One of the more common ways cybercriminals cash out access to bank accounts involves draining the victim’s funds via Zelle, a “peer-to-peer” (P2P) payment service used by many financial institutions that allows customers to quickly
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The ‘Zelle Fraud’ Scam: How it Works, How to Fight Back
November 20, 2021 A Little Sunshine, Bob Sullivan, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, CUNA Mutual Insurance, Ken Otsuka, Latest Warnings, Web Fraud 2.0, Zelle scam A Little Sunshine, Bob Sullivan, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, CUNA Mutual Insurance, Ken Otsuka, Latest Warnings, Web Fraud 2.0, Zelle scam
SMS About Bank Fraud as a Pretext for Voice Phishing
November 11, 2021 A Little Sunshine, Kris Stevens, Latest Warnings, smishing, voice phishing A Little Sunshine, Kris Stevens, Latest Warnings, smishing, voice phishing
Most of us have probably heard the term “smishing” — which is a portmanteau for traditional phishing scams sent through SMS text messages. Smishing messages usually include a link to a site that spoofs a
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, November 2021 Edition
November 9, 2021 Allan Liska, CVE-2021-41371, CVE-2021-42292, CVE-2021-42321, CVE-20213-38631, Dustin Childs, Latest Warnings, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Exchange Server zero-day, Recorded Future, remote desktop protocol, Security Tools, Time to Patch, Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative Allan Liska, CVE-2021-41371, CVE-2021-42292, CVE-2021-42321, CVE-20213-38631, Dustin Childs, Latest Warnings, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Exchange Server zero-day, Recorded Future, remote desktop protocol, Security Tools, Time to Patch, Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Microsoft Corp. today released updates to quash at least 55 security bugs in its Windows operating systems and other software. Two of the patches address vulnerabilities that are already being used in active attacks online,
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Wanted: Disgruntled Employees to Deploy Ransomware
August 19, 2021 Abnormal Security, BEC, business email compromise, ceo fraud, Crane Hassold, fbi, Internet Crime Complaint Center, Latest Warnings, Locbit 2.0 ransomware, The Coming Storm Abnormal Security, BEC, business email compromise, ceo fraud, Crane Hassold, fbi, Internet Crime Complaint Center, Latest Warnings, Locbit 2.0 ransomware, The Coming Storm
Criminal hackers will try almost anything to get inside a profitable enterprise and secure a million-dollar payday from a ransomware infection. Apparently now that includes emailing employees directly and asking them to unleash the malware
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