We continue to see the damaging repercussions of business email compromise (BEC) impacting organisations across the US and elsewhere. The Houston…
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Cyberthreats facing UK finance sector “a national security threat”
As the reports covering all of 2022 start trickling in, we can see that cybercrime and other types of fraud had…
Virtual kidnapping scam strikes again. Spot the signs
Warnings abound of a major new piece of fraud doing the rounds which uses your relative’s voice as part of a…
Electronic Sales Suppression Tools are cooking the books
When you see point of sale software in the news, it’s usually because the terminal has been compromised and is now…
Watch out for this triple threat PayPal phish
ZDNet reports an interesting form of PayPal scam sent to one of their own writers. The scam is a so-called “triple…
Recovery scammers target existing scam victims for second round
These days, it pays to be on your guard for something referred to as a recovery scam. This is an increasingly…
Police warn of fake law enforcement arrest warrant calls
Brownsville Police Department is warning about scammers impersonating law enforcement in order to extract money from potential victims. The scam involves pressure from an…
Venus ransomware targets remote desktop services
It’s time for another tale of remote desktop disaster, as a newish form of ransomware carves out a name for itself….
Man scammed IRL for a phone he sold online
If you’re looking to sell an item which you’ve advertised online, be on your guard. Even when everything looks to be…
An 18 year scam odyssey of stranded astronauts
There is a semi-mythical scam which comes around every couple of years, like some sort of digital bad luck version of…