Tag: Scams
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‘Cheap iPhone deal’: warning over scam sites selling latest Apple mobiles
pple has just launched a range of new iPhones, including a foldable handset, just as you decide it is time to replace your own ageing …
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Crypto customers targeted by scammers after email marketing provider breach
An attacker breached an email marketing platform and launched targeted attacks against the newsletter subscribers of some of its customers, …
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Copyright scammers get Instagram accounts suspended and demand payment
Scammers are abusing Meta’s copyright-reporting system to suspend people’s Instagram accounts and then hold them for ransom, according …
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OFAC Sanctions Chinese Scam Platform Xinbi Guarantee
The US government has followed the UK in sanctioning a notorious Chinese-language marketplace used to support fraud, money laundering and …
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More than 100,000 fake stores are out to steal your card details
Researchers at German cybersecurity company Nebty have identified “DoppelCart,” a cluster of almost 119,000 domains linked to copied …
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X Money rollout linked to password-reset attacks
X says attackers may be targeting accounts because its X Money payments service is now more widely available. The company is investigating …
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Tech support scams look different now. Here’s what to watch for
In a tech support scam, criminals pretend to work for a trusted technology or security company. They claim there is a problem with your …
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Scammers are getting smarter about where they target you
Scammers are becoming more strategic about where they target people. Nine in ten toll scams—the fake unpaid-toll messages that threaten …
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Fake GTA 6 leaked copy drains your crypto wallet
We’ve seen scam sites built around Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6) targeting visitors in three different ways this year. In June, we looked …
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Fake listings can turn trusted platforms into scam springboards
Recently, we found a listing on BuzzFeed from someone pretending to be Malwarebytes Support. It reminded us why we need to be cautious …
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Fake Apple Pay charge brings the classic tech support scam to your phone
iPhone users are being targeted in a new tech support scam, using a fake Apple Pay notification to trick users. Tech support scams that use …
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Beware of fake Indeed interview apps used to install spyware
From several independent reports, we’ve seen evidence of scammers using fake Android “interview” apps to target job seekers on the …
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