Today’s Fraud News from around the world:
I Smell a RAT! New Cybersecurity Threats for the Crypto Industry: The ElectroRAT Trojan attacker’s success highlights the increasingly sophisticated nature of threats to cryptocurrency exchanges, wallets, brokerages, investing, and other services.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Warning: 1 in 3 employees are likely to fall for a phishing scam: Cybersecurity training company KnowBe4 reports that the number of employees likely to fall for phishing emails drops dramatically with proper instruction on how to recognize an attack.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Canada among prime targets of new Office macro infection tactic: Briefly, a victim gets a phishing email with a Microsoft Word document attachment. If the document is opened, a password-protected Microsoft Excel file is downloaded. By default, Microsoft Office has …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Learn Ways On How You Can Protect Yourself From Credit Card Fraud: Cardholders, here are different types of credit card fraud that you should watch out for and how you can avoid them: …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Don’t Let a Personal Device Be the Entry Point for Cyberattacks: With the pandemic accelerating the work-from-home model, ‘The Wolf’ shows us once again why keeping all devices safe has never been more critical.: “Phishing” – BingNews
The Hacker News – Cybersecurity News and Analysis: Search results for cybercriminals: Amidst the massive supply-chain ransomware attack that triggered an infection chain compromising thousands of businesses on Friday, new details have emerged about how the notorious Russia-linked REvil …: “Phishing” – BingNews
KnowBe4 study showcases how effective cybersecurity education is: Cybersecurity awareness firm KnowBe4 has published its Phishing By Industry Benchmarking Report for 2021 and while we’d encourage IT professionals to dive into the full report here we’re looking at a …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Nextdoor App Security: Nextdoor is a unique and novel way of bringing neighbors together in an online platform similar to Facebook, however, CyberHoot and others have strong privacy concerns. Nexdoor recognizes the …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Minimising The Impact Of Ransomware: Ransomware is one of the fastest and more profitable forms of cyber attack and organisations should take measures to minimise the impact.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Scammers Are Now Pretending to be Online Support Agents via Live Chat Platforms: A new phishing scheme in which the scammers are posing as customers and contacting live-chat support agents is becoming dangerous.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Fraud Prevention Tip: Pay the safest way. Credit cards are the safest way to pay for online purchases because you can dispute the charges if you never get the goods or services or if the offer was misrepresented. Federal law limits your liability to $ 50 if someone makes unauthorized charges to your account, and most credit card issuers will remove them completely if you report the problem promptly.