Today’s Fraud News from around the world:
FBI Warns Against Vishing Scams Over VoIP: Employees beware: threat actors impersonate coworkers to gain login information. Learn how employers can defend against vishing attacks.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Europol takes down hackers who allegedly stole over 0 million in crypto from celebs: Eight men have been arrested in the UK for their role in a spate of hacks on US celebs, per Europol, after the criminals broke into the victims’ phones to steal over $ 100 million in cryptocurrencies.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Kim Komando: Best browsers for privacy: Microsoft said so long to Internet Explorer, and the new Edge is a robust browser with lots of built-in privacy features. It, too, runs on Chromium and feels a lot like Google Chrome. Edge offers …: “Phishing” – BingNews
2021 Annual State Of Phishing – Webinar: Computerworld covers a range of technology topics, with a focus on these core areas of IT: Windows, Mobile, Apple/enterprise, Office and productivity suites, collaboration, web browsers and blockchain …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Tompkins Co. Sheriff’s Office: Warns Of DMV Scam Alert: Tompkins County Sheriff’s office warns of a DMV scam alert involving a text message that contains a link to a fake DMV page. The Tompkins County Sheriff’s office took to …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Swindlers take advantage of COVID fears to commit vaccine fraud: Attempts to defraud people of money over COVID-19 vaccinations have been recently reported in Japan, with scammers taking advantage o …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Bogus taxman scams hit more than 100,000 victims in a month: Phone scams by fraudsters pretending to be from HMRC rocketed 200 per cent in a month as criminals targeted people doing their tax returns.The number of reported scammers pretending to be the taxman …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Oxford lab hacked. Zoom mimic campaign in progress. NSA recommends zero trust. ICS security advisories.: Oxford lab hacked. Zoom mimic campaign in progress. NSA recommends zero trust. ICS security advisories. The University of Oxford …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Chinese state hackers employ malicious Firefox extension to target exile Tibetans: Chinese Communist Party-backed hackers have been carrying out low-level phishing campaigns against the Tibetan diaspora since Mar 2020, reported infosecurity-magazine.com Feb 26, citing security …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Security for a Work-From-Home World: If you didn’t begin 2020 relying on cloud-based technology to allow you to work from anywhere, you almost certainly ended it that way. With a global pandemic forcing us to avoid group gatherings, some …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Fraud Prevention Tip: Scrutinise the payment methods – As an online retailer you need to know the types of payment methods and their pros and cons in terms of your business. For example regular credit cards (AMEX) tend to favour the cardholder in disputes (chargebacks sound familiar)? But they are still the most widely used payment method and you do have to look at the convenience of your customer. Paypal on the other hand is a more merchant friendly option and has advanced scam protection features and advanced machine learning capability that actively works to mitigate scam risk. On the other hand Paypal also authorises chargebacks it’s not totally fool proof. Cryptocurrencies are another popular payment method; the blockchain tech makes it nearly impossible for forced refunds and since there are records of all transactions it is undeniable by the customer. On the negative side the value of cryptocurrencies is quite volatile so what’s it worth today it might hold the same value the next day or it could be worth more.