Researchers Uncover Six Years of Russian Attempts to Mold International Politics

Jun 17, 2020 4:06:43 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers uncover six-years-worth of Russian attempts to mold international politics using fake news and forged documents. Social media research group Graphika published today a ...

Phony Data Theft, Like Phony Sextortion

Jun 17, 2020 9:55:30 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Extortionists are sending phony threats to website owners informing them that their sites’ databases will be leaked unless they pay a ransom of between $1,500 and $3,000, BleepingComputer ...

Fraudsters Are Exploiting Newborns and Recently Deceased People

Jun 12, 2020 9:21:12 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Criminals are crafting detailed fake identities using data belonging to newly born and recently deceased people, according to Sanjay Gupta, Vice President, Global Head of Products and ...

[HEADS UP] Cybercriminals in Australia Harass Recipients with Abusive Transaction Descriptions on Bank Statements

Jun 4, 2020 4:59:41 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

There are bad guys in Australia that have given away money in order to use social engineering and harass people with abusive transaction descriptions that appear in online banking ...

Pandemics, Killer Insects, and Riots Stir Up Cybercriminals

Jun 3, 2020 7:00:00 AM By Erich Kron

What a year 2020 has been. We have not even gotten half way into the year and we have dealt with a global pandemic, potential murder hornets, protests and riots and even the possibility ...

How Low Will Cybercriminals Go?

Jun 2, 2020 8:58:04 AM By Javvad Malik

Surely Bond villains only exist in movies -- I mean people aren’t truly evil are they? Especially ones who sit behind a computer. This was part of a discussion I was having with my ...

Zelle Users Continue to be the Target of Scams Intent on Fraud

May 4, 2020 7:05:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The wildly popular payment app is a cybercriminals playground where users are easy prey for money laundering, scams, mules, and just plain old fraud.

'Florentine Baker Group' Use Microsoft 365 Functionality to Scam Private Equity Firm Out of $1.2 Million

Apr 24, 2020 11:31:26 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new investigation by Check Point’s Incident Response Team (CPIRT) demonstrates how brazen cybercriminals are and the lengths they will go to in order to see their scam succeed.

A new ransomware strain called 'Save the Queen’, distributes itself from your own Domain Controllers

Apr 2, 2020 1:47:56 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Sophisticated cybercriminals have continuously improved the effectiveness of ransomware attacks, according to Yaki Faitelson, co-founder and CEO of Varonis. In an article for Forbes, ...

Brand Impersonation Phishing Attacks Grow While Organizations Fail to Protect Their Brand Using DMARC

Mar 23, 2020 4:08:41 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

New data from Security vendor Agari shows how identity deception techniques are being used to fool recipient victims as organizations lack the needed safeguards to ensure emails are ...

An Intimate Look at a Nigerian Social Engineer

Mar 23, 2020 10:05:23 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at Check Point offer a look at a Nigerian citizen who moonlights as a cybercriminal who uses social engineering techniques. The man, whom the researchers call “Dton,” ...

Just How Lucrative is Cybercrime? According to New Charges Against One Gang, $30 Million Lucrative

Mar 23, 2020 8:28:55 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The recent arrest and charging of a gang of 24 U.S.-based cybercriminals in Atlanta demonstrates how easy it is to become a cybercriminal and use social engineering tactics to fool people ...

U.K. Pensions Regulator Sees 145 Percent Increase in Malicious Email Activity

Mar 13, 2020 8:21:15 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The U.K. Government’s massive jump in email-based cyberattacks far outpaces even the most aggressive phishing or spam growth numbers seen this year.

Cruel Hoax Scams Elderly Woman

Mar 10, 2020 8:27:25 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

An 89-year-old woman in Delaware lost $9,500 to scammers who told her that her grandson had been arrested for causing a car accident, Delaware Online reports. The scammers called the ...

Courts Limit Payout on Insurance Claim to Just One Section of the Liability Policy

Mar 4, 2020 5:14:07 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The latest ruling shows how the courts are becoming well-versed in the ways of cyberattacks, and are holding both insurers and policyholders to the letter of the contract.

Nigerian Man Arrested 3 Years After $850,000 Stolen in Email Scam

Feb 28, 2020 9:32:41 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office says a Nigerian man has been arrested more than three years after $850,000 was stolen in construction bond money from the Boulder Valley School ...

An Influence or Wire Fraud?

Feb 26, 2020 8:26:37 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A 22-year-old Instagram and YouTube influencer named Kayla Massa has been arrested after allegedly convincing her followers to assist her in a fraud scheme, Quartz reports. Prosecutors ...

The Good Taxi Driver

Feb 18, 2020 8:19:13 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A taxi driver in Roseville, California saved an elderly passenger from being scammed out of $25,000, CNN reports. Rajbir Singh, the owner of Roseville Cab, recently picked up a ...

Emotet-Based Sextortion Scams Net 10 Times More than Necurs-Based Scams

Feb 17, 2020 8:28:40 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Emotet trojan just won’t die and appears to be gaining steam as sextortion scams are netting cybercriminals a massive return in exchange for their devious efforts.

Cyberattacks in 2019 Cost over $3.5 Billion in Victim Losses with Business Email Compromise Taking in Half

Feb 14, 2020 8:35:19 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The FBI’s annual year-in-review breaks down how 467,000 cyber attacks succeeded in taking consumers and businesses alike for billions of dollars.

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