In part 1 of this article series, we looked at data mining schemes, scam ad campaigns, concert tickets scams, and PayPal fund transfer scams. Today, we continue to list down the other scams you might encounter on Facebook. Bitcoin trading scam Who would have thought that a “simple” phishing scheme would be a front to a global Bitcoin trading scam? Researchers from vpnMentor … [Read more...]
December 19, 2020
April 22, 2019
A week in security (April 15 – 21)
Last week, Malwarebytes Labs revealed multiple giveaway online scam campaigns banking on the popularity (and generosity) of Ellen DeGeneres, weighed in on the hack that compromised legacy Microsoft email service accounts like Hotmail and MSN, explained what “like-farming” means and how to spot it on social media, and spotlighted on uncharacteristic executable file formats one of our researchers … [Read more...]
April 18, 2019
Explained: like-farming
Like-farming, aka like-harvesting, is a method used by commercial parties and scammers alike to raise the popularity of a site or domain. The ultimate dream of every like-farmer is for his post to go viral by accumulating as many likes and shares as possible from all over the world. Like-farmers rely on near-instinctual reactions from users by exploiting hot-button topics such as child rearing … [Read more...]
