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“A little gift for you” SMS spam appears to come from your own phone number

March 30, 2022 0 Comments allison mcdaniel, chris welch, number spoofing, smishing, SMS spam, Social engineering, Verizon Wireless, visible

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 12:55:25 +0000

The message reads “Free Msg: Your bill is paid for March. Thanks, here’s a little gift for you”, but it appears to come from your own number.

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Fake Esports voting sites looking to phish Steam users

March 21, 2022 0 Comments esports, fake, phish, phishing, Scam, Social engineering, steam, team

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 21:41:07 +0000

We take a look at a popular Steam phish tactic involving fake Esports voting sites which refuses to go away.

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Beware of this bogus (and phishy) “Instagram Support” email

March 18, 2022 0 Comments armorblox, fake instagram support, homograph attack, instagram phish, instagram scam, phishing, phishing scam, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 23:05:32 +0000

A fake “Instagram Support” email made its way through the spam filter implemented by one major life insurance company in New York.

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Deepfake Zelenskyy video surfaces on compromised websites

March 18, 2022 0 Comments deepfake, footage, russia, Social engineering, ukraine, Video, zelenskyy

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 15:04:56 +0000

We look at a deepfake video claiming to be President Zelenskyy urging Ukrainians to lay down arms.

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Fake Royal Mail chatbot offers up…a new iPhone?

March 16, 2022 0 Comments delivery, iPhone, package, royal mail, Scam, Social engineering, Spam, survey

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 11:00:51 +0000

We look at reports of a new Royal mail scam making use of a chatbot to trick people into visiting… an iPhone competition landing page?!?!

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Extortion scheme impersonates government officials, law enforcement

March 10, 2022 0 Comments data theft, erick kron, extortion, FBI, fbi psa, fraud, psa, scams, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 13:31:14 +0000

The FBI has warned the public about a new fraud scheme that involves impersonating law enforcement and government personnel in order to steal money and data.

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Beware bogus OperaGX sponsorship offers

February 3, 2022 0 Comments Opera, operagx, phish, phishing, Scam, Social engineering, youtube

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 15:36:45 +0000

We look at a scam targeting YouTubers, via an entirely fictitious sponsorship and promotional deal for OperaGX

Categories: Social engineering

Tags: opera operagx phish phishing scam youtube

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APT36 jumps on the coronavirus bandwagon, delivers Crimson RAT

March 17, 2020 0 Comments APT, apt36, coronavirus, coronavirus malware, covid-19, credential stealer, crimson rat, Exploit, exploits, info-stealer, macro, malicious macro, malware, nation-state attack, rat, remote administration tool, Social engineering, spear phishing, spear phishing attack, Threat analysis, transparent tribe

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:00:00 +0000

We look at a spear phishing attack from APT36, an Advanced Persistent Threat group posing as the government of India and offering guidance on coronavirus. Instead, users are infected with a Crimson RAT that steals data.

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Tags: APT APT36 coronavirus coronavirus malware covid-19 credential stealer crimson rat exploit exploits info-stealer macro malicious macro malware nation-state attack rat remote administration tool Social Engineering spear phishing spear phishing attack transparent tribe

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