Categories: News Tags: kidnap Tags: scam Tags: virtual Tags: AI Tags: voice Tags: fake Tags: fraud Tags: hoax Tags: kidnapping We take a look at claims that AI is now being used for a notorious form of kidnapping hoax. |
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Read moreCategories: Threat Intelligence Tags: malvertising Tags: weebly Tags: google Tags: ads Tags: seniors Tags: recipe Tags: tech support Tags: scam Scammers are buying ads on for the most common Google searches made by seniors and defrauding them with tech support scams. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: FBI Tags: extortion Tags: sextortion Tags: crime Tags: criminal Tags: nude Tags: nudes Tags: photographs Tags: images Tags: video Tags: photo Tags: scam Tags: payment Tags: profit Tags: assistance Tags: help We take a look at an FBI warning regarding for-profit entities making money from people targeted by sextortion attacks. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: ransomware Tags: fake Tags: faker Tags: fraud Tags: scam Tags: bogus Tags: midnight We take a look at a ransomware group that doesn’t produce any ransomware, only threats. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: twitter Tags: blue Tags: verified Tags: verification Tags: fake Tags: fraud Tags: phish Tags: phishing Tags: scam Tags: imposter Significant changes to Twitter’s verification identifiers mean new rules for ensuring whether an account is real. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: EE Tags: phish Tags: phishing Tags: scam Tags: fake Tags: mail Tags: email Tags: fraud Tags: bank details We take a look at a phish targeting users of the EE mobile network. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: emotet Tags: malware Tags: IRS Tags: scam Tags: email Tags: W-9 Tags: word Tags: document Tags: macro Tags: macros We look at a current tax scam in circulation which looks to make an Emotet deposit on your PC. |
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Read moreCategories: News Categories: Scams Tags: LinkedIn Tags: Slinks Tags: phish Tags: phishing Tags: email Tags: payment details Tags: amazon Tags: gmail Tags: outlook Tags: hotmail Tags: scam Tags: scammers The email claims if you not update your card information in the next 24 hours, your membership benefits will be cancelled. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: business email compromise Tags: wire transfer Tags: fraud Tags: scam Tags: BEC Tags: phish Tags: phishing Tags: malware We take a look at a business email compromise attack which nearly resulted in a very costly loss for one US based business. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: BEC Tags: business email compromise Tags: email Tags: scam Tags: social engineer Tags: supply chain Tags: vendor Tags: accounting Tags: wire transfer We take a look at a smart social engineering ploy being used in Vendor Email Compromise attacks. |
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