Security News

Romance Scams Drive Necurs Botnet Activity in Run Up to Valentine’s Day
2018-02-12 17:58

Emails try to get recipients to share revealing photos of themselves so scammers can later extort them later.

BEC scams surge, cybercriminals target nearly all organizations
2018-02-01 13:30

96 percent of organizations have received business email compromise (BEC) emails during the second half of 2017, according to Agari. “BEC is a particularly effective attack vector because its lack...

Tourist Scams
2018-01-08 12:34

A comprehensive list. Most are old and obvious, but there are some clever variants....

Nigerian Sentenced to Prison in U.S. for BEC Scams
2017-12-15 14:47

A Nigerian national has been sentenced by a United States court to 41 months in prison for his role in business email compromise (BEC) scams, the Department of Justice announced on Thursday. read more

SEC Files Charges in Digital Currency Investment Scam
2017-12-04 22:14

The US Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday its newly-created Cyber Unit shut down a digital currency investment scam, charging a company that took millions from investors, "falsely...

Holiday season scams: Fake deals, fake stores, fake opportunities
2017-11-22 14:30

Black Friday is widely regarded as the beginning of the US (and increasingly global) Christmas shopping season. Cyber Monday, which comes three days later, was created to persuade people to shop...

New scam launches users’ default phone app, points it to fake tech support hotline
2017-11-21 14:00

The latest variants of tech support scams targeting Apple users have done away with the usual visually prominent error messages. Instead, they open the potential victims’ default communication or...

Data Sample in Equifax Hack Scam Possibly From Third-Party Servers
2017-10-13 12:44

A data sample provided last month by scammers trying to make a profit by claiming to have breached U.S. credit reporting agency Equifax may have been obtained from unprotected Amazon Web Services...

Scam Alert: Your Trusted Friends Can Hack Your Facebook Account
2017-10-13 01:21

If you receive a message from any of your Facebook Friends asking for urgent help to recover their Facebook account, since they've added you as one of their 'Trusted Contacts'—just don’t blindly...

Hacked Equifax Website Redirects Users to Adware, Scams
2017-10-12 15:41

A security researcher noticed recently that an Equifax service designed for obtaining free and discounted credit reports had been redirecting users to websites set up to serve adware and scams. read more