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FBI Warns iPhone, Android, Windows Users—Do Not Install These Apps
FBI Warns iPhone, Android, Windows Users—Do Not Install These Apps
The concept is simple, the FBI explains: “Scammers impersonate bank reps to convince victims that hackers have infiltrated their financial account. Victims are urged to move their money fast to protect their assets. In reality, there was never a hacker, and the money that was wired is now fully controlled by the scammer.”
#forbes#EN#2025#the-Phantom-Hacker#bank#scam#move#money
·forbes.com·
FBI Warns iPhone, Android, Windows Users—Do Not Install These Apps
Meta nukes massive Instagram sextortion network of 63,000 accounts
Meta nukes massive Instagram sextortion network of 63,000 accounts
Meta has removed 63,000 Instagram accounts from Nigeria that were involved in sextortion scams, including a coordinated network of 2,500 accounts linked to 20 individuals targeting primarily adult men in the United States. #Computer #Facebook #InfoSec #Instagram #Media #Meta #Scam #Security #Sextortion #Social
#bleepingcomputer#EN#2024#Facebook#Sextortion#Media#Meta#Scam#Instagram#Social
·bleepingcomputer.com·
Meta nukes massive Instagram sextortion network of 63,000 accounts
Crimson Kingsnake: BEC Group Impersonates…
Crimson Kingsnake: BEC Group Impersonates…
Recently, we identified a new BEC group leveraging blind third-party impersonation tactics to swindle companies around the world. The group, which we call Crimson Kingsnake, impersonates real attorneys, law firms, and debt recovery services to deceive accounting professionals into quickly paying bogus invoices.
#abnormalsecurity#EN#2022#BEC#invoices#Crimson-Kingsnake#impersonation#scam
·abnormalsecurity.com·
Crimson Kingsnake: BEC Group Impersonates…
'Got that boomer!': How cybercriminals steal one-time passcodes for SIM swap attacks and raiding bank accounts | TechCrunch
'Got that boomer!': How cybercriminals steal one-time passcodes for SIM swap attacks and raiding bank accounts | TechCrunch
The incoming phone call flashes on a victim’s phone. It may only last a few seconds, but can end with the victim handing over codes that give cybercriminals the ability to hijack their online accounts or drain their crypto and digital wallets. “This is the PayPal security team here. We’ve detected some unusual activity on your account and are calling you as a precautionary measure,” the caller’s robotic voice says. “Please enter the six-digit security code that we’ve sent to your mobile device.”
#techcrunch#EN#2024#scam#passcode#PayPal#SIM#swap#attacks#SIM-swapping
·techcrunch.com·
'Got that boomer!': How cybercriminals steal one-time passcodes for SIM swap attacks and raiding bank accounts | TechCrunch
Operation PANDORA shuts down 12 phone fraud call centres
Operation PANDORA shuts down 12 phone fraud call centres
Operation PANDORA started with a bank teller in Freiburg, Germany. When in December 2023 a customer asked to withdraw over EUR 100 000 in cash, the bank teller grew suspicious and quickly learned the customer had fallen victim to a ‘fake police officer scam’. He informed the real police, which prevented the victim from handing the money over to the...
#Europol#EN#2024#Op-Pandora#PANDORA#phone-scam#fraud#scam#arrested
·europol.europa.eu·
Operation PANDORA shuts down 12 phone fraud call centres
Crimson Kingsnake: BEC Group Impersonates…
Crimson Kingsnake: BEC Group Impersonates…
Recently, we identified a new BEC group leveraging blind third-party impersonation tactics to swindle companies around the world. The group, which we call Crimson Kingsnake, impersonates real attorneys, law firms, and debt recovery services to deceive accounting professionals into quickly paying bogus invoices.
#abnormalsecurity#EN#2022#BEC#invoices#Crimson-Kingsnake#impersonation#scam
·abnormalsecurity.com·
Crimson Kingsnake: BEC Group Impersonates…
Crimson Kingsnake: BEC Group Impersonates…
Crimson Kingsnake: BEC Group Impersonates…
Recently, we identified a new BEC group leveraging blind third-party impersonation tactics to swindle companies around the world. The group, which we call Crimson Kingsnake, impersonates real attorneys, law firms, and debt recovery services to deceive accounting professionals into quickly paying bogus invoices.
#abnormalsecurity#EN#2022#BEC#invoices#Crimson-Kingsnake#impersonation#scam
·abnormalsecurity.com·
Crimson Kingsnake: BEC Group Impersonates…
Developing: AlphV allegedly scammed Change Healthcare and its own affiliate (1)
Developing: AlphV allegedly scammed Change Healthcare and its own affiliate (1)
Developing: Someone claiming to be an “affiliate plus” for AlphV claims they were responsible for the Change Healthcare attack but that AlphV stole the payment Change Healthcare had made and suspended the affiliate’s account. The affiliate’s claims appeared on Ramp Forum and have been circulating since then. The post can be seen below, via @vx-underground:
#databreaches.net#EN#2024#AlphV#affiliate#scam#Change#Healthcare
·databreaches.net·
Developing: AlphV allegedly scammed Change Healthcare and its own affiliate (1)
Crimson Kingsnake: BEC Group Impersonates…
Crimson Kingsnake: BEC Group Impersonates…
Recently, we identified a new BEC group leveraging blind third-party impersonation tactics to swindle companies around the world. The group, which we call Crimson Kingsnake, impersonates real attorneys, law firms, and debt recovery services to deceive accounting professionals into quickly paying bogus invoices.
#abnormalsecurity#EN#2022#BEC#invoices#Crimson-Kingsnake#impersonation#scam
·abnormalsecurity.com·
Crimson Kingsnake: BEC Group Impersonates…
Hackers hijack govt and business accounts on X for crypto scams
Hackers hijack govt and business accounts on X for crypto scams
Hackers are increasingly targeting verified accounts on X (formerly Twitter) belonging to government and business profiles and marked with 'gold' and 'grey' checkmarks to promote cryptocurrency scams, phishing sites, and sites with crypto drainers.
#bleepingcomputer#ENM#2024#Media#Account#InfoSec#Scam#Takeover#Security#Computer#Verified#Twitter#CryptoCurrency#Social#X
·bleepingcomputer.com·
Hackers hijack govt and business accounts on X for crypto scams
Crimson Kingsnake: BEC Group Impersonates…
Crimson Kingsnake: BEC Group Impersonates…
Recently, we identified a new BEC group leveraging blind third-party impersonation tactics to swindle companies around the world. The group, which we call Crimson Kingsnake, impersonates real attorneys, law firms, and debt recovery services to deceive accounting professionals into quickly paying bogus invoices.
#abnormalsecurity#EN#2022#BEC#invoices#Crimson-Kingsnake#impersonation#scam
·abnormalsecurity.com·
Crimson Kingsnake: BEC Group Impersonates…