You can avoid credit card fraud online by securing your online accounts, avoiding saving your payment information on websites, being cautious of phishing scams, keeping a look out for credit card skimmers and more. Continue reading to learn more about how you can avoid credit card fraud online and how to report it if you’re a victim.
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Deepfakes have emerged as a serious concern in the digital landscape, presenting a significant threat to truth and trust. While it can be fun to swap your face with the Mona Lisa, there are some significant concerns around how these can be used to deceive us. Let’s take a look at some of the methods used, and ways to spot red flags.
Security researchers at Check Point have discovered yet another attack that leverages legitimate web applications to host attacks in order to bypass security scanners. One of the easiest ways for a security solution to spot a phishing attack is to evaluate the webpage a malicious link takes the recipient to.
There’s been a surge of Elon Musk-themed cryptocurrency scams on TikTok, BleepingComputer reports. The scammers inform the victims that they can claim their reward after spending a small amount of bitcoin (about $132) to activate their account. “BleepingComputer tested one of the giveaways to see how it works and found that almost all utilize the same template, which pretends to be a crypto investment platform,” BleepingComputer says.
You can identify a scammer by spotting red flags such as sudden requests for your personal information, grammatical and spelling errors in emails, offers that seem too good to be true, along with other signs. Read on to learn about the red flags that can help you identify scammers and what you can do if you’ve fallen for a scam.
Now entering its third year in business, the phishing platform, Classicam, represents