Categories: News Categories: Social engineering Tags: Twilio Tags: text messages Tags: sso Tags: okta Tags: linkedin Twilio says it has fallen victim to a breach after an attacker sent text messages to a large number of employees. |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2022 09:41:12 +0000
We take a look at a wave of scams involving people’s fears of increasing energy prices, and how to avoid being caught out.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2022 12:39:42 +0000
Smishing attacks, or phishing attempts via SMS, are on the rise, and Americans are fighting off billions of spam messages each month.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2022 17:15:09 +0000
We take a look at a scam attempt which makes great use of the fraudulent bank payment phone call. Here’s what to look out for.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 13:29:47 +0000
The FBI has warned about fraudulent cryptocurrency investment apps that are defrauding victims.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 13:14:05 +0000
Scammers have created a PayPal phishing campaign that extensively asks for sensitive information, including government IDs and headshot photos.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 12:51:46 +0000
We take a look at reports of organised review bombing, leading to extortion threats to get the negative ratings removed.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 15:17:39 +0000
We take a look at reports that verified Twitter accounts are being targeted by scammers with claims of hate speech.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 14:55:16 +0000
The FBI has warned businesses of an uptick in reports of criminals applying for remote work using deepfake and stolen PII.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:15:24 +0000
The FTC has issued a warning to the LGBTQ+ community about extortionists posing as potential romantic partners on Grindr and Feeld.
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