Tag: scam
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Digitaler Betrug im Namen von Ikea, Kaufland, Media Markt, Amazon und Temu in Deutschland
Eine Analyse des weltweiten Verkehrs von Spam-Nachrichten vom 1. Oktober bis 10. November 2025 hat gezeigt, dass Black-Friday-Scams schon seit geraumer Zeit Saison haben. 53 Prozent des weltweiten Spamaufkommens nach Datenvolumen sind bösartig, bei 47 Prozent handelt es sich um Spamvertising oder aggressive Marketingkampagnen. In Deutschland agierten Cyberkriminelle unter anderem im Namen von bekannten Unternehmen…
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The long conversations that reveal how scammers work
Tags: scamOnline scammers often take weeks to build trust before making a move, which makes their work hard to study. A research team from UC San Diego built a system that does the … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/19/research-how-scammers-work/
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4 U.S. Citizens, Ukrainian Plead Guilty in N. Korea IT Worker Scheme
Four U.S. citizens and a Ukrainian national pleaded guilty to their roles in a North Korean IT worker scam that victimized more than 135 U.S. companies and netted more than $2.2 million for the DPRK regime and is military and weapons programs. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/4-u-s-citizens-ukrainian-plead-guilty-in-n-korea-it-worker-scheme/
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WhatsApp Screen-Sharing Scam Drains $700K in Minutes
WhatsApp scammers are using screen sharing and malware to rapidly steal accounts and money worldwide. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/whatsapp-screen-sharing-scam-drains-700k-in-minutes/
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WhatsApp Screen-Sharing Scam: How Attackers Are Deceiving Users to Expose Sensitive Information
Scams and threats circulating on messaging apps like WhatsApp demonstrate how easily trusted platforms can be weaponized against users. One deceptive tactic gaining traction involves tricking people into sharing their phone screens during WhatsApp video calls. The screen-sharing feature, available since 2023, is increasingly being turned against users to steal data, identities, and money. Cases…
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WhatsApp Screen-Sharing Scam: How Attackers Are Deceiving Users to Expose Sensitive Information
Scams and threats circulating on messaging apps like WhatsApp demonstrate how easily trusted platforms can be weaponized against users. One deceptive tactic gaining traction involves tricking people into sharing their phone screens during WhatsApp video calls. The screen-sharing feature, available since 2023, is increasingly being turned against users to steal data, identities, and money. Cases…
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Bonkers Bitcoin heist: 5-star hotels, cash-filled envelopes, vanishing funds
Bitcoin mining hardware exec falls for sophisticated crypto scam to tune of $200k First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/11/bonkers-bitcoin-heist-5-star-hotels-cash-filled-envelopes-vanishing-funds/
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Malicious Npm Packages Abuse Adspect Cloaking in Crypto Scam
A malware campaign presents fake websites that can check if a visitor is a potential victim or a security researcher, and then proceed accordingly to defraud or evade. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/malicious-npm-packages-adspect-cloaking-crypto-scam
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Australian cybercrime portal exploited by scammers
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/australian-cybercrime-portal-exploited-by-scammers
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WhatsApp screen-sharing scam exploits trust and urgency
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/cybersecurity-alert-whatsapp-screen-sharing-scam-exploits-trust-and-urgency
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Seven npm Packages Use Adspect Cloaking to Trick Victims Into Crypto Scam Pages
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a set of seven npm packages published by a single threat actor that leverages a cloaking service called Adspect to differentiate between real victims and security researchers to ultimately redirect them to sketchy crypto-themed sites.The malicious npm packages, published by a threat actor named “dino_reborn” between September and November 2025, are…
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Fintech leaders call for united front against AI-driven cyber crime
As AI makes financial scams more personalised and convincing, fintech experts have called for deeper collaboration and the use of behavioural analytics and other technologies to protect consumers First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366634596/Fintech-leaders-call-for-united-front-against-AI-driven-cyber-crime
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Fintech leaders call for united front against AI-driven cyber crime
As AI makes financial scams more personalised and convincing, fintech experts have called for deeper collaboration and the use of behavioural analytics and other technologies to protect consumers First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366634596/Fintech-leaders-call-for-united-front-against-AI-driven-cyber-crime
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Security researcher calls BS on Coinbase breach disclosure timeline
