Today’s Fraud News from around the world:
This dangerous Amazon gift card scam will hack your bank account in seconds: According to experts, Dridex is usually delivered to victims through phishing emails. That’s when an email appears to be a safe message from a legitimate source – but is actually a hack in disguise.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Trends in IT-Security and IAM in 2021, the “New Normal” and beyond: Article by Dennis Okpara, Chief Security Architect & DPO at IDEE GmbHYes, there is hope for 2021, but the challenges of the “New Normal” are here to stay. CISOs have to prepare and start acting now, …: “Phishing” – BingNews
What is URL Phishing?: What is URL phishing? Learn about this dangerous technique that is designed to trick users into letting hackers access sensitive information or launch malware attacks.: “Phishing” – BingNews
2,700 tax returns sent in on Christmas Day: On Christmas Day, the peak time for completing tax returns was 14:00 to 14:59, with more than 200 customers pressing send on their online form.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Why ‘Jamtara’ connected, according to its co-writer: A clever crime in an ‘unassuming place’: Trishant Srivastava revisits the Netflix series, which explores a phishing scam in the Jharkhand town.: “Phishing” – BingNews
GoDaddy email told employees they were getting a bonus, it was a phishing test: Internet domain company GoDaddy sent employees an email promising a holiday bonus but it turned out to just be a security test.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Instagram Top 9: How to get a best nine collage of your most popular 2020 snaps: INSTAGRAM Top 9 snaps are beginning to flood the feed of the social networking site once again. So how do you create a collage of your best nine Instagram snaps of 2020? Here’s what you need to know.: “Phishing” – BingNews
OMNIQ Announces Partnership with Check Point Software Technologies on “ZoneAlarm” Cyber Security Solution: OMNIQ to offer Check Point’s ZoneAlarm mobile device security software to its Fortune 500 customers to cyber secure OMNIQ’s supply chain mobility solutions ; SALT LAKE CITY, D …: “Phishing” – BingNews
2020 Work-for-Home Shift: What We Learned: Goodbye, 2020 — and good riddance, right? Most of us don’t want to take too much from this year into the next — but let’s make an exception for what we learned about security in the wake of the …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Hotels, Hookups, Video Conferencing: Top 10 Data Breaches of 2020: Read about the top ten notorious cloud data breaches of 2020 including how each was caused and how they could have been prevented. The post Hotels, Hookups, Video Conferencing: Top 10 Data Breaches of …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Fraud Prevention Tip: Here’s the harsh reality: Fraud and scam in online space is inventing and reinventing itself. There’s no stopping it. The Nilson Report states that since 1993 there has been a mounting 23% increase in e-Commerce fraud yearly. The rising number are putting online merchants at great risks. Identity theft protection services become essential when credit card and identity theft fraud is on its peak, especially during the two holiday seasons: Black Friday and Christmas. While everyone awaits Christmas gifts, online merchants dread charge-back notifications.