Today’s Fraud News from around the world:
Smishing warning. Initial access trends: brokers advertise; gangs look for rogue insiders. Ransomware hits healthcare targets.: Phishing scheme targets unemployment insurance benefits and PII (Consumer Information) Have you gotten an alarming text message about your unemployment insurance benefits from what seems to be your …: “Phishing” – BingNews
PayPal customers warned of live chat scam where crooks try to steal your money: The scam involves unsuspecting PayPal users being sent a seemingly legitimate email telling them there is a problem with their account – but this is actually from a crook who is trying to con you …: “Phishing” – BingNews
The Role of AI in Cybersecurity: Artificial intelligence (AI) holds great potential for cybersecurity processes and management, yet it is also a tool used successfully by cyber criminals. Swinging the balance in favour of good was …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Phishing Email with subject “Password for jbloggs@tcd.ie will be expiring today”: We have received reports of a phishing email with the subject line “Password for jbloggs@tcd.ie will be expiring today” targeting Trinity users. The full content of the email can be viewed at the …: “Phishing” – BingNews
The Scam That Keeps On Taking: Fraud schemes come and go. Romance scams are hot right now. So beware of a new “love interest” who could trick you into falling for them when all they really want is your money.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Phishing continues to target big businesses and exploit COVID-19 fears in Q2 2021: Spam as a share of global mail traffic rose, and attackers have started to adapt their scams to other languages to reach wider audiences.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Hackers turn to Prometheus to deliver ransomware threats to victims: Campo Loader, IcedID, QBot, SocGholish, and Buer Loader all served up ransomware attacks on US government agencies.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Safe-T Group Issues Shareholder Letter: T® Group Ltd. (Nasdaq, TASE: SFET), a cyber-security and privacy solutions to consumers and enterprises, has issued a letter to shareholders from its Chief Executive Officer, Shachar Daniel. Dear …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Perfect Phishing Attack: A Penetration Tester’s Perspective: Even if your company uses top-notch security solutions to keep malicious actors at bay, these efforts are half-baked as long as the employees keep clicking phishing links. Cybercriminals know it is …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Universities urged to be vigilant against cyber-security threats from essay mills: British institutions must be vigilant against emerging cyber-security threats from essay mills, a universities watchdog has warned. The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) said …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Fraud Prevention Tip: When leaving bars or restaurants late at night do not accept a ride from a person who purports to be employed by a well-known private car service or transportation network company unless you initiated the call for service. In the past, fraudsters have driven students to secluded areas and robbed them. In other cases intoxicated customers were driven to ATM machines and forced to withdraw funds from their accounts.