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Scammers are abusing Google Calendar services to trick victims into giving away the personal and financial information such as passwords, card details, or account IDs. Calendar phishing is highly effective as it comes from trusted, legitimate services; it can even trick users who might not fall in other forms of attacks. Kaspersky observed several unsolicited […]
A new phishing scam that has hit Chase bank asks customers to upload their selfies as well. As per reports this new phishing scam targeting customers of Chase bank asks them to share their personal information and also demands the uploading of a selfie. BleepingComputer.com reports, “A new phishing scam targeting Chase bank customers has […]
The Carmel Unified School District in the state of California has reportedly been hit by a phishing scam. Reports say that the Carmel Unified School District has sent out an email to employees notifying them of this attack; the email reportedly informs them that there has been unauthorized access to some email accounts within the […]
Edmonton Economic Development Corporation, an agency under Edmonton City, Canada reportedly became a victim of cyber swindling through clever phishing technique to the tune of $375,000. In their official press release, the company said that they are working with law enforcement and legal authorities for the possibility of recovering the stolen funds. They boasted their […]
Cyber Security manages business risk during the full cycle(monitor, assess, advise, re-mediate). It fights against the cybercrime: detection of attacks and fraud attempts. It increases security on services platforms, infrastructures, and networks. Here is the Cyber Attack Prevention checklist. There are loads of minimal effort, simple-to-setup methods that can enhance Cyber Security inside the organization. We […]
Cybercriminals are distributing new phishing scam related to natural disasters that abusing Microsoft Azure Blog Hosting and also attempt to steal the login credentials. Victims abused by forcing them to involved with fake donations or steal funds directly via fraudulent donations in order to steal the credit card numbers. This Phishing campaign Lures Florida Hurricane Michael using malicious PDF documents […]
Online scammers seem to be targeting Apple users Enterprise network security experts have discovered a huge phishing campaign aimed at iPhone users. However, this time the campaign is not limited to a specific geographical area. In fact, this is an iOS phishing scam that exploits iCloud email addresses to try to deceive users of iPhone […]
Exclusive: The Bank of America is the 2nd largest bank in the United States by assets which makes it a lucrative target for cyber criminals. Today, HackRead has identified a phishing scam targeting the Bank of America customers. Cyber criminals are sending emails to unsuspecting users pretending to be representatives of the Bank of America. […]
New social Engineering attack targeting WhatsApp users started receiving Warning that you have used the service for more than one year and that it’s time to take out a subscription? These emails are perfectly designed by hackers to trick the users clicking on it and to get payment card information. Also Read Kali Handbook for […]
Nowadays attackers targeting users more innovatively through Emails and many other ways. This malware attack particularly targeting power sectors including Nuclear power stations. Attackers used Malicious Word documents in this attack with a different behavior this time. This attack was identified by Talos intelligence. There is no malicious code with attachment itself instead of it download file […]
We have read stories regarding how email is heavily used for phishing scams by sending out fake emails that eventually lead the user into clicking a malicious link. We have grown so used to the fact that now, we seem to think email is the primary way to attack for spammers. However, here you will see […]
[jpshare]These days it winds up plainly normal as we see a huge increase with Scam message in Whatsapp, here is another WhatsApp scam – Advertising Netflix Subscription free for a year. For this new Whatsapp trick, fraudsters are utilizing this outstanding TV mark as the trap to spread the attack. Initial Scam Message If you […]
[jpshare]Fake Email phishing attack hitting LinkedIn users via Mail and LinkedIn inbox’s and ask them to attach the CV. Since its looks like an original link which come from official LinkedIn, its leads to many users to be victimized by this Email phishing Attack . It is decent to believe that beneficiaries of the false […]
Hackers have centered their attention towards a famous game “World of Warcraft, ” and things aren’t looking good for its fans. According to the Graham Cluley, hackers are conducting phishing attacks on gamers using two types of emails to steal their login credentials. The viscous scheme: Hackers are sending emails to World of Warcraft players making them […]
CyberX, a security firm has discovered that Ukraine is being targeted with an extensive cyber-reconnaissance operation. In this particular campaign, the targets are quite broad range and the basic purpose is to spy on confidential communications of key Ukrainian officials by remotely controlling PC microphones. Apart from Ukraine, CyberX has identified targets in Russia as well […]
Twitter account verification means your account will get a blue verified badge. Currently, anyone can apply for this verification, yet it depends on the Twitter team to decide whether you will be awarded a blue badge or not. The seekers of the elusive badge have now become the target of cyber criminals who have launched […]
Recently, Gmail users were targeted with a phishing scam, and now it’s time for PayPal since it is undoubtedly one of the most used online payment systems in the world making it a perfect target for cybercriminals. Eset, a cybersecurity firm, has discovered a phishing scam targeting PayPal users to steal their login credentials. In this scam, […]
A Facebook phishing scam is stealing login credentials by using pornographic images — Scammers are using Facebook groups to spread their campaign! There is no way to stop cyber criminals from stealing login credentials of innocent social media users — Recently, one of the HackRead’s writers found a Facebook phishing scam targeting users and stealing their […]
Irish Government Emails Used in Latest PayPal Phishing Scam — Scammers are targeting your inbox with “Your Account Will Be Limited” phishing scam with terrible English skills! Cybercriminals and scammers try their best to adopt the most sophisticated techniques so users can be tricked into giving away their personal and financial information. In the past, we witnessed […]
Yahoo mail Hammered by Congress for its Inefficiency in Preventing Phishing Attempts Symantec’s newest threat report claims that email phishing scams have substantially declined in the last three years but incidences where crypto-ransomware was used to encrypt data and demand payment in exchange to unlock it has increased by 35% just in 2015. This means, […]
Cyber criminals are targeting innocent Facebook users with yet another phishing scam — This time, it’s quite a sophisticated one so watch out! Previous week HackRead informed users around the world about the ‘Account Violation’ Policy phishing scam that was circulating on Facebook, which compelled users to send in details of their login credentials to […]