Technology begets opportunity, for both successful companies and fraudsters. And today’s rising tide of cybercrime has unveiled a new frontier of fraud, one where malicious entities and cybercriminals are focused on exploiting the building blocks of digital identity—domain names, hosting services and financial supply chains....
Hackers around the world are taking advantage of coronavirus fears by posing as organizations like the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to maliciously advance espionage tactics and cause panic and confusion, according to a report by...
Customers of National Australia Bank (NAB) and American Express became the targets of a recent phishing scam spree in Australia, according to MailGuard reports this week. The business cybersecurity company issued a notice on its blog on Tuesday (Aug. 21) that clients of NAB and...
Kaspersky Lab announced on Tuesday (Aug. 21) that it discovered a sophisticated cyber-operation named Dark Tequila, which has been targeting Mexicans for the past five years. Using malware, the hacker or hackers steals bank credentials and personal and corporate data. According to a press release from Kaspersky,...
December 06, 2024
Technology begets opportunity, for both successful companies and fraudsters. And today’s rising tide of cybercrime has unveiled a new frontier of fraud, one where malicious entities and cybercriminals are focused on exploiting the building blocks of digital identity—domain names, hosting services and financial supply chains. Among these threats, business email compromise (BEC) attacks have evolved […]
December 10, 2024
Meta has launched a pre-holiday anti-scam awareness campaign to keep users safe. “Scammers are persistent and try to trick people in a variety of ways — malicious texts and emails, websites impersonating known brands, posts on social media, visual discovery platforms and discussion forums, and more,” the tech giant wrote on its blog Tuesday (Dec. […]
March 12, 2020
Hackers around the world are taking advantage of coronavirus fears by posing as organizations like the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO)...
August 21, 2018
Kaspersky Lab announced on Tuesday (Aug. 21) that it discovered a sophisticated cyber-operation named Dark Tequila, which has been targeting Mexicans for the past five years. Using malware, the hacker or hackers...
May 07, 2018
A new report says that Chinese intelligence officers are responsible for a decade’s worth of hacks aimed at software and gaming companies around the world. According to Ars Technica, the...
