Update 20 July 2022 – Amazon is taking positive action against fake reviews I am sure you check the reviews on Amazon products before you buy, I know I do, and it has influenced my buying decisions more than once. So it is obviously important that these can be relied …
More crypto-currency stolen!
Big numbers – lots of money – so a prime target for threat actors: Thieves pilfer $100m-plus in cryptocurrency from Harmony.one • The Register It is not the blockchain that is compromised – it is the handling processes that are vulnerable.
Another phishing gang broken up by international co-operation – but there will still be more phishing attacks…
Working together is one of the best ways to beat the threat actors. Europol has had another success in closing down a phishing gang, arresting suspects and seizing assets: Phishing gang behind several million euros worth of losses busted in Belgium and the Netherlands | Europol (europa.eu) Phishing and social …
I had to run this one at a weekend – a ransomware gang that demands good deeds not cryptocurrency – have a read
This is not a joke – it is not April 1. The GoodWill ransomware group, demands such good deeds as donating blankets to people on the street or taking disserving children to fast food restaurants as a treat! To prove the victims have carried out their good deeds they must …
Shopping for malware
How cheap it is for threat actors, who are less technically able, to set up a technically complex attack has been a theme on the blog over the last few weeks. More low-level cyber criminals joining in Budget friendly malware increases your risk Here is another article showing that the …
More low-level cyber criminals joining in
Following Tuesday’s article showing how cyber gangs are distributing malware via a “gig economy model”, so getting very effective attacks into the hands of less skilled cyber gangs, here is the same idea but applied to the most basic of cyber attacks – card skimming. Credit card skimming services make …
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Remember “Scammers are always out there looking for their next victim”
This is a constant problem – scammers contacting people, usually by phone, offering a service or stating that the victim’s computer is infected by a virus, often claiming to be from Microsoft. Once the scammer establishes “trust” they then offer to remote into or screen share to the victim’s computer, …
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