Europol Busts Phishing Gang Responsible for Millions in Losses

Europol on Tuesday announced the dismantling of an organized crime group that dabbled in phishing, fraud, scams, and money laundering activities. The cross-border operation, which involved law enforcement authorities from Belgium and the Netherlands, saw the arrests of nine individuals in the Dut...

Internet Safety Month: 7 tips for staying safe online while on vacation

Going on vacation has never been more talked about and anticipated. I mean—for many of us, its been a while. But before you get lost in dreamy thoughts of sun, sea, and sand, you might want to set aside some time to plan on how to keep your devices, and your data, safe while you are relaxing Your...

LinkedIn scams are a “significant threat”, warns FBI

Digital currency fraud is a growing issue on social media, and LinkedIn is no different. In fact, according to according to Sean Ragan, the FBI’s special agent in charge of the San Francisco and Sacramento, California, field offices, cryptocurrency scams are big business on LinkedIn. "It’s a...

Here’s Why You’re Still Stuck in Robocall Hell

Despite major progress fighting spam and scams, the roots of the problem go far deeper than your phone company’s defenses...

Interpol’s First Light operation smashes crime on a global scale

A large-scale Interpol operation has resulted in arrested and ill-gotten gains seizures galore. Operation First Light took place between March and May of this year. It involved 76 countries taking social engineers and telecommunications fraudsters to task, with multiple wins for those involved...

Taking down the IP2Scam tech support campaign

Tech support scams follow a simple business model that has not changed much over the years. After all, why change a recipe that continues to yield large profits. We see countless such campaigns and block them indiscriminately to protect our customers from being defrauded by a fraudulent tech...

FBI warns of scammers soliciting donations for Ukraine

The FBI recently issued an announcement about a fraudulent scheme that proves there is no low thats too low for scammers. "Criminal actors are taking advantage of the crisis in Ukraine by posing as Ukrainian entities needing humanitarian aid or developing fundraising efforts, including monetary a...

A week in security (May 30 – June 5)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Intuit phish says "We have put a temporary hold on your account" The Quad commits to strengthening cybersecurity in software, supply chains Double-whammy attack follows fake Covid alert with a bogus bank call Microsoft Office zero-day "Follina"—its not a bug, its a...

Internet Safety Month: Avoiding the consequences of unsafe Internet practices

Welcome to Internet Safety Month, a once-a-year event in which you, the public, are told that anywhere between three and 30 different best practices will simplify your approach to staying safe online. Unfortunately, much of the well-intentioned advice surrounding Internet Safety Month ignores one...

The Fight Against Robocall Spam and Scams Heats Up in India

A new proposal by India's telecom regulator aims to make accurate caller ID mandatory, but critics say it may be fundamentally flawed...

More than a quarter of Americans fell for robocall scam calls in past year

More and more Americans have been falling victim to phone scams since 2019. According to the latest report from Truecaller Google Docs upload of the entire report, separate blog here, a known spam blocker and caller ID app, 68.4 million Americans were victimized in the last 12 months, a substanti...

FluBot Android Spyware Taken Down in Global Law Enforcement Operation

An international law enforcement operation involving 11 countries has culminated in the takedown of a notorious mobile malware threat called FluBot. "This Android malware has been spreading aggressively through SMS, stealing passwords, online banking details and other sensitive information from...

Fuji Electric Alpha7 PC Loader

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.8 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: Fuji Electric Equipment: Alpha7 PC Loader Vulnerability: Stack-based Buffer Overflow 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow arbitrary code execution. 3. TECHNICAL DETAILS 3.1 AFFECTED...

Cybercrime Syndicate Leader Behind Phishing and BEC Scams Arrested in Nigeria

By Deeba Ahmed Cyber security companies across the globe helped Interpol bust an unnamed cybercriminal being large-scale BEC scams and phishing… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cybercrime Syndicate Leader Behind Phishing and BEC Scams Arrested in Nigeria...

Top VPN Scams Revealed – Here’s What to Look Out for in 2022

By Owais Sultan The VPN scams discussed in this article may sound harmless to many but in reality, they are happening… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Top VPN Scams Revealed - Heres What to Look Out for in 2022...

Inkscape in Industrial Products

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.8 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: Inkscape Equipment: Inkscape, an open-source graphics editor Vulnerabilities: Out-of-bounds Read, Access of Uninitialized Pointer, Out-of-bounds Write 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities...

Delta Electronics CNCSoft

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.8 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: Delta Electronics Equipment: CNCSoft Vulnerabilities: Stack-based Buffer Overflow, Out-of-bounds Read 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow arbitrary code execution or information...

Canon printer owners: Be careful of bogus driver download sites

Think of all the really common, very mundane things you search for of a tech nature. Drivers. Scanners. Printers. A broken photocopier. USB sticks not recognised. Activating a streaming service which refuses to play ball. Some of the above have many issues already with bogus search engine results...

Siemens Simcenter Femap

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.8 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: Siemens Equipment: Simcenter Femap Vulnerability: Out-of-bounds Write 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause code execution if the affected application is used to open a malicious .NEU...

FBI: Rise in Business Email-based Attacks a $43B Headache

The FBI warned the global cost of business email compromise BEC attacks is $43 billion for the time period of June 2016 and December 2021. According to FBI report, 241,206 complaints were lodged by the agency’s Internet Crime Center IC3. BEC or email account compromise EAC are an advanced scammin...