A threat actor successfully used compromised employee credentials to gain access to 133 accounts on Mailchimp, the mainstream Intuit-owned email marketing…
Tag: Social Engineering
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…
The weirdest security stories of 2022
There’s been a lot of weird and frankly bizarre attacks over the course of 2022, nestled in amongst the usual ransomware…
Twitter user data leaks continue to drip from the faucet
Things aren’t going so well for Twitter at the moment. Word has spread of multiple incidents related to user data being…
How to avoid pig butcher scams
Pig butchery scams are big business, as a recent domain seizure by the US Government illustrates. As reported by The Register,…
Meta contractors ousted after internal probe catches them abusing Oops tool
Meta (formerly named Facebook) reportedly fired “more than a dozen security guards and workers” in the past year after user information and logins…
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Phishy calls and emails play on energy cost increase fears
Gas and electricity price concerns are rife at the moment, with spiralling costs and bigger increases waiting down the line. Sadly…
Beware of fake Twitter philanthropists offering to put $750 into your Cash App account
Twitter philanthropists are a controversial emergence on the social media platform. In essence, Twitter-based philanthropy is about incredibly rich people helping…
Extortion scheme impersonates government officials, law enforcement
The FBI issued a public warning this week about a fraud scheme wherein scammers impersonate government officials and law enforcement personnel….