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Ransomware making big money through “big game hunting”

July 14, 2023 admin big game hunting, Business, crypto, cryptocurrency, digital, extortion, gang, group, payment, ransomware

Categories: Business

Tags: business

Tags: ransomware

Tags: crypto

Tags: cryptocurrency

Tags: digital

Tags: payment

Tags: extortion

Tags: gang

Tags: group

Tags: big game hunting

We take a look at reports that claim ransomware is making big money in 2023.

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Instagram scam promises money in exchange for your image

April 19, 2023 admin art, artist, bank, banking, check, drawing, fake, fraud, instagram, muse, news, painting, payment, wire

Categories: News

Tags: fake

Tags: muse

Tags: art

Tags: artist

Tags: instagram

Tags: check

Tags: payment

Tags: fraud

Tags: wire

Tags: bank

Tags: banking

Tags: drawing

Tags: painting

We take a look at a fake check scam which plugs into the art world.

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Sextortion “assistance” scammers con victims further

April 13, 2023 admin assistance, Crime, criminal, extortion, FBI, help, images, news, nude, nudes, payment, Photo, Photographs, profit, SCAM, sextortion, video

Categories: News

Tags: FBI

Tags: extortion

Tags: sextortion

Tags: crime

Tags: criminal

Tags: nude

Tags: nudes

Tags: photographs

Tags: images

Tags: video

Tags: photo

Tags: scam

Tags: payment

Tags: profit

Tags: assistance

Tags: help

We take a look at an FBI warning regarding for-profit entities making money from people targeted by sextortion attacks.

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Police warn of fake law enforcement arrest warrant calls

November 1, 2022 admin arrest, call, COPS, fake, fraud, news, payment, Police, warrant

Categories: News

Tags: fake

Tags: fraud

Tags: police

Tags: cops

Tags: call

Tags: warrant

Tags: arrest

Tags: payment

We take a look at fake law enforcement calls leading to demands for money from victims.

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Virtual credit cards coming to Chrome: What you need to know

May 12, 2022 admin chrome, google, payment, privacy, virtual credit card

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 15:38:26 +0000

Google are introducing virtual credit cards to the Chrome browser for users of their services in the US. We take a look at what’s in store.

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QR code scam can clean out your bank account

July 31, 2019 admin banking phish, login credentials, malicious websites, payment, QR code, QR code scam, SCAM, scams, Social engineering, URL

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:05:40 +0000

QR code scams are still popular. We should learn to treat QR codes like we do any other unrecognizable URL: with suspicion on where it will take us.

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Scams

Tags: banking phish login credentials malicious websites payment QR code QR code scam scam scams Social Engineering url

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Major data breaches at Adidas, Ticketmaster pummel web users

June 29, 2018 admin Adidas, advertising, breach, card, cybercrime, data, exactis, leak, payment, privacy, records, ticketmaster

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 18:00:42 +0000

There’s been a number of major data breaches and leaks revealed in the last few days, and we take a look at three of the biggest: Adidas, Ticketmaster, and marketing firm Exactis.

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Tags: adidas advertising breach card data exactis leak payment records ticketmaster

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