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TechRepublic's Karen Roby interviews Lance Whitney about a recent report that detailed how cryptomining scams targeted Android app users and stole an estimated $350,000 from more than 93,000 people.
The Tech Support Scams YouTube channel has been erased from existence in a blaze of irony as host and creator Jim Browning fell victim to a tech support scam that convinced him to secure his account - by deleting it. "So to prove that anyone can be scammed," Browning announced via Twitter following the attack, "I was convinced to delete my YouTube channel because I was convinced I was talking [to YouTube] support. I never lost control of the channel, but the sneaky s**t managed to get me to delete the channel. Hope to recover soon."
NortonLifeLock announced that the Norton Security Universal Windows Platform app will be pre-installed on select new Lenovo laptop PCs. Expanding its collaboration of more than two decades, NortonLifeLock will help protect Lenovo's always-on, always-connected laptops, including the Yoga 5G, IdeaPad 5G and IdeaPad 4G LTE, bringing a trusted level of security to consumers. Last year, Lenovo paved the way for 5G-connected laptops with the introduction of the innovative Yoga 5G. Now, with the release of the mainstream IdeaPad 5G and IdeaPad 4G LTE models earlier this year, Lenovo expands consumers' options and access to the freedom of all-day, anywhere connectivity.
Millennials and Gen Z - not Boomers - fall prey most frequently, according to Microsoft in its 2021 Global Tech Support Scam Research report, released Thursday. Tech support scams involve cybercriminals convincing users they have malware or other problems with their computer that can best be addressed with unsolicited proactive assistance.
A U.K. citizen has been arrested in the Spanish town of Estepona over his alleged involvement in the July 2020 hack of Twitter, resulting in the compromise of 130 high-profile accounts. Joseph O'Connor, 22, has been charged with intentionally accessing a computer without authorization and obtaining information from a protected computer, as well as for making extortive communications.
Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit has seized 17 malicious domains used by scammers in a business email compromise campaign targeting the company's customers. The domains taken down by Microsoft were so-called "Homoglyph" domains registered to resemble those of legitimate business.
We've written several times before about home delivery scams, where cybercriminals take advantage of our ever-increasing use of online ordering combined with to-the-doorstep delivery. Over the past year or so, we've noticed what we must grudgingly admit is a gradual improvement in believability on the part of the scammers, with the criminals apparently improving their visual material, their spelling, their grammar and what you might call the general tenor of their fake websites.
Cybersecurity training company KnowBe4 reports that the number of employees likely to fall for phishing emails drops dramatically with proper instruction on how to recognize an attack. A new study from cybersecurity training and phishing simulation company KnowBe4 found that one in three untrained users were likely to fall for phishing or social engineering scams.
On the eve of its actual release, the scams have begun anew. Superhero film "Black Widow" is finally getting its official release on July 9, and Kaspersky is warning that scammers are using the highly anticipated movie as a way to make off with watcher's credit card information and commit other cybercrimes.
Found on Google Play and third-party app stores, the apps discovered by Lookout stole an estimated $350,000 from more than 93,000 people. More than 170 Android apps, including 25 on Google Play, have been caught trying to scam people by offering cryptomining services for a fee but failing to deliver anything in return.