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Cybercrime | Social engineering
XSS to TSS: tech support scam campaign abuses cross-site scripting vulnerability
October 21, 2020 - This tech support scam is being spread via Facebook links and uses several redirection mechanisms to avoid detection.
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Deepfakes and the 2020 United States election: missing in action?
October 16, 2020 - We look at whether the 2020 United States election will be plagued by deepfakes, or if it's not the concern experts once thought it was.
FIFA 21 game scams: watch out for unsporting conduct
October 14, 2020 - With the recent launch of the new FIFA 2021 video game, we look at some of the common scams to avoid.
Missing person scams: what to watch out for
August 27, 2020 - Missing person alerts can be a prime source of inspiration for scammers looking to turn a quick buck. We explore some of the techniques used to further ill-gotten gains.
Sextortion scammers getting creative
November 26, 2019 - We’ve covered sextortion before, focusing in on how the core of the threat is an exercise in trust. The threat actor behind the campaign will use whatever information available on the target that causes them to trust that the threat actor does indeed have incriminating information on them. (They don’t.) But as public awareness of...
Wall Street Market reported to have exit scammed
April 29, 2019 - Users reported that Wall Street Market, a broadly-known cryptocurrency dark net market, has executed an exit scam, swindling millions from account holders in the process.
A look inside the FBI’s 2018 IC3 online crime report
April 24, 2019 - The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center have released their 2018 report about online crime. Which attacks are most popular? Where are the victims located? And how much money has been lost in the process?
Electrum Bitcoin wallets under siege
April 16, 2019 - Threat actors are relentlessly phishing and attacking Electrum Bitcoin wallet users, racking up millions of dollars.
Ellen DeGeneres giveaway scam spreading on social media
April 15, 2019 - Scammers take aim at fans of Ellen DeGeneres with a bizarre chain of giveaways and free movie websites. Will anyone take the bait?
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