Security News

U.S. Treasury Warns Financial Institutions of COVID-19 Vaccine-Related Cyberattacks, Scams
2020-12-30 12:25

The United States Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has issued an alert to warn financial institutions of fraud and cyberattacks related to COVID-19 vaccines. In its newly released alert, FinCEN tells financial institutions to be wary of "Potential for fraud, ransomware attacks, or similar types of criminal activity related to COVID-19 vaccines and their distribution."

PSA: Active Chase phishing scam pretends to be fraud alerts
2020-12-23 16:23

A large scale phishing scam is underway that pretends to be a security notice from Chase stating that fraudulent activity has been detected and caused the recipient's account to be blocked. One recipient said they fell for the scam after their card was denied in a purchase online and thought the email was a legitimate Chase fraud alert.

How to Defend Against Malware, Phishing, and Scams During COVID-19 Crisis
2020-12-23 00:41

As if the exponential rise in phishing scams and malware attacks in the last five years wasn't enough, the COVID-19 crisis has worsened it further. Many scammers have rolled out campaigns offering COVID-19 vaccines, free medical tests and testing kits, tax rebates for donation to pandemic relief funds, information on COVID-19 cases, and new job opportunities due to the economic downturn.

Naked Security Live – Watch out for Messenger scams
2020-12-21 11:52

Here's our latest Naked Security Live talk, discussing IM scams and how to avoid them, as well as giving you some pointers on how to think like a scammer and thereby stay one step ahead. Don't forget that receiving a message from a friend's account doesn't always mean your friend actually sent the message - if their account has been hacked, then it could be a crook using your friend's name to trick you. Watch directly on YouTube if the video won't play here.

“Is it you in the video?” – don’t fall for this Messenger scam
2020-12-18 01:21

This scam goes even further - whether as a distraction to buy a bit of time before victims realise they've been taken in and rush to change their Messenger passwords, or simply to give the crooks a second bite at the cherry, we don't know. After entering your password, there's a short delay, as you might expect whan logging in to any online service, after which the crooks seem to pick from a range of other scams and redirect you to one of them randomly.

S3 Ep11: DIY phishes, sandwich scams and vaccine hacking [Podcast]
2020-12-17 14:21

We look at phishing tricks that really work, investigate a bizarre scam involving Subway sandwiches, and ask whether cybercriminals have lost their interest in the rest of us now they have coronavirus-related targets to go after. LISTEN NOW. Click-and-drag on the soundwaves below to skip to any point in the podcast.

Subway Sandwich Loyalty-Card Users Suffer Ham-Handed Phishing Scam
2020-12-15 21:43

Count the Subway sandwich faithful among the latest victims of cybercriminals. Researchers at Sophos discovered a phishing campaign aimed at Subway loyalty-card members in the U.K. and Ireland, in an attempt to trick them into downloading malware.

Naked Security Live – How to avoid “big brand” email scams
2020-12-15 15:21

Here's our latest Naked Security Live talk, about how to avoid email scams that arrive under the guise of a well-known brand - in this case, global sandwich seller Subway. Watch directly on YouTube if the video won't play here.

Subway sandwich scam mystifies loyalty card users
2020-12-12 02:37

Subway customers in the UK and Ireland were swamped with scam emails yesterday in a phishing campaign that aimed to trick recipients into downloading malware. As a result of this uncertainty, many Twitter users have asked Subway if the scamming campaign was down to some sort of breach: perhaps, they wondered, criminals had somehow got access to Subway's newsletter service in order to click [Send] on an unauthorised email campaign.

Watch out for holiday phishing scams
2020-12-10 19:57

Security company GreatHorn shared some of the latest ways cybercriminals are trying to take your money. Here's how to avoid them.