Tag: scam
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Breach Roundup: Thousands of AI Relays Hide China Users
Tags: ai, breach, china, cisa, cve, cybercrime, data, data-breach, flaw, google, jobs, north-korea, russia, scam, vpnAlso, CISA Ends Weekly CVE Bulletin After 22 Years, Check Point VPN Flaw Exploited. This week: AI relay servers connect to China, CISA ends weekly CVE bulletin, cybercriminal guilty pleas and sentences, drug dealers hijack Google Maps, Russian Burger King customers’ data leaked, North Korean fake job scams, SectopRAT, a Check Point VPN flaw and…
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Apple’s new iOS 27 feature looks for signs you’re being scammed
Apple introduced a scam-prevention feature called Impersonation Risk Detection with iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. The feature allows supported apps to request a risk assessment when a … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/24/apple-ios-27-impersonation-risk-detection/
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Looking Back Over 14 Years of Identity Theft Scams
Retiring ITRC CEO Eva Velasquez on Identity Crime, Victim Recovery, the Work Ahead. After 14 years leading the Identity Theft Resource Center, Eva Velasquez will retire as CEO in January 2027. She reflects on the organization’s growing reach, identity crime trends and why victim support is crucial in the evolving threat landscape. First seen on…
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Scammers use genuine Google sign-ins to sell costly, unverified AI subscriptions
Scammers are using a $249 website toolkit to sell unverified AI subscriptions worth up to $2,000 a year, and a genuine Google sign-in screen is what makes the sites … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/22/fake-ai-subscription-sites-google-sign-in/
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North Korea’s job interview scam runs both ways
Attackers are targeting members of the Rust Project and maintainers of widely used crates (Rust code libraries), dangling attractive opportunities to compromise their devices … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/21/north-korean-hackers-contagious-interview-defenses/
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Scammers impersonate cops, use arrest threats to extort victims
Scammers are posing as police officers and federal agents, threatening arrest unless victims pay up, the FBI warns. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/21/fake-police-federal-agents-scams/
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Reαd carefully: how to spot and avoid a homoglyph attack
Scam emails are increasingly using psychological tricks, such as using near-identical URLs like miÑrosoft.comYou’ve read the email carefully and it looks legitimate. The link it asks you to click on has none of the usual red flags: there are no weird numbers or extra parts to the URL. You feel safe to proceed.But if you…
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Scammers Tell T-Mobile Users Their Rewards Are Expiring to Trick Them Into Clicking Phishing Links
A large-scale SMS phishing campaign is impersonating T-Mobile and warning recipients that their “rewards points” are about to expire, using fabricated balances, urgent deadlines, and lookalike redemption links to steal sensitive information. Security researchers have tracked the operation since early May 2026 and continue to observe new message variants despite a decline from its peak…
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Scammers leave AI fingerprints all over fake antivirus renewal page
AI appears to be helping scammers with little web development skill build convincing fake antivirus-renewal pages, Malwarebytes found. The researchers came across a scam page … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/17/ai-antivirus-renewal-scam-fake-pages/
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House passes bill to equip local law enforcement with scam-fighting tools
The Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception Act (GUARD) attempts to address a common complaint from the victims of online scams like pig butchering, that such cases typically do not rise to the level of a federal investigation but local law enforcement is unequipped to properly investigate them. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article:…
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Ukraine moves to crack down on scam call centers after corruption scandal
Ukraine’s parliament has approved tougher criminal penalties for involvement in fraudulent call centers and the theft of personal data, following a corruption scandal in which prosecutors were accused of taking bribes to protect scam operations. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/ukraine-call-center-scam-crackdown
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Black Axe Members Extradited to US Over Internet Fraud Claims
Alleged Black Axe leaders extradited to the US over romance scams, BEC and money laundering claims First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/black-axe-members-extradited-us/
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Members of ‘Black Axe’ cybercriminal group extradited from South Africa
Prosecutors unsealed a 2021 indictment accusing the five men of conducting lucrative romance scams that stole thousands of dollars from more than 100 people. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/members-of-black-axe-cybercrime-group-extradited-south-africa
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Five alleged leaders of Black Axe’s operations in South Africa extradited to US
Tags: scamOfficials said the five individuals concocted various long-running romance scams to trick U.S.-based victims into sending them money. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/black-axe-south-africa-leaders-extradited/
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Five alleged leaders of Black Axe’s operations in South Africa extradited to US
