Tag: scam
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Süßes oder Scam Halloween ist eine Zeit für saisonalen Internetbetrug
Deutschland auf Rang Zwei als Zielland für Spambetrug. Fünf Prozent des Spams stammen aus Deutschland. 63 Prozent des Spams mit Halloween-Bezug sind bösartig und beabsichtigen, Malware zu implementieren oder Zugangsdaten oder Geld zu stehlen. Die Bitdefender Labs haben anhand ihrer Telemetrie in der Zeit vom 15. September bis zum 15. Oktober einen globalen Anstieg von… First…
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The 10 biggest issues CISOs and cyber teams face today
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, breach, business, ceo, ciso, computing, crime, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, email, encryption, exploit, finance, fraud, governance, group, hacker, international, mitigation, organized, phishing, ransom, risk, scam, service, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability2. Escalating, and accelerating, AI-enabled attacks: A 2025 survey from Boston Consulting Group found that 80% of CISOs worldwide cited AI-powered cyberattacks as their top concern, a 19-point increase from the previous year. A 2025 survey from Darktrace, a security technology firm, found that 78% of CISOs reported a significant impact from AI-driven threats, up…
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Amazon Explains How Its AWS Outage Took Down the Web
Plus: The Jaguar Land Rover hack sets an expensive new record, OpenAI’s new Atlas browser raises security fears, Starlink cuts off scam compounds, and more. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/amazon-explains-how-its-aws-outage-took-down-the-web/
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Top Advice for Detecting and Preventing AI Attacks, and for Securing AI Systems
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, best-practice, breach, business, chatgpt, china, ciso, cloud, computing, container, control, credentials, crime, cve, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, email, exploit, extortion, finance, flaw, framework, fraud, google, governance, government, group, guide, hacker, hacking, healthcare, iam, identity, incident response, intelligence, LLM, malicious, malware, mitigation, monitoring, network, open-source, openai, organized, phishing, ransom, risk, risk-management, russia, sans, scam, service, skills, soc, strategy, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, zero-trustAs organizations eagerly adopt AI, cybersecurity teams are racing to protect these new systems. In this special edition of the Cybersecurity Snapshot, we round up some of the best recent guidance on how to fend off AI attacks, and on how to safeguard your AI systems. Key takeaways Developers are getting new playbooks from groups…
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How Hacked Card Shufflers Allegedly Enabled a Mob-Fueled Poker Scam That Rocked the NBA
WIRED recently demonstrated how to cheat at poker by hacking the Deckmate 2 card shufflers used in casinos. The mob was allegedly using the same trick to fleece victims for millions. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/how-hacked-card-shufflers-allegedly-enabled-a-mob-fueled-poker-scam-that-rocked-the-nba/
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Surge in UK savings lost to investment scams, with fake crypto thought to top the list
Banking industry data shows £629m was stolen in six months from fraud that included gold, wine and property The amount of money lost to investment scams by UK consumers has leapt 55% in a year as cryptocurrency fraudsters intensify their efforts to cheat people out of their savings, data shows.Official UK banking industry data shows…
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX ‘is Facilitating’ Scams via Starlink
Tags: scamLow Earth Pork: Pig-butchering scammers in Myanmar lose use of 2,500 Starlink terminals. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/starlink-myanmar-richixbw/
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Süßes oder Scam
Die Bitdefender Labs haben anhand ihrer Telemetrie in der Zeit vom 15. September bis zum 15. Oktober einen globalen Anstieg von Phishing- und Scam-Aktivitäten mit Bezug auf Halloween verzeichnet. 73 Prozent der Angriffe zielten auf Mailboxen in den USA. Deutschland lag mit 13 Prozent weltweit auf Rang Zwei mit deutlichem Abstand zu anderen Ländern. […]…
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Cybercriminals Impersonate Aid Agencies to Lure Victims with Fake Financial Offers
Tags: cyber, cybercrime, finance, fraud, intelligence, international, law, monitoring, scam, threat, vulnerabilityScammers have intensified their efforts to defraud vulnerable populations through sophisticated impersonation schemes and fraudulent financial aid offers, according to recent intelligence monitoring and law enforcement findings. The threat landscape reveals a coordinated, international ecosystem of fraud operations targeting individuals across multiple social media platforms, with particular focus on older adults who represent a significant…
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Jingle Thief Hackers Exploit the Festive Season with Weaponized Gift Card Scams
Tags: credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, finance, fraud, hacker, scam, service, theft, threat, vulnerabilityCybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated campaign targeting global retail and consumer services organizations through credential theft and gift card fraud. Dubbed >>Jingle Thief,
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Jingle Thief Hackers Exploit the Festive Season with Weaponized Gift Card Scams
Tags: credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, finance, fraud, hacker, scam, service, theft, threat, vulnerabilityCybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated campaign targeting global retail and consumer services organizations through credential theft and gift card fraud. Dubbed >>Jingle Thief,
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SpaceX pulls plug on 2,500 Starlink terminals tied to Myanmar fraud farms
Criminal outfits had been using Musk’s broadband beacons to run cyber-slavery scams across Southeast Asia First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/23/spacex_starlink_myanmar/
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SpaceX pulls plug on 2,500 Starlink terminals tied to Myanmar fraud farms
Criminal outfits had been using Musk’s broadband beacons to run cyber-slavery scams across Southeast Asia First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/23/spacex_starlink_myanmar/
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Asian Nations Ramp Up Pressure on Cybercrime ‘Scam Factories’