Claims he reported the attack in January after fraudsters tried to scam him First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/17/coinbase_breach_timeline/
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Selling your identity to North Korean IT scammers isn’t a sustainable side hustle
Four US citizens tried it, and the DoJ just secured guilty pleas from all of ’em First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/17/doj_north_korean_it_scam/
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Selling your identity to North Korean IT scammers isn’t a sustainable side hustle
Four US citizens tried it, and the DoJ just secured guilty pleas from all of ’em First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/17/doj_north_korean_it_scam/
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Google Uses Courts, Congress to Counter Massive Smishing Campaign
Google is suing the Smishing Triad group behind the Lighthouse phishing-as-a-service kit that has been used over the past two years to scam more than 1 million people around the world with fraudulent package delivery or EZ-Pass toll fee messages and stealing millions of credit card numbers. Google also is backing bills in Congress to…
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Malware, Betrug, Scams und Datendiebstahl: Massive Sicherheitslücken
Cybersicherheitsverhalten, KI-Bedenken und Risiken von Verbrauchern weltweit. 14 Prozent der Befragten fielen im letzten Jahr digitalem Betrug zum Opfer. Soziale Medien überholen E-Mail als bevorzugten Angriffsvektor von Cyberkriminellen. KI-Betrug wird zur wachsenden Sorge der Verbraucher. Die neue 2025 Consumer Cybersecurity Survey von Bitdefender gibt Einblicke in zentrale Verhaltensweisen, Praktiken und Bedenken im Bereich der… First…
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Why We Can’t Expect Meta to Stop Online Scams on Its Own
Only Regulations Can Convince Meta to Cut Its Revenue Stream From Fraud Victims How motivated would you be to stop a source of revenue if you discovered that some of your advertisers are scamming your customers? Most businesses would want to protect their customers. In the strange universe of social media giant Meta, incentives for…
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Multiple US citizens plead guilty to helping North Korean IT workers earn $2 million
Three U.S. nationals pleaded guilty to directly handing over their identities for use in North Korean IT worker scams, the Justice Department said, and two other people also admitted helping such schemes. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/multiple-us-nationals-guilty-pleas-north-korean-it-worker-scams
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DOJ Issued Seizure Warrant to Starlink Over Satellite Internet Systems Used at Scam Compound
A new US law enforcement initiative is aimed at crypto fraudsters targeting Americans”, and now seeks to seize infrastructure it claims is crucial to notorious scam compounds. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/doj-issued-seizure-warrants-to-starlink-over-satellite-internet-systems-used-at-scam-compounds/
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Google, researchers see signs that Lighthouse text scammers disrupted after lawsuit
SecAlliance and Silent Push confirmed that the suspected Chinese operators of the phishing kit appear to have been affected. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/lighthouse-text-scammers-disrupted-google-lawsuit/
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FBI flags scam targeting Chinese speakers with bogus surgery bills
Crooks spoof US insurers, threaten bogus extradition to pry loose personal data and cash First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/14/fbi_chinese_speaker_health_insurance/
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Google, researchers see signs that Lighthouse text scammers disrupted after lawsuit
SecAlliance and Silent Push confirmed that the suspected Chinese operators of the phishing kit appear to have been affected. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/lighthouse-text-scammers-disrupted-google-lawsuit/
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US announces new strike force targeting Chinese crypto scammers
U.S. federal authorities have established a new task force to disrupt Chinese cryptocurrency scam networks that defraud Americans of nearly $10 billion annually. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-announces-new-strike-force-targeting-chinese-crypto-scammers/
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US announces new strike force targeting Chinese crypto scammers
U.S. federal authorities have established a new task force to disrupt Chinese cryptocurrency scam networks that defraud Americans of nearly $10 billion annually. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-announces-new-strike-force-targeting-chinese-crypto-scammers/
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US Strike Force Takes Aim at Southeast Asian Scam Centers
US Attorney Jeanine Pirro Cites Trump Goal in Making Crypto ‘Safe’ for Investors. The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia announced the launch of the Scam Center Strike Force, to dismantle criminal networks behind pig butchering scams. The initiative targets sophisticated transnational criminal organizations based in Southeast Asia including Cambodia, Laos and Burma. First…