. Turns out, his target made them by the millions...
vBulletin 4.2.5 Member Map 1.1.2 Open Redirection
Exploit Title : vBulletin 4.2.5 Member Map 1.1.2 Open Redirection Author Discovered By : KingSkrupellos Team : Cyberizm Digital Security Army Date : 04/03/2019 Vendor Homepage : vbulletin.com dragonbyte-tech.com Software Information Link : dragonbyte-tech.com/store/member-map.229/ Software Affect...
Phishing Scam Cloaks Malware With Fake Google reCAPTCHA
A recently-discovered phishing scam was found peddling malware, using a new technique to mask its malicious landing page: A fake Google reCAPTCHA system. The campaign targeted a Polish bank and its users with emails, said researchers with Sucuri. These emails contained a link to a malicious PHP...
Crack hunting: not all it’s cracked up to be
People sometimes ask us in the forums if a keygen or software crack is safe to use. Sometimes, these programs do what they say on the tin. Other times, they’re not what they say they are. In this post, I’ll describe what happened when I went crack hunting, and why it is often unsafe to carry out...
Coffee Meets Bagel Dating App Warns Users of Breach
Popular dating app Coffee Meets Bagel has sent its users an email notifying them that their data may have been “acquired by an unauthorized party.” The news comes days after a massive database containing the information of around 6.2 million Coffee Meets Bagel users showed up on the Dark Web. Use...
Don’t Blame Employees who fall for a BEC scam!
The BBC reports that a media company based in Scotland is now suing a former employee who fell for a Business Email Compromise BEC scam. In the scam, the employee received emails which appeared to be from the managing director and requested wire transfers. The employee worked with her line manage...
Sextortion Bitcoin scam makes unwelcome return
Heads up: a particularly nasty sextortion Bitcoin scam from at least the middle of 2018 is making the rounds once again. The scam involves making use of old breach dumps, then emailing someone from the list and reminding them of their old password. When something lands in your mailbox with “Hey,...
Movie stream ebooks gun for John Wick 3 on Kindle store
We discovered a novel spam campaign over the weekend, targeting fans of John Wick on the Amazon Kindle store. The scam itself involves paying for what appears to be the upcoming third movie, turns into a bogus ebook, and goes on to hyperlink potential victims to a collection of third-party...
Cryptocurrency Firm Loses $145 Million After CEO Dies With Only Password
QuadrigaCX, the largest bitcoin exchange in Canada, has claimed to have lost CAD 190 million nearly USD 145 million worth of cryptocurrency after the exchange lost access to its cold offline storage wallets. Reason? Unfortunately, the only person with access to the company's offline wallet, found...
Bomb Threat, Sextortion Spammers Abused Weakness at GoDaddy.com
Two of the most disruptive and widely-received spam email campaigns over the past few months -- including an ongoing sextortion email scam and a bomb threat hoax that shut down dozens of schools, businesses and government buildings late last year -- were made possible thanks to an authentication...
Social Security Number scammers are at it again
The Federal Trade Commission FTC once again sounded the alarm in mid-December about the latest Social Security Number SSN scam that continues to affect thousands of Americans. While most of us were only able to read about this type of scam in the past, the FTC now has an audio recording of an SSN...
WhatsApp Gold Scam is Back with Malware Payload
By Waqas In social media, the emergence of fake news and fake apps isn’t uncommon as thousands of these hoaxes keep circulating around the web to spread confusion among the users. Now, there is a new hoax doing the rounds and making headlines and it is called WhatsApp Gold Scam. Dubbed as WhatsAp...
Tech Support Scams: What are They and How do I Stay Safe?
If you read this blog regularly you’re no doubt aware that cyber-criminals are a determined bunch, with a large range of tools and tactics at their disposal to rob you of your identity and hard-earned cash. Tech support scams TSS are an increasingly popular way for them to do just this. In 2017,...
FTC Warns of Netflix Phishing Scam Making Rounds
The Federal Trade Commission FTC is warning of a new phishing scam reeling in Netflix customers and stealing their payment information. According to a post published by the FTC, Wednesday, the spotted scam purports to be an email from Netflix. The email claims that the victim’s account was put on...
This online quiz is now confirmed to be a phishing scam
Ah, online quizzes. Many of us know that they can be somewhat dodgy and nonsense, really—but that doesn’t stop us from clicking the “Start quiz” button anyway. Besides, you have time to kill, and there are only three questions to answer, right? The right kind of wrong Phishing attacks don’t alway...
Christmas tech scams roundup
There’s a fair few Christmas tech scams floating around out there as 2018 winds up, and we thought it’d be a good time to warn you about them. It’s the usual mish-mash of phone antics, social media shenanigans, and click bait. Shall we begin? This scam looks divine BOOM reports on a collection of...
New email extortion scam warns “Pay $4,000 or a hitman is coming for you”
By Carolina In a new extortion scam, a cybercriminal is sending threatening emails to unsuspecting users asking them to pay a whopping $4,000 in Bitcoin or wait to be executed by a hitman. The email extortion scam surfaced on the Internet a few days ago and is currently arriving in victim's inbox...
A Devious Phishing Scam Targets Apple App Store Customers
Be on the lookout for emails that claim to be from the App Store...
Save the Children Federation Duped in $1M Scam
Hackers scammed the Save the Children Federation out of almost $1 million in a business email compromise BEC scam. Save the Children is a well-known U.S.-based non-profit group that offers charity services like fundraising and sponsorships. According to the company’s 2017 income tax returns,...