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Warning issued about Vice Society ransomware targeting the education sector

September 7, 2022 admin cisa, FBI, hellokitty, lausd, news, printnightmare, ransomware, SonicWall, stopransomware, vice society

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The FBI, CISA, and the MS-ISAC have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory after observing Vice Society threat actors disproportionately targeting the education sector with ransomware attacks.

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Scammers Sent Uber to Take Elderly Lady to the Bank

August 4, 2022 admin elder scams, email scam, FBI, Latest Warnings, The Coming Storm, travis hardaway, Uber, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 15:41:09 +0000

Email scammers sent an Uber to the home of an 80-year-old woman who responded to a well-timed email scam, in a bid to make sure she went to the bank and wired money to the fraudsters. In this case, the woman figured out she was being scammed before embarking for the bank, but her story is a chilling reminder of how far crooks will go these days to rip people off.

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Massive Losses Define Epidemic of ‘Pig Butchering’

July 21, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, chainalysis, courtney nolan, employment fraud, Erin West, FBI, ic3.gov, justin maile, Latest Warnings, pig butchering, REACT Task Force, The Coming Storm, vice news, Web Fraud 2.0, WhatsApp, xtb-market

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 16:35:28 +0000

U.S. state and federal investigators are being inundated with reports from people who’ve lost hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in connection with a complex investment scam known as “pig butchering,” wherein people are lured by flirtatious strangers online into investing in cryptocurrency trading platforms that eventually seize any funds when victims try to cash out.

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Fraudulent cryptocurrency investment apps are duping investors

July 19, 2022 admin Applications, cryptocurrency, FBI, financials, Mobile Apps, scams, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 13:29:47 +0000

The FBI has warned about fraudulent cryptocurrency investment apps that are defrauding victims.

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North Korean APT targets US healthcare sector with Maui ransomware

July 10, 2022 admin APT, cisa, conti, cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, department of treasury, FBI, federal bureau of investigations, jen easterly, maui, maui ransomware, NORTH KOREA, north korean apt, raas, ransom.maui, ransomware, ShiOne, treasury

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2022 21:43:29 +0000

CISA warns of an unusual ransomware.

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How the FBI quietly added itself to criminals’ instant message conversations

July 10, 2022 admin an0m, end-to-end encryption, Europol, FBI, operation trojan shield, reports, xmpp

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2022 21:27:14 +0000

Researchers have given the world a glimpse of how the FBI’s An0m devices were able to eavesdrop on criminals.

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LGBTQ+ community targeted by extortionists who threaten to publish nudes

June 28, 2022 admin cryptocurrency scam, dating apps, FBI, federal bureau of investigations, Federal Trade Commission, feeld, FTC, Grindr, impersonators, investment scam, LGBTQ, lgbtq+ extortion, romance scam, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:15:24 +0000

The FTC has issued a warning to the LGBTQ+ community about extortionists posing as potential romantic partners on Grindr and Feeld.

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A week in security (June 20 – June 26)

June 27, 2022 admin 311, 7-zip, a week in security, APT28, catfishing, chrome, conti, conti ransomware, cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency scam, cybersecurity emergency, ddos, ddos-for-hire, dfscoerce, FBI, internet safety month, LinkedIn, linkedin scam, Magecart, mark of the web, MEGA, ntlm relay attack, phishing, Powershell, ransomware, vacation cybersecurity, vacation privacy, voicemail phishing

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:30:06 +0000

The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.

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