Today’s Fraud News from around the world:
2 ‘scammers’ hunted by NBI-7 operatives: Two alleged masterminds of a credit card phishing scam are now subject of a manhunt operation by the operatives of National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas following a fraudulent online …: “Phishing” – BingNews
SSS Fraud warning: With an increased easier access to the Internet post-lockdown, more people go online to avail themselves of information, products and services without having to leave the comforts of their homes or …: “Phishing” – BingNews
“Without good backups, you have no data security”, With Jason Remilard and Dustin Leefers: A high percentage of all threats introduced to a company come through email. The two main threats regarding email are unsafe attachments and phishing. Each of these pose their own risk and have their …: “Phishing” – BingNews
“Common sense trumps everything”, With Jason Remilard and Adam Jackson: Putting policy into practice is more important than writing policy. An employee at a company was fully up to date on cyber training, but thought it was inconvenient to encrypt an email that contained …: “Phishing” – BingNews
HMRC flooded with ‘blatantly false’ scam queries as self-assessment tax deadlines loom: HMRC has urged worried consumers to forward any fraudulent activity to it as a new scam emerges online. HMRC has been flooded with queries on social media as a key self-assessment tax return deadline …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Hackers tricked GoDaddy into helping attacks on cryptocurrency services: Security researchers have discovered that web hosting giant GoDaddy inadvertently helped attackers to take down a number of cryptocurrency sites. According to KrebsOnSecurity, malicious actors managed …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Covid heightens need for cybersecurity in digital world says hampleton partners’ m&a report: While the world is focused on the health and economic threats posed by Covid, cyber criminals are capitalising on this crisis Hampleton’s latest Cybersecurity M&A report highlights the importance of …: “Phishing” – BingNews
MPs subjected to over 22 million malicious email attacks in 2020: Members of Parliament are targeted by millions of spam and phishing emails every month, according to a Freedom of Information disclosure.: “Phishing” – BingNews
How Scammers Are Utilizing Artificial Intelligence to Steal Data: Did you know that artificial intelligence isn’t used for good purposes only? Read the post and learn how hackers utilize AI to steal data on the Internet.: “Phishing” – BingNews
GoDaddy staff fall prey to social engineering scam in cryptocurrency exchange attack wave: GoDaddy employees were exploited to facilitate attacks on multiple cryptocurrency exchanges through social engineering and phishing. Staff at the domain name registrar were subject to a social …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Fraud Prevention Tip: Identity Theft – Hackers, and in some cases people in general, take on the identity or persona of someone else by hacking or stealing personal documents of another person and use it to gain access to certain services or to carry out financial transactions. A staggering 44% i.e. 1,357,055 people complained about identity theft in 2016.