Today’s Fraud News from around the world:
This Android malware steals mobile banking data; Here’s how to stay safe: The Drinik malware is aping an Income Tax app, fooling users to give in all their mobile banking details and other crucial data. Here’s how to stay safe from it.: “Phishing” – BingNews
PSA: Beware of this Venmo text phishing scam: Phishing scams are a popular method of harvesting user data so be careful of this text phishing scam targeting Venmo users.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Alert! THIS Android malware steals banking data; Here’s how to remain safe: The Drinik malware is currently imitating an Income Tax Department software, and after a user has been duped into downloading it, it captures all sensitive data.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Watch out – your Facebook or Clubhouse details could have been leaked online: The database has allegedly been compiled by combining 3.8 billion phone numbers from a previously scraped Clubhouse database, with the owner’s Facebook profiles, making it valuable to scammers. We’re …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Elliott Greenblott | Fraud Watch: Catphishing aims to lure victims hook, line and sinker: Catphishing initially focuses on establishing a presence that attracts intended targets by joining chatrooms, groups such as SilverSingles, social media platforms and, at the local level, religious …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Here are the top 5 digital scams in South Africa to be aware of: A poll conducted by consumer credit reporting agency TransUnion shows that digital fraud remains an issue in South Africa, at a time when consumers are financially desperate.: “Phishing” – BingNews
€1,000 Decathlon competition scam targets facebook users in France: A scam using the French sports brand Decathlon’s image is circulating on Facebook messenger, the French consumer group UFC-Que Choisir warned yesterday (September 24). Scammers, posing as the sports …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Safe Guard your sensitive Data: For the healthcare, Education sectors, 2020 was a frenetic year with an onslaught of ransomware attacks, hacking attacks and data breaches. According to the latest Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Fraud Watch: Be familiar with fraud terminology: Some of the terminology related to fraud and scams would make you believe that fraud is a recreational activity: phishing, spearphishing or whaling. Here is a term you might not …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Social Engineering Trends in Cybersecurity: Here’s a closer look at the top social engineering trends by cybercriminals to evade cybersecurity and get inside an organization: …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Fraud Prevention Tip: Check your credit reports regularly. If you find accounts that don’t belong to you or other incorrect information, follow the instructions for disputing those items. You can ask for free copies of your credit reports in certain situations. If you were denied credit because of information in a credit report, you can ask the credit bureau that the report came from for a free copy of your file. And if you are the victim of identity theft, you can ask all three of the major credit bureaus for free copies of your reports.