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Graham Cluley
The fraud landscape has been changed by AI and cryptocurrency in a way that should concern organisations and individuals alike. Read more in my article on the Fortra blog.
Graham Cluley
European law enforcement agencies have dealt a blow to scammers running call centres across the continent that stole millions of Euros from cryptocurrency investors. Crime-fighting authorities teamed up to tackle organised criminal groups who tricked unwary members of the public into investing in fake cryptocurrency schemes. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Bleeping Computer
Multiple call centers across Europe controlled by a criminal organization involved in online investment fraud were taken down this week following a cross-border investigation started in June 2022. [...]
The Hacker News
The U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) on Monday announced the takedown of seven domain names in connection to a "pig butchering" cryptocurrency scam. The fraudulent scheme, which operated from May to August 2022, netted the actors over $10 million from five victims, the DoJ said. Pig butchering, also called Sha Zhu Pan, is a type of scam in which swindlers lure unsuspecting investors into sending
Bleeping Computer
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says Americans have reported losing more than $1 billion worth of cryptocurrency to scams between January 2021 and March 2022. [...]
Bleeping Computer
Customers of upscale department store chain Nordstrom received fraudulent messages from a legitimate company email address that promoted cryptocurrency scams disguised as a St. Patrick's Day promotion. [...]
Check Point Research
Key Takeaways Introduction In recent years, cryptocurrency scams have evolved into a highly organized business model known as “Drainer-as-a-Service.” Within this model, developers create specialized set of malicious scripts, smart contracts, and infrastructure enabling other cyber criminals to efficiently steal cryptocurrency from users’ wallets. Attackers simply need to set up a phishing website and embed […] The post appeared first on . Inferno Drainer Reloaded: Deep Dive into the Return of the Most Sophisticated Crypto Drainer Check Point Research
Bleeping Computer
As users are flocking to BlueSky from social media platforms like X/Twitter, so are threat actors. BleepingComputer has spotted cryptocurrency scams popping up on BlueSky just as the decentralized microblogging service surpassed 20 million users this week. [...]
The Register
Speculation builds over whether a nearly year-old policy change was to blame Google-owned security house Mandiant's investigation into how its X account was taken over to push cryptocurrency scams concludes the "likely" cause was a successful brute-force password attack.…
Bleeping Computer
Hackers are increasingly targeting verified accounts on X (formerly Twitter) belonging to government and business profiles and marked with 'gold' and 'grey' checkmarks to promote cryptocurrency scams. [...]