Threat actors increasingly use third parties to run their scams
Abnormal Security released new research that showcases a rising trend in financial supply chain compromise as threat actors impersonate vendors more than ever before. In …
How phishing attacks are becoming more sophisticated
The latest APWG’s Phishing Activity Trends Report reveals that in the first quarter of 2022 there were 1,025,968 total phishing attacks—the worst quarter for phishing observed …
Cybercriminals use Azure Front Door in phishing attacks
Resecurity, Inc. (USA) has identified a spike in phishing content delivered via Azure Front Door (AFD), a cloud CDN service provided by Microsoft. The identified resources in …
Inside a large-scale phishing campaign targeting millions of Facebook users
In this video for Help Net Security, Nick Ascoli, VP of Threat Research, PIXM, discusses a massive phishing campaign has successfully stolen an estimated five million Facebook …
Attack methods using hybrid bots enable criminals to open mule accounts at scale
During the first half of 2022, BioCatch data reveals that money mule accounts represent up to 0.3 percent of accounts held by financial institutions, and an estimated $3 …
How to keep your NFTs safe from scammers
According to Wikipedia, the first known non fungible token (NFT) was created in 2014 and the first NFT project was launched in late 2015. It took a few more years and more …
Fraud trends and scam tactics consumers should be aware of
If it seems like you’re receiving more spam than normal, you probably are. Seventy-four percent of consumers say they have received a scam text so far this year, while as many …
Summer holiday season fuels upswing of travel-themed spam
With Covid-19-related travel restrictions having been dropped by most countries, pleasure-seeking travelers are booking plane tickets, accomodations and tours with a …
57% of all digital crimes in 2021 were scams
Group-IB shares its analysis of the landscape of the most widespread cyber threat in the world: scams. Accounting for 57% of all financially motivated cybercrime, the scam …
$39.5 billion lost to phone scams in last year
Truecaller announced a research conducted in partnership with The Harris Poll in March of 2022, and the findings detail trends/insights on the impact of spam and phone scams …
Keeping pace with emerging threats: The roundup
Egress issued its mid-year 2022 threat report offering details of emerging threats along with insights about protecting employees, customers, and businesses from these …
Vishing cases reach all time high
Vishing (voice phishing) cases have increased almost 550 percent over the last twelve months (Q1 2022 to Q1 2021), according to the latest Quarterly Threat Trends & …
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