Scams stories - Page 19

Facebook has now banned all advertising for financial products such as cryptocurrencies, binary options and initial coin offerings.

Scammers in Malaysia are using fake QR codes to steal data and money, warns Quann Malaysia. Users and businesses are urged to exercise caution.

Barracuda looks into a new phishing attack that impersonates popular web services to entice victims into giving away their credentials.

Tech-savvy scammers are swindling New Zealanders out of millions of dollars, with reported losses totaling $10.1 million last year.

Scammers kick off the new year with email fraud using fake Suncorp, MYOB, and ASIC branding, sending malicious links and attachments to Australian users.

Re:scam, an artificially intelligent email programme, is designed to engage scammers in a neverending cycle of conversation.

Proofpoint has released the findings from its massive Quarterly Threat Report – some of which are astonishing.

Singapore Government warns of phone scams and phishing websites targeting Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA).

Symantec has revealed malicious emails are on the rise, racking up over US$5 billion and costing businesses more than $115,000 a year.

Tech support scams are now being used as social engineering tools as part of EITest’s campaign to deliver Coinhive’s Monero cryptocurrency miner.

Cybercrime networks may be chasing smaller businesses who don’t have a dedicated infosec or IT team to help defend against scams.

There is no doubt about it, but spear-phishing is big business in 2017 - Menlo Security's Jason Steer explains how businesses can protect themselves.

UK watchdog Action Fraud has released details of an complex email phishing scam that has been touted as a much needed warning for the public.

New Zealanders have been targeted by a convincing IRD tax refund scam, with the agency receiving 120 reports in just 12 hours.

CERT NZ and Netsafe issue alert on rising online blackmail cases as scammers claim to hold incriminating videos for ransom.

The New Zealand Companies Office is once again warning organisations to watch out for fake correspondence that appears to be from ‘Corporate Portal'.

MailGuard explains the most common types of email scams, and why some companies are more popular targets for brandjacking than others.

What happens when you put cold call scammers up against a seasoned programmer? You get sweet revenge, if the case of one security developer.

MYOB users are being warned of a major phishing scam trading on their brand, involving fake invoices and malware hosted on a Chinese domain.

The goal is not to scam them into giving back their wages, but to test them on their cyber security awareness.