Details of a Scam

Longtime Crypto-Gram readers know that I collect personal experiences of people being scammed. Here's an almost: Then he added, "Here at Chase, we'll never ask for your personal information or passwords." On the contrary, he gave me more information--two "cancellation codes" and a long case numbe...

Beware of Zelle transfer scams

As we have said many times before, falling for a scam can happen to the best of us. And it can ruin lives. In our podcast How a scam hunter got scammed, scam hunter Julie-Anne Kearns talked about how she had been duped by people pretending to be from HMRC, which is the UK’s version of the US...

CVE-2023-37969

Missing Authorization vulnerability in The African Boss Checkout with Zelle on Woocommerce allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Checkout with Zelle on Woocommerce: from n/a through 3.1...

CVE-2023-37969

Missing Authorization vulnerability in The African Boss Checkout with Zelle on Woocommerce wc-zelle allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Checkout with Zelle on Woocommerce: from n/a through = 3.1...

CVE-2023-37969

Missing Authorization vulnerability in The African Boss Checkout with Zelle on Woocommerce allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Checkout with Zelle on Woocommerce: from n/a through 3.1...

CVE-2023-37969

CVE-2023-37969 affects the WordPress plugin Checkout with Zelle on Woocommerce (wc-zelle)

CVE-2023-37969 WordPress Checkout with Zelle on Woocommerce plugin <= 3.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Missing Authorization vulnerability in The African Boss Checkout with Zelle on Woocommerce allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Checkout with Zelle on Woocommerce: from n/a through 3.1...

CVE-2023-37969 WordPress Checkout with Zelle on Woocommerce plugin <= 3.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Missing Authorization vulnerability in The African Boss Checkout with Zelle on Woocommerce wc-zelle allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Checkout with Zelle on Woocommerce: from n/a through = 3.1...

WordPress plugin Checkout with Zelle on Woocommerce 安全漏洞

WordPress and WordPress plugin are both products of the WordPress Foundation.WordPress is a blogging platform developed using the PHP language. The platform supports personal blog sites on PHP and MySQL servers.WordPress plugin is an application plugin. A security vulnerability exists in WordPres...

The Most Secure Payment Solutions in the USA: Zelle, MoneyGram, CashApp, and Venmo

Secure payment solutions ensure safe transfers amidst rising risks of cybercrime and fraud. Discover how third-party platforms like…...

Zelle Is Using My Name and Voice without My Consent

Okay, so this is weird. Zelle has been using my name, and my voice, in audio podcast ads--without my permission. At least, I think it is without my permission. Its possible that I gave some sort of blanket permission when speaking at an event. Its not likely, but it is possible. I wrote to Zelle...

Facebook Marketplace Is Being Ruined by Zelle Scammers

I tried to sell a futon on Facebook Marketplace and nearly all I got were scammers...

WordPress Checkout with Zelle on Woocommerce Plugin <= 3.1 is vulnerable to Broken Access Control

Software Checkout with Zelle on Woocommerce Type Plugin Vulnerable versions = 3.1 Fixed in 3.1.1 OWASP Top 10 A5: Broken Access Control Classification Broken Access Control CVE CVE-2023-37969 Patch priority Low CVSS severity Low 5.3 Developer Claim ownership PSID fbe470504850 Credits Mika Require...

Report: Big U.S. Banks Are Stiffing Account Takeover Victims

When U.S. consumers have their online bank accounts hijacked and plundered by hackers, U.S. financial institutions are legally obligated to reverse any unauthorized transactions as long as the victim reports the fraud in a timely manner. But new data released this week suggests that for some of t...

A week in security (August 1 – 7)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Have we lost the fight for data privacy? Lock and Code S03E16 Wrestling star Mick Foley’s Twitter compromised, selling PS5 consoles Millions of Arris routers are vulnerable to path traversal attacks When a sextortion victim fights back How to protect yourself and...

Bank fraud scammers trick victims with claims of bogus Zelle transfers

It pays to be careful where cold calls from someone claiming to work for your bank are concerned. Scam callers are impersonating bank staff, with suggestions of dubious payments made to your account. One unfortunate individual has already lost around $1,000 to this slice of telephone-banking base...

Bank fraud scammers trick victims with claims of bogus Zelle transfers

It pays to be careful where cold calls from someone claiming to work for your bank are concerned. Scam callers are impersonating bank staff, with suggestions of dubious payments made to your account. One unfortunate individual has already lost around $1,000 to this slice of telephone-banking base...

Wrestling star Mick Foley’s Twitter compromised, selling PS5 consoles

One of the biggest wrestling stars around, Mick Foley, had his Twitter account hijacked in an attempt to legitimize a very popular scam. When a well known individual has their social media accounts compromised, disaster looms, as everything from phishing to malware distribution waits in the wings...

Fraud on Zelle

Zelle is rife with fraud: Zelle’s immediacy has also made it a favorite of fraudsters. Other types of bank transfers or transactions involving payment cards typically take at least a day to clear. But once crooks scare or trick victims into handing over money via Zelle, they can siphon away...

WordPress Checkout with Zelle on Woocommerce plugin <= 1.0 - Toggle The Debug Mode via Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Toggle The Debug Mode via Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF vulnerability discovered in WordPress Checkout with Zelle on Woocommerce plugin versions = 1.0. Solution Update the WordPress Checkout with Zelle on Woocommerce plugin to the latest available version at least 2.0...