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December 6, 2019

Fake Elder Scrolls Online developers go phishing on PlayStation

A player of popular gaming title Elder Scrolls Online recently took to Reddit to warn users of a phish via Playstation messaging. This particular phishing attempt is notable for ramping up the pressure on recipients—a classic social engineering technique taken to the extreme. A terms of service violation? In MMORPG land, the scammers take a theoretically plausible deadline, crunch it into … [Read more...]

Filed Under: elder scrolls online, ESO, gamers, Gaming, gaming scams, gaming security, MMORPG, passwords, phish, phishing, playstation, scam, scammers, Social engineering
November 22, 2019

IoT bills and guidelines: a global response

You may not have noticed, but Internet of Things (IoT) rules and regulations are coming whether manufacturers want them or not. From experience, drafting up laws which are (hopefully) sensible and have some relevance to problems raised by current technology is a time-consuming, frustrating process. However, it’s not that long since we saw IoT devices go mainstream—right into people’s homes, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Australia, California, internet, Internet of Things, IoT, iot laws, iot legislation, passwords, privacy, technology laws, technology legislation, uk, united states, us
November 20, 2019

Deepfakes and LinkedIn: malign interference campaigns

Deepfakes haven’t quite lost the power to surprise, but given their wholesale media saturation in the last year or so, there’s a sneaking suspicion in some quarters that they may have missed the bus. When people throw a fake Boris Johnson or Jeremy Corbyn online these days, the response seems to be fairly split between “Wow, that’s funny” and barely even amused. You may well be more likely … [Read more...]

Filed Under: AI, computer generated, deepfakes, fakes, katie jones, LinkedIn, munira, Social engineering, stratcom
November 11, 2019

Facebook scams: Bad ads, bogus grants, and fake tickets lurk on social media giant

We recently highlighted new steps Instagram is taking to try and clamp down on scammers sending fake messages on their platform. It turns out, other social media giants are walking a similar path for a variety of bogus ads and other attacks. Facebook scams in particular have taken off, despite the company’s efforts to stamp them out. Facebook is now extending a rollout of their bogus ad … [Read more...]

Filed Under: advertising reporting tool, cloned accounts, concert tickets scams, facebook, facebook bad ads, facebook scams, grant, lottery, messenger grant scams, rogue ad campaigns, scam, scams, social media, social media scams, tickets
November 6, 2019

Here are the most popular robocall scams and how to avoid them

We recently examined how robocall scams are a serious threat to privacy, alongside the astonishing rate at which their volume continues to increase. Forty-three billion calls in 2019 with an average of 131 calls per person in the US alone is not something to be sniffed at. No matter how careful you are with your number, no matter which security measures you take, it can all be undone with one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: banks, chinese robocalls, chinese scams, chinese student scams, fake kidnapping scams, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, immigration, IRS, phones, robocall, robocall scams, robocalls, scam, scams, social security, tax, visas
October 30, 2019

Help prevent disaster donation scams from causing more misery

It’s a sad day when we have to warn people about medical charity scams, or tax fakeouts, or even have a week dedicated to foiling charity fraud—but here we are. With so many natural disasters occurring, from wildfires in California to tornadoes in Dallas, disaster donation scams remain a top resource for scammers looking for free cash. Unfortunately, disaster donation scams are nothing new. Back … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 419, 419 scams, charity, cold call scams, cold calls, disaster, donation scams, natural disaster, natural disaster scam, natural disasters, phish, phishing, red cross, scammers, scamming, scams, Social engineering, social engineering attacks
October 15, 2019

Instagram clamps down on fake messages with anti-phishing tool

Instagram accounts will always be a popular target for scammers. You might not think it’s a big deal if someone has their account swiped, but it’s often the vanguard of many online businesses. A takeover, or a deletion, can be absolutely devastating. Smart hacking crews are always in the background, waiting to see what they can get away with—and it’s not just the public-facing account at risk, but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: anti-phishing, anti-phishing tool, email, emails from instagram, Instagram, mail, malicious email, malspam, phishing, phishing scams, safety, scams, Social engineering, social engineering attacks, social media scams
October 10, 2019

Cyber insurance: here to stay, whether we like it or not

Cyber insurance has been a big talking point in infosec circles for many months now. We’ve mentioned it in passing ourselves a few times, usually in relation to ransomware attacks. This isn’t surprising; ransomware may not be the threat that brought cyber insurance to life, but it absolutely helped to supercharge it. Depending on where in the world you reside, the actual act of wrapping insurance … [Read more...]

Filed Under: backups, claims, cyber insurance, cybersecurity policy, cybersecurity training, first party, Insurance, Malware, ransomware, ransomware insurance, third party, threat actors, threats
September 24, 2019

15,000 webcams vulnerable to attack: how to protect against webcam hacking

Webcams may have been around for a long time, but that doesn’t mean we know what we’re doing with them. Webcam hacking has been around for equally as long, yet new research from Wizcase indicates that more than 15,000 private, web-connected cameras are exposed and readily accessible to the general public. So forget hacking, cybercriminals can just take a stroll through the Internet and grab … [Read more...]

Filed Under: cam, camera, devices, hackers, Hacking, hub, Internet of Things, IoT, IoT devices, monitor, security by design, vulnerabilities, webcam, webcam hacks
September 18, 2019

International students in UK targeted by visa scammers

A new visa scam has come to light targeting international students from China studying in the UK. At least, it’s being presented as new. In truth, it comes around every so often and has been on the radar for a few years. The scam works by presenting a threat to students’ immigration status and uses various techniques to extract sizable payments from the victims. In the worst cases, it also … [Read more...]

Filed Under: china, Chinese students, home office, hong kong, money mule, scam, scams, uk, UKVI, universities, university, visa, wire fraud
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