A Closer Look at Work at Home Scams

A recent chat with an individual who was almost tricked into helping organized criminals launder thousands of dollars stolen through e-banking fraud displayed one of the more clever and convincing money mule recruitment Web sites encountered. Read the full article. KrebsonSecurity...

Catholic Diocese Loses $600K to Online Thieves

Organized cyber thieves stole more than $600,000 from the Catholic Diocese of Des Moines, Iowa earlier this month with the help of dozens of unwitting co-conspirators hired through work-at-home job scams, at least one of whom was told the money was being distributed to victims of the Catholic...

Facebook: The Money Mule Farm

Scammers and phishers are continuing to adapt their recruitment tactics, now going so far as to create special Facebook groups for their work-at-home scams. Phishers have been using social networks such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter for years now as fertile hunting grounds not only for new...

United Way Hack Exposes Work-at-Home Scam

Hackers broke into computer systems at a Massachusetts chapter of the United Way last month and attempted to make off with more than $150,000 from one of the nation’s largest charities with the use of a money mule duped by a “Work-at-home” scam. Read the full article. KrebsonSecurity...

Google Sues Work@Home Scam Co.

Google filed a lawsuit Monday against a U.S. company it alleges runs work-at-home scams that unnecessarily charge people’s credit cards and spoof Google’s brand name. Read the full article. Computerworld...

FBI Reports Malware on Rise in Electronic Funds Fraud

The FBI reports it has seen a rise of malware over the past few months targeting small and medium businesses and municipal government entities and school districts. Once a malicious attachment or link is opened, keylogging tactics obtain bank account info where criminals then initiate wire...