Security News

Bitcoin hijackers found at least one sucker for scam Chrome extension
2018-05-01 04:02

Victim of 'FacexWorm' malware clicked on random link from Facebook Messenger Security researchers have caught a Bitcoin-hijacking Chrome extension that only managed to grab one BitCoin transaction...

Microsoft: Tech support scams rose by 24% in 2017, costing some victims thousands of dollars
2018-04-23 16:43

Social engineering scams make even the best security solutions useless, Microsoft said. It wants industry-wide collaboration to solve the problem.

20 Arrested in Italy and Romania for Spear Phishing Scam
2018-03-30 10:36

Authorities this week arrested 20 individuals in Italy and Romania for their role in a banking phishing scam that defrauded bank customers of €1 million ($1.23 million). The arrests were the...

20 hackers arrested in EUR 1 million banking phishing scam
2018-03-29 19:37

A two-year long cybercrime investigation between the Romanian National Police and the Italian National Police, with the support of Europol, its Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT) and...

Pwner of a Lonely Heart: The Sad Reality of Romance Scams
2018-03-23 12:42

Valentine’s Day is a special holiday, but for victims of romance scams it is a tragic reminder, not only of love lost, but financial loss as well. According to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint...

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...