fraud – Page 17 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:00:50 +0000

Crowdsourced funding opportunities via Kickstarter, Patreon, and GoFundMe have removed many structural roadblocks for people to access capital quickly and conveniently. But they’ve also lowered the barrier to entry for many very old scams. So how do you tell the difference between a great cause or project to contribute to and a digital confidence scam? Let us take a look at pitfalls on two crowdfunding platforms.

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Tags: 419 crowdsourcing donation scam fraud GoFundMe Kickstarter Patreon scam ToS

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September 12, 2017 admin

Got any hidden miners? I wouldn’t be so sure…

Credit to Author: Yaroslava Ryabova| Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 13:00:57 +0000

Fraudsters make a fortune mining cryptocurrencies — on your computer, at your expense, and without your knowledge.

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September 6, 2017 admin

Nigerian scams without the Nigerians

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2017 23:00:09 +0000

Many in the United States are familiar with Nigerian scams, but what kind of scams are going on in non-English countries? Take a look at the Chinese version – the seminar scam.

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Tags: 419 scam china Chinese scam fraud scam seminar scam spam

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August 23, 2017 admin

Technologically advanced phone scams

Credit to Author: Igor Kuksov| Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 13:00:38 +0000

Modern technology actually helps phone scammers — what you need to know to stay safe.

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April 25, 2017 admin

Do I have Malwarebytes or a tech support scam?

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 15:00:49 +0000

A lot of companies don’t make it all too clear who their tech support is. Given the wide variety in how legitimate companies handle their support, how can you tell the difference between tech support and a tech support scam? We point out how to differentiate us from a tech support scammer.

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Tags: fraud Malwarebytes scam tech support TSS

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April 14, 2017 admin

Amazon third party sellers: A new threat

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 15:00:06 +0000

On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported a wave of hijacked Amazon seller accounts that proceeded to fleece buyers for large sums of money. As reported here, attackers would use credentials harvested from other breaches to take over the account, then either simply redirect funds to their own deposit account or create lots of fake…

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Tags: amazon fraud leak password scam two-factor authentication Wall Street Journal WSJ

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April 10, 2017 admin

GameStop customer data allegedly siphoned in possible breach

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 22:05:31 +0000

GameStop confirmed with KrebsOnSecurity that they are currently investigating reports of hackers breaching their network and siphoning customer information.

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Tags: breach card fraud fraud gamestop gamestop breach hacking malware

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March 30, 2017 admin

Tech support scammers and their banking woes

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:00:54 +0000

We all know about tech support scams by this point. Unfortunately for the scammers, banks know this as well, making it quite difficult at times to maintain an account to store the criminal’s ill-gotten gains. So how does the enterprising criminal cash out with your money? Let’s take a look.

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Tags: fraud scam tech support tech support scams TSS

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