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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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Fake job offer leads to $600 million theft

July 8, 2022 admin cryptocurrency, cybercrime, infinity, malware, nodes, PDF

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2022 16:07:39 +0000

Bogus job offers and unrevoked permissions are to blame for a massive crypto-heist which took place earlier this year.

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AstraLocker 2.0 ransomware isn’t going to give you your files back

July 1, 2022 admin astralocker, cryptocurrency, email, ole object, ransom, ransomware, word document

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 18:21:06 +0000

Through malice or carelessness, AstraLocker breaks the “circle of trust”.

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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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Rogue cryptocurrency billboards go phishing for wallets

June 23, 2022 admin advert, advertisement, billboard, bitcoin, crypto, cryptocurrency, defi, digital finance, nft, phishing, SCAM, scams, wallet drainer

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 15:15:21 +0000

We take a look at reports of rogue cryptocurrency billboards out to phish wallet details from unwary victims.

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LinkedIn scams are a “significant threat”, warns FBI

June 20, 2022 admin Business, cryptocurrency, fraud, LinkedIn, pig butcher, scams

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 13:45:01 +0000

The FBI has issued a warning about cryptocurrency scams on LinkedIn. We see what the scammers are up to and how you can avoid them.

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Liquidity mining scams add another layer to cryptocurrency crime

May 17, 2022 admin cryptocurrency, Featured, liquidity mining, scams, SophosLabs Uncut, threat research

Credit to Author: gallagherseanm| Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 11:52:33 +0000

Organized rings use fake apps, malicious smart contracts, and lure of big returns to swindle victims out of their savings.

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OpenSea warns of Discord channel compromise

May 6, 2022 admin compromise, cryptocurrency, discord, nft, opensea, phish, phishing, scams, Youtube

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 06 May 2022 16:29:52 +0000

We take a look at reports that the Discord channel for the OpenSea NFT marketplace has been compromised and used to send out rogue links.

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