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The IRS is warning of a phishing scam that promises refund information but looks to capture Social Security numbers and other sensitive data. With tax season in bloom, cybercriminals have launched a series of phishing attacks aimed at university students and employees eager to receive potential tax refunds.
Cybercriminals are using phishing emails on tax filers to scam them out of money. Be careful which emails you click on.
The findings of a Bolster report, along with real life examples, clearly correlate the rise in crypto scams to the value and popularity of cryptocurrencies as well as the increase in individuals seeking financial assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. With more than 400,000 crypto scams created in 2020, there was a 40 percent increase compared to 2019.
Crypto scams are on the rise due to the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies and the number of people in need of financial assistance during COVID-19, says Bolster. Fully aware of this transition, cybercriminals are targeting more people and organizations with cryptocurrency scams.
As our digital lives continue to grow, and online scammers learn new tricks, it is important to know how to identify an Instagram scam, and what to do if you are targeted. Here are the eight most common scams to watch out for, according to Instagram.
This is a longish video that describes a profitable computer banking scam that’s run out of call centers in places like India. There’s a lot of fluff about glitterbombs and the like, but the...
Sony's new PS5 is one topic ripe for exploitation, especially since the new console is in short supply due to a scarcity of semiconductor chips. A Friday report from security firm Kaspersky explains how a new scam promising a PS5 is playing out and offer tips on how to avoid taking the bait.
The FBI received more than 19,000 complaints of business email compromises last year, costing victims around $1.8 billion. Among the many types of cyber crimes affecting organizations and individuals last year, business email compromises and email account compromises proved especially costly.
A Florida teen accused of masterminding the hacks of several high-profile Twitter accounts last summer as part of a widespread cryptocurrency scam pled guilty to fraud charges in exchange for a three-year prison sentence. On July 15, 2020, Twitter suffered one of the biggest security lapses in its history after the attackers managed to hijack nearly 130 high-profile Twitter accounts pertaining to politicians, celebrities, and musicians, including that of Barack Obama, Kanye West, Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, Uber, and Apple.
A Florida teenager has pleaded guilty to fraud charges after coordinating the hack of high-profile Twitter accounts to run a cryptocurrency scam that collected roughly $120,000 worth of bitcoins. Graham Ivan Clark was charged last year as an adult in July 2020, he turned 18 in January 2021, as the first suspect and the one who orchestrated last year's Twitter hack.