Why phone scams are so difficult to tackle
Phone fraud, both via calls and text messages, has soared during the pandemic.
Phone fraud, both via calls and text messages, has soared during the pandemic.
A rapidly spreading text-message scam is infecting Android phones across the UK.
A large-scale scam campaign targeting Facebook Messenger users all over the world has been detected by Group-IB researchers.
Fraudsters are impersonating real HR employees in fictitious job offers sent on LinkedIn, in a dubious scheme to get targets to share banking data.
The cybercriminal service has scammed victims out of $6.5 million and continues to spread on Telegram.
Fraudsters are trying to steal bank details with fake texts offering a Covid vaccine.
New spyware is targeting iOS and Android frequenters of adult mobile sites by posing as a secure messaging application in yet another twist on sextortionist scams. Goontact lures users of illicit sites through Telegram and other secure messaging apps and steals their information for future fraudulent use.
People are being warned to watch out for parcel delivery scams during the Christmas postal rush. Criminals are looking to defraud consumers by posing as well-known delivery companies, the banking trade body UK Finance has warned.
Researchers warn that a phishing scam is targeting Instagram users via direct messages on the app.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning of online romance scams, an ongoing online fraud trend that can lead to large financial losses, as well as devastating emotional scars.
Twitter accounts of prominent personalities including Apple, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Bitcoin exchange companies were compromised earlier today. The hackers linked to a phishing website that siphoned off close to $25,000 already.
