Category: spam
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Fraudsters are using public planning records to target permit applicants
Fraudsters are using public planning records to target permit applicants If you’re in the middle of applying for a planning or zoning permit, there is some unwelcome news: cyber-criminals have found a way to exploit the bureaucratic tedium of the process against you. Read more in my article on the Fortra blog. Graham Cluley Go…
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Spam text scammer fined £200,000 for targeting people in debt, after sending nearly one million messages
Spam text scammer fined £200,000 for targeting people in debt, after sending nearly one million messages The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has levied a fine of £200,000 against a sole trader who sent almost one million spam text messages to people across the country – many of whom were already struggling with debt. Read…
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Smashing Security podcast #427: When 2G attacks, and a romantic road trip goes wrong
Smashing Security podcast #427: When 2G attacks, and a romantic road trip goes wrong Graham warns why it is high time we said goodbye to 2G – the outdated mobile network being exploited by cybercriminals with suitcase-sized SMS blasters. From New Zealand to London, scammers are driving around cities like dodgy Uber drivers, spewing phishing…
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Smashing Security podcast #417: Hello, Pervert! – Sextortion scams and Discord disasters
Smashing Security podcast #417: Hello, Pervert! – Sextortion scams and Discord disasters Don’t get duped, doxxed, or drained! In this episode of “Smashing Security” we dive into the creepy world of sextortion scams, and investigate how crypto wallet firm Ledger’s Discord server was hijacked in an attempt to phish for cryptocurrency recovery phrases. All this…
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Scalable Vector Graphics files pose a novel phishing threat
Scalable Vector Graphics files pose a novel phishing threat The SVG file format can harbor malicious HTML, scripts, and malware Andrew Brandt Go to sophos
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Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz
Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz Phishing attacks increased nearly 40 percent in the year ending August 2024, with much of that growth concentrated at a small number of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) — such as .shop, .top, .xyz — that attract scammers with rock-bottom prices and no meaningful registration…