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Help prevent disaster donation scams from causing more misery

October 30, 2019 admin 419, 419 scams, charity, cold call scams, cold calls, disaster, donation scams, natural disaster, natural disaster scam, Natural Disasters, phish, phishing, Red Cross, scammers, scamming, scams, Social engineering, social engineering attacks

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 20:36:21 +0000

Scammers will stop at nothing—not even a tragic natural disaster—for a chance to cash in. We offer some helpful tips to avoid disaster donation scams.

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Instagram clamps down on fake messages with anti-phishing tool

October 15, 2019 admin Anti-phishing, anti-phishing tool, email, emails from instagram, instagram, mail, malicious email, malspam, phishing, phishing scams, Safety, scams, Social engineering, social engineering attacks, social media scams

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:51:50 +0000

We take a look at a new anti-phishing feature Instagram hopes will cut down on imitation messages and other social engineering attempts.

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Everything you need to know about ATM attacks and fraud: part 2

August 2, 2019 admin 101, ALICE, Anunak, assistance fraud, atm attacks, atm cash-out attacks, ATM fraud, atm malware, Barnaby Jack, black box attacks, blog series, c0decalc, Carbanak, cutlet maker, Daniel Regalado, defrauding the elderly, distraction fraud, eavesdropping, extensions for financial services, greendispenser, jackpotting, logical attacks, malware-based attack, padpin, ploutus, sdelete, secure delete, shoulder surfing, social engineering attacks, stimulator, suceful, tyupkin, xfs middleware

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 15:00:00 +0000

In part two of this two-part series on ATM attacks and fraud, we outline the final two ATM attack types—logical and social engineering—and provide info on how they are conducted, the different malware families used in these attacks, and how to protect against them.

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Social engineering attacks: What makes you susceptible?

August 2, 2018 admin 419 scam, Blackmail, catfishing, cold call scams, crytocurrency scam, cybercrime, fraud, phishing, ransomware, rogue software, seo poisoning, sextortion, Social engineering, social engineering attacks

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2018 15:00:00 +0000

Cybercriminals will do what it takes to get what they want, whether that’s breaching a corporate network or stealing credentials with malware. But what do we do if hackers are hacking us instead of our computers? Here’s how to tell if you’re susceptible to social engineering attacks, and what to do to combat them.

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Tags: 419 scam blackmail catfishing cold call scams crytocurrency scam fraud phishing ransomware rogue software seo poisoning sextortion Social Engineering social engineering attacks

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