Today’s Fraud News from around the world:
Rock Island County, Ill., Loses 5K Via Phishing Email: A phishing email pretending to be the message of a legitimate contractor tricked the auditor’s office in Rock Island County, Illinois, to wire $ 97K to a bank account. The scammers also landed an …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Expired driver’s licenses open lanes for cybercriminals, text and email scams: As emergency orders allowing driver’s licenses to remain valid past expiration dates expire, scammers are using the shift to obtain personal info.: “Phishing” – BingNews
IRS sees surge in scams tied to Economic Impact payments: The following is a news release from the IRS Criminal Investigation Denver Field Office. DENVER, Colorado — The Internal Revenue Service received a record number of complaints about Economic Impact …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Irish businesses see biggest increase in cybersecurity attacks – survey: Irish businesses are seeing the biggest increase in cyber security attacks, according to a European survey by Irish workplace security/compliance specialist …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Watch Your Driver’s License: Cyberscammers Exploit COVID-19 Extensions: The pandemic has been a fertile opportunity for cyberscammers. In one example, scammers are exploiting online information from expired driver’s licenses, reports Stateline. The “phishing” schemes …: “Phishing” – BingNews
This phishing attack is using a sneaky trick to steal your passwords, warns Microsoft: Hovering over a link in an email isn’t going to be enough to check if it’s going to take you to a dangerous site.: “Phishing” – BingNews
SlashNext Launches Email Spear Phishing Detection and Response for Microsoft 365: SlashNext, the leader in SaaS-based spear-phishing and human hacking defense across all digital channels and apps, today announced the SlashNext Email Detection and Response service for Microsoft 365.: “Phishing” – BingNews
SlashNext Brings AI to Microsoft 365 Security: SlashNext today unfurled a SlashNext Email Detection and Response platform for Microsoft 365 that leverages artificial intelligence in the form of machine …: “Phishing” – BingNews
New Konni RAT Campaign Ongoing: Part of a Spear-Phishing Campaign, the Malware’s Targets Are Russian Users. The tracking of Konni RAT has begun in July 2021. At that time, researchers came upon a spear-phishing campaign that made …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Standard Bank’s tips on how not to get caught by scammers: Consumers who are increasingly banking on digital channels should be aware of digital hygiene factors when banking; cybercriminals are likely to increase their activities as the adoption of digital …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Fraud Prevention Tip: Stay safe online. Don’t send sensitive information such as credit card numbers by email because it’s not secure. Look for clues about security on Web sites. At the point where you are asked to provide your financial or other sensitive information, the letters at the beginning of the address bar at the top of the screen should change from “http” to “https” or “shttp.” Your browser may also show that the information is being encrypted, or scrambled, so no one who might intercept it can read it. But while your information may be safe in transmission, that’s no guarantee that the company will store it securely. See what Web sites say about how your information is safeguarded in storage.