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Free Nitro phishing scam
3 years ago
A new type of phishing promoted via Discord messages promises a free Nitro subscription if a user links their steam account, allowing hackers to steal game items or promote other scams. Multiple discord accounts are taking part in conducting these scams, controlled by threat actors, or as automated bots that... Read more
A new type of phishing promoted via Discord messages promises a free Nitro subscription if... Read more
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Experts Shed Light On New Russian Malware-as-a-Service Written in Rust
3 years ago
A new type of information-stealing malware has been discovered and sold on underground Russian forums, which indicates that threat actors are increasingly resorting to exotic programming languages to evade security protections. Dubbed as Ficker Stealer, it is a browser hijacker that lures users to fraudulent landing pages that offer free... Read more
A new type of information-stealing malware has been discovered and sold on underground Russian forums,... Read more
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WhatsApp Scam: OTP gives hackers access
3 years ago
With over two billion active monthly users, WhatsApp is the most recent target for hackers and scammers. Users are sent scam message through one of their contacts asking them to send a code, i.e., an OTP received in their inbox. It appears like a standard confirmation or verification code but... Read more
With over two billion active monthly users, WhatsApp is the most recent target for hackers... Read more
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Chinese hackers targeted Indians with e-shopping scams
4 years ago
Festive season, end of the year sales, and offers on various shopping sites have given a window of opportunity for scammers to imitate sales campaigns like Amazon’s big billion days. Various bogus links are being spread all over WhatsApp and other messaging applications baiting people to participate in a contest... Read more
Festive season, end of the year sales, and offers on various shopping sites have given... Read more
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Free iPhone 12 scam spreading through SMS
4 years ago
iPhone 12 is releasing in October, and it has provided scammers an opportunity to fill up their pockets. According to Sophos, the SMS reads: "Dear Christopher, we have your packet in queue. Address: Londonderry, Ballynagard crescent" along with a link. The SMS is meant to look like it has been... Read more
iPhone 12 is releasing in October, and it has provided scammers an opportunity to fill... Read more
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Instagram is illegally collecting biometric data, claims new lawsuit
4 years ago
Facebook is facing another lawsuit that mentions that Facebook reportedly did not ask for user permission to collect biometric data and has been collecting since the start of 2020 through its photo-tagging feature of Instagram. Bloomberg mentioned in its report that "Facebook is accused of collecting, storing and profiting from... Read more
Facebook is facing another lawsuit that mentions that Facebook reportedly did not ask for user... Read more
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Twitter reveals that its own employee tools contributed to unprecedented hack
4 years ago
In the afternoon of July 15, the most potent Twitter accounts across the USA went rogue and asked people to send in bitcoin, and double the amount will be sent back to them. In the four hours the tweets were live, the said bitcoin wallet gained over $100,000 via at... Read more
In the afternoon of July 15, the most potent Twitter accounts across the USA went... Read more
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Scammers sending links to download 'Tiktok Pro' after Tiktok banned in India
4 years ago
After the ban of Tiktok in India, spammers have found a new way to trick Indians into a new phishing attack. People get SMS regarding a new app called TikTok pro, a new Indian version of Tiktok, that can only be downloaded using a link that they receive in the... Read more
After the ban of Tiktok in India, spammers have found a new way to trick... Read more
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Spacex Bitcoin Scam Features BTC Giveaway, Elon Musk, and NASA Launch
4 years ago
The SpaceX-Youtube Bitcoin scam video shows a live interview with Elon Musk about the recent SpaceX launch in collaboration with NASA. A URL and a Bitcoin address lead people onto a website entitled ‘Spacex Foundation 5,000 Bitcoin Giveaway Airdrop’, which claims to help out by giving away 5000 bitcoins. ... Read more
The SpaceX-Youtube Bitcoin scam video shows a live interview with Elon Musk about the recent... Read more