Tags: scamOfficials said the five individuals concocted various long-running romance scams to trick U.S.-based victims into sending them money. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/black-axe-south-africa-leaders-extradited/
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Hundreds of fake government websites target users in Central Asia
The sites are designed to collect victims’ contact details, which scammers then use to target them through phone or email to steal money, personal information or gain access to their devices. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/hundreds-of-fake-gov-websites-central-asia-scam
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Revolut Reveals Data Breach Tied to Faked Official Request
Financial Platform Was Socially Engineered Into Disclosing Sensitive Customer Data. Digital financial platform Revolut is notifying customers that it suffered a data breach exposing their personal details after it fell for an official-looking impersonation scam involving a request for customer information sent using a legitimate government agency domain email. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Revolut Reveals Data Breach Tied to Faked Official Request
Financial Platform Was Socially Engineered Into Disclosing Sensitive Customer Data. Digital financial platform Revolut is notifying customers that it suffered a data breach exposing their personal details after it fell for an official-looking impersonation scam involving a request for customer information sent using a legitimate government agency domain email. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Tesco alerts police as supermarket becomes latest victim of scam ‘endorsement’ ads
Exclusive: Supermarket joins line of firms and sports stars including Bellingham and Haaland to have their image hijacked via adsTesco has alerted City of London police after it became the latest in a string of companies and sports stars, including Barclays bank and Lewis Hamilton, to have its image hijacked in a “scam” by unlicensed…
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‘Cheap iPhone deal’: warning over scam sites selling latest Apple mobiles
Criminals exploit demand for iPhone 18 Pro and foldable Duo to trick people eager to get their hands on oneApple has just launched a range of new iPhones, including a foldable handset, just as you decide it is time to replace your own ageing mobile. But you balk at the £1,199 price tag for the…
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152.000 Zugriffe auf gefälschte Medienartikel geblockt
Innerhalb von nur drei Tagen registrierte Avast eine Betrugskampagne, die gefälschte Medienberichte für KI-Investment-Scams nutzte. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/gefaelschte-medienartikel
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Saturday Security: AI Industrializes Phishing
This week’s Saturday Security Story shows how AI is industrializing an old scam, and doing it at a scale that should get everyone’s attention. Microsoft spotted a campaign that blasted more than 1 million fraudulent emails across a three-day… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/saturday-security-ai-industrializes-phishing/
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Six Nigerians extradited to US over $6M online romance scam
Alleged members of Black Axe criminal network that swindled US women out of $6m flown from South AfricaSix Nigerian nationals linked to an organized criminal network that allegedly swindled American women out of more than $6m through <a href=”https://apnews.com/article/scams-online-scams-ai-internet-safety-phishing-fraud-takeaways-b1350fd421cce73ac585a649b07332d5″>online romance scams were extradited to the United States on Friday.<a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/world/southafrica”>South African police confirmed they were…
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Microsoft sees some new wrinkles in invoice-scam emails
Researchers analyzed a flood of fraudulent business emails and found that the threat actors had doubled-up on tactics to make them appear legitimate, including help from AI. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/invoice-scam-emails-new-features-microsoft-researchers
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Scammers target hundreds of thousands of crypto owners after Trezor confirms data breach of email provider
This is the second data breach affecting a company that hardware crypto wallet maker Trezor relies on. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/09/11/scammers-target-hundreds-of-thousands-of-crypto-owners-after-trezor-confirms-data-breach-of-email-provider/
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Treasury urges banks to file cyber scam reports, noting nearly $13 billion in losses since 2023
As the cyber scam industry expands globally, the U.S. government wants banks to share more information about what’s happening to their customers. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/treasury-urges-banks-report-cyber-scams
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ThreatsDay: 200 Android Flaws, Browser-Built Phishing, 119K Scam Shops + 23 More Stories
A lot of this week’s security news has the same awkward answer to one question: “Why was that allowed to work?”An extension asks for access and takes too much. A trusted service becomes part of a phishing chain. An old bug still gets results. An exposed system stays exposed. A package looks useful right up…
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OFAC Sanctions Chinese Scam Platform Xinbi Guarantee
The US Treasury has placed sanctions on notorious Chinese cybercrime marketplace Xinbi Guarantee First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ofac-sanctions-chinese-scam/
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OFAC Sanctions Chinese Scam Platform Xinbi Guarantee
The US Treasury has placed sanctions on notorious Chinese cybercrime marketplace Xinbi Guarantee First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ofac-sanctions-chinese-scam/