Today’s Fraud News from around the world:
X-Force threat intelligence index: The annual X-Force Threat Intelligence Index sheds light on the biggest cyber risks that organizations face today, with data and insights collected over the past yea …: “Phishing” – BingNews
New Variant of Buer Malware Loader Written in Rust to Evade Detection: A new variant of the Buer malware loader has been detected, written in Rust. The original version is written in C. Rust is efficient, easy-to-use, and an increasingly popular programming language – …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Expert Interview: How to Secure Critical Infrastructure With Operational Technology: Protecting industrial control systems from cyberattacks is an important task. Our experts discuss the state of critical infrastructure attacks today.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Third-party ransomware risk is real, but Black Kite’s latest tool can help: Black Kite’s Ransomware Susceptibility Index calculates the probability of a third-party provider being hit by ransomware within 12 months, …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Bait Boost: Phishers Delivering Increasingly Convincing Lures: Innovative twists on banking scams and corporate-account hunters wielding increasingly clever lures, including those with COVID-19 vaccine promises, are likely to dominate the spam and phishing …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office Seizes Domain Name Falsely Purporting to Provide COVID-19 Vaccines: FDA OCI, freevaccinecovax.org, purported website, biotechnology company, vaccine, COVID-19, virus, coronavirus, collect, personal information, fraud, phishing attacks, malware, seizure, domain name, …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Be on alert for the IRS’s list of the ‘dirty dozen’ tax scams: With the deadline for filing income tax returns looming on May 17 — it was extended by a month because of the pandemic — the Internal Revenue Service is warning of scam artists constantly trying to …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Be on alert for the IRS’s ‘dirty dozen’ tax scams: Everyone is vulnerable.” Watch out for any preparers who won’t sign your tax return, known as “ghost preparers.” They may expose you to serious filing mistakes as well as possible tax fraud and loss …: “Phishing” – BingNews
The Key to Cybersecurity is an Educated Workforce: The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) handled a record number of cybersecurity incidents over the last year, a 20% increase in cases handled the year before. With the increasing …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Apple and Epic go head-to-head in fiery opening remarks of highly-anticipated trial: Today marked the beginning of the highly-anticipated Apple vs. Epic trial, and things kicked off with both companies presenting their opening statements. While Epic argued that Apple has built a …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Fraud Prevention Tip: Don’t deposit a check and wire money back. By law, banks must make funds from deposited checks available within days, but uncovering a fake check can take weeks. If a check you deposit turns out to be a fake, you’re responsible for repaying the bank.