After a particularly gruesome murder, South Korea issues code black travel ban for several regions in Cambodia, while other nations urge more raids. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/asian-nations-ramp-up-legal-attacks-cybercrime-factories
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SpaceX disables more than 2,000 Starlink devices used in Myanmar scam compounds
Lauren Dreyer, the vice-president of Starlink’s business operations, said in a post on X Tuesday night that the company “proactively identified and disabled over 2,500 Starlink Kits in the vicinity of suspected ‘scam centers’” in Myanmar. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/spacex-disables-starlink-kits-in-myanmar-scam-compounds
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Meta launches new anti-scam tools for WhatsApp and Messenger
Meta has announced new tools to help WhatsApp and Messenger users protect themselves from potential scams and secure their accounts. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/meta-launches-new-anti-scam-tools-for-whatsapp-and-messenger/
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Google ‘Careers’ scam lands job seekers in credential traps
Tags: attack, authentication, breach, control, credentials, cybersecurity, defense, google, identity, infrastructure, jobs, login, mfa, monitoring, north-korea, phishing, scam, strategy, threat, trainingWhat must organizations must: Sublime observed a sophisticated backend infrastructure supporting the phishing operation. Rather than just relying on a static fake login page, the attackers used newly registered domains (like gappywave[.]com, gcareerspeople[.]com) and what appeared to be command-and-control (C2) servers such as satoshicommands[.]com to process stolen credentials.Additionally, the HTML and JavaScript of the fake…
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Google ‘Careers’ scam lands job seekers in credential traps
Tags: attack, authentication, breach, control, credentials, cybersecurity, defense, google, identity, infrastructure, jobs, login, mfa, monitoring, north-korea, phishing, scam, strategy, threat, trainingWhat must organizations must: Sublime observed a sophisticated backend infrastructure supporting the phishing operation. Rather than just relying on a static fake login page, the attackers used newly registered domains (like gappywave[.]com, gcareerspeople[.]com) and what appeared to be command-and-control (C2) servers such as satoshicommands[.]com to process stolen credentials.Additionally, the HTML and JavaScript of the fake…
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Phishing Scams Weaponize Common Apps to Fool Users
From fake PDFs to AI voice scams, phishing attacks are evolving fast. Learn key tactics and defenses to protect against fraud, identity theft, and account loss. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/phishing-scams-weaponize-common-apps-to-fool-users/
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Meta Rolls Out New Tools to Protect WhatsApp and Messenger Users from Scams
Meta on Tuesday said it’s launching new tools to protect Messenger and WhatsApp users from potential scams.To that end, the company said it’s introducing new warnings on WhatsApp when users attempt to share their screen with an unknown contact during a video call so as to prevent them from giving away sensitive information like bank…
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Singapore Officials Impersonated in Sophisticated Investment Scam
Group-IB has uncovered a scam operation impersonating Singapore officials using Google Ads and deepfakes First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/singapore-officials-investment-scam/
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New Phishing Emails Pretend to Offer Jobs to Steal Facebook Logins
Sublime Security warns of a massive credential phishing scam using fake job offers from brands like KFC and Red Bull to steal Facebook login details. Don’t fall for the trap. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/phishing-emails-offer-jobs-steal-facebook-logins/
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New Phishing Emails Pretend to Offer Jobs to Steal Facebook Logins
Sublime Security warns of a massive credential phishing scam using fake job offers from brands like KFC and Red Bull to steal Facebook login details. Don’t fall for the trap. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/phishing-emails-offer-jobs-steal-facebook-logins/
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Task Scam: Laut McAfee-Warnung 1.000 % Zunahme dieser Job-Betrugsmasche
First seen on datensicherheit.de Jump to article: www.datensicherheit.de/task-scam-mcafee-warnung-1000-prozent-zunahme-job-betrug
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SIMCARTEL operation: Europol takes down SIM-Box ring linked to 3,200 scams
Europol’s SIMCARTEL operation shut down a SIM-box network behind 3,200 frauds and Euro4.5M losses, using 40,000 SIMs for scams and extortion. Europol’s “SIMCARTEL” operation dismantled an illegal SIM-box network tied to over 3,200 fraud cases and Euro4.5M in losses. The service used 1,200 SIM-boxes with 40,000 SIM cards to supply phone numbers for phishing, investment…
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SIMCARTEL operation: Europol takes down SIM-Box ring linked to 3,200 scams
Europol’s SIMCARTEL operation shut down a SIM-box network behind 3,200 frauds and Euro4.5M losses, using 40,000 SIMs for scams and extortion. Europol’s “SIMCARTEL” operation dismantled an illegal SIM-box network tied to over 3,200 fraud cases and Euro4.5M in losses. The service used 1,200 SIM-boxes with 40,000 SIM cards to supply phone numbers for phishing, investment…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: F5 Breach Prompts Urgent U.S. Gov’t Warning, as OpenAI Details Disrupted ChatGPT Abuses
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, backdoor, breach, business, chatgpt, china, cisa, cloud, control, corporate, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, framework, fraud, governance, government, group, hacker, incident, infrastructure, Internet, iran, law, LLM, malicious, malware, mitigation, monitoring, network, openai, organized, phishing, privacy, resilience, risk, russia, scam, security-incident, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, training, update, vulnerabilityF5’s breach triggers a CISA emergency directive, as Tenable calls it “a five-alarm fire” that requires urgent action. Meanwhile, OpenAI details how attackers try to misuse ChatGPT. Plus, boards are increasing AI and cyber disclosures. And much more! Key takeaways A critical breach at cybersecurity firm F5, attributed to a nation-state, has triggered an urgent…