I published an article yesterday on CyberAwake looking at how gift cards are misused by threat actors: How Gift Cards are exploited by Cyber Criminals – CyberAwake
How gift cards enable monetise cyber-attacks
Threat actors are always on the lookout for ways to get to you
So a new trend going viral on a social media platform is an ideal place to interfere with and use to spread malware. Just like the “Invisible Body” challenge on TikTok: TikTok ‘Invisible Body’ challenge exploited to push malware (bleepingcomputer.com) Do not be deceived by the offer from the hackers …
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iOS Scareware
Although this series of cyber-attacks is closely associated with the Ukraine/Russia conflict you should expect to see other cyber criminals adopting similar tactics: Ukraine Themed Twitter Spam Pushing iOS Scareware – SANS Internet Storm Centre This article by Johannes Ullrich shows the web of accounts that threat actors weave across …
If you get a text from The Metropolitan Police it may not be scam
It will be worth checking out the text carefully as the Met is going to text about 70,000 victims of banking fraud, having arrested an East Londoner who is accused of running an international phone fraud: Police to text 70,000 victims in UK’s biggest anti-fraud operation – BBC News The …
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Stress – the classic social engineering tactic
Threat actors have to find ways of breaking down our cyber security training – that is where social engineering comes in. They want to find some way to get you to do what they want – this usually means exploiting your trust, but a bt of stress in there to …
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