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Fake Hotel Website Scams Target Travelers and Hotels

Jul 25, 2018 1:24:57 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
Cybercriminals will take advantage of any situation that separates people from their money. And what better way than to purport to be a reputable hotel and take reservations?
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Scam Of The Week: *Another* New CEO Fraud Phishing Wrinkle

Jul 20, 2018 4:08:11 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
So, here's a new CEO Fraud phish: see these fresh screen shots from emails reported to us through the free KnowBe4 Phish Alert Button. Bad guys spoof the managing partner and CPA and an ...
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[Scam Of The Week] Amazon Prime Day Is Only 4 days away

Jul 12, 2018 4:35:15 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
It's a prime opportunity for the bad guys to send a raft of phishing attacks. We do have a "Free Amazon Prime Account" template that we just modified to fit a Prime Day-style scam. It's ...
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Scam of The Week: Celebrity Deaths Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain

Jun 9, 2018 10:10:56 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
Two celebrities committed suicide this week, and unfortunately that's going to be exploited by lowlife internet criminals in a variety of ways.
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Scam Of The Week: GDPR Phishing Attack With Apple Flavor / Royal Wedding

May 19, 2018 2:01:19 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
Social engineering follows seasonal patterns. It's also connected to major events. We see this every year with holiday-themed phishing attacks between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.
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Scam Of The Week: Phishing Attack Uses GDPR As Bait

May 5, 2018 10:40:16 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
    Attackers know that companies are sending a lot of emails to customers about GDPR—and that makes them prime opportunity for phishing attacks. With the looming GDPR May 25 deadline ...
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Scam Of The Week: 150 Million Under Armour MyFitnessPal Users Are Now Phishing Targets

Mar 30, 2018 6:52:29 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
BREAKING NEWS: Under Armour's health- and fitness-tracking app, MyFitnessPal, has been hit by a data breach. Roughly 150 million MyFitnessPal users are affected, Under Armour says. Under ...
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Scam Of The Week: Lowlife Scum Exploits Recent Florida Parkland School Shooting

Feb 16, 2018 7:27:24 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
Just when you think they cannot sink any lower, criminal internet scum are now exploiting the Parkland tragedy in Florida. Unfortunately, from this spot I have been warning about these ...
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Scam Of The Week: The Most Sophisticated Netflix Phishing Yet

Jan 20, 2018 10:31:16 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
This Netflix phishing campaign goes after your login, credit card, mugshot and ID! Paul Ducklin at Sophos wrote: "Think of the big security stories of recent months. Security holes like ...
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Scam Of The Week: Fake Meltdown And Spectre Patch Phishing Emails

Jan 7, 2018 8:34:39 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
We sent out some warnings and advisories last week about Spectre and Meltdown, but we want to remind everyone again about some steps you can take to protect yourself. Remember that the ...
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