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Category: Banking

  • Smashing Security podcast #473: How a hacker could have Rickrolled the entire World Cup

    Smashing Security podcast #473: How a hacker could have Rickrolled the entire World Cup A polite caller from your bank says there is a problem with your account. Don’t worry – they’ll send someone round to help. They’ll even take your cards away to keep them safe. The scam has run rampant, until Dutch police…

  • Cybercriminals Targeting Payroll Sites

    Cybercriminals Targeting Payroll Sites Microsoft is warning of a scam involving online payroll systems. Criminals use social engineering to steal people’s credentials, and then divert direct deposits into accounts that they control. Sometimes they do other things to make it harder for the victim to realize what is happening. I feel like this kind of…

  • Details of a Scam

    Details of a Scam Longtime Crypto-Gram readers know that I collect personal experiences of people being scammed. Here’s an almost: Then he added, “Here at Chase, we’ll never ask for your personal information or passwords.” On the contrary, he gave me more information—two “cancellation codes” and a long case number with four letters and 10…

  • Employee arrested after Brazil’s central bank service provider hacked for US $140 million

    Employee arrested after Brazil’s central bank service provider hacked for US $140 million This month could barely have started any worse for some financial institutions in Brazil. Approximately US $140 million was stolen from the reserve accounts of six financial institutions after a cyber attack hit a service provider. Read more in my article on…