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Tag: scammers
RevenueWire to pay $6.7 million to settle FTC charges
What can you do as a scammer when no legitimate payment provider wants to process your payments anymore? Or, what if…
A week in security (February 17 – 23)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we highlighted the benefits and concerns of identity-as-a-service (IDaaS), an identity management scheme deployed from the…
Fake Elder Scrolls Online developers go phishing on PlayStation
A player of popular gaming title Elder Scrolls Online recently took to Reddit to warn users of a phish via Playstation…
Help prevent disaster donation scams from causing more misery
It’s a sad day when we have to warn people about medical charity scams, or tax fakeouts, or even have a…
Growing rate of robocalls threatens user privacy
When a person sees a call from an unknown number and picks up to hear a recorded voice on the other…
A week in security (September 2 – 8)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at a smart social engineering toolkit, delved into TrickBot tampering with trusted texts, and…
Recipe for success: tech support scammers zero in via paid search
Tech support scammers are known for engaging in a game of whack-a-mole with defenders. Case in point, last month there were…
Sextortion emails: They’re probably not watching you
Back in July, Krebs on Security reported on a rather novel scam, where the threat actor would use credentials from old…
Cybercrime tactics & techniques Q2 2018
A generally slow quarter reflects an overall lull in cybercrime, picking up where Q1 left off with cryptominers continuing to dominate,…