Today’s Fraud News from around the world:
6,000 Coinbase accounts impacted by suspected social engineering attack: Coinbase is currently one of the largest and most accessible trading platforms available to cryptocurrency enthusiasts. Unfortunately, this makes the exchange a high-profile target for bad …: “Phishing” – BingNews
A Simple Bug Is Leaving AirTag Users Vulnerable to an Attack: This time, the vuln du jour is due to failure to sanitize a user-input field—specifically, the phone number field AirTag owners use to identify their lost devices. This kind of attack doesn’t need …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Cyberattacks up during lockdown: Incidents recorded by the National Cybersecurity Center increased 23% in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2020 and increased 124% compared to 2019, showing that the lockdown …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Beware these scams and crimes on the rise in South Africa: SABRIC, the South African Banking Risk Information Centre, on behalf of the banking industry has published its annual crime stats for 2020, showing that Covid-19, in conjunction with the …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Thailand cracks down on SMS scams and phishing calls: The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is working with the police and network operators to crack down on scams, and phishing text messages and calls. The general public is …: “Phishing” – BingNews
6,000 Coinbase customers lose their crypto from hackers: At least 6,000 Coinbase Global Inc clients’ accounts were hacked, according to a breach notification letter provided to affected customers by the cryptocurrenc …: “Phishing” – BingNews
7 cybercriminals arrested in Jharkhand: Seven people allegedly involved in phishing activities have been arrested in Jharkhand”s Deoghar district, police said on Saturday. Thirteen mobile phones, 19 SIM and five ATM cards, passbooks of …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Google bans 150 Android apps! Don’t delay in deleting them from your phone: USE Android? There’s a new warning as 150 apps have just been banned by Google – make sure they are not on your smartphone.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Is AI and Data Security changing the way we work forever?: Hybrid work is here to stay. A recent study found that 83% of workers preferred a hybrid model, while 63% of high-growth companies have already adopted flexible work. And use of collaboration tools is …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Politicians no longer allowed to use work account for mass-email campaigns: Politicians will be banned from sending bulk emails from their parliament accounts using third-party software amid security fears, as one Labor MP mistakenly made donation requests and electorate …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Fraud Prevention Tip: Don’t believe promises of easy money. If someone claims that you can earn money with little or no work, get a loan or credit card even if you have bad credit, or make money on an investment with little or no risk, it’s probably a scam. Oftentimes, offers that seem too good to be true, actually are too good to be true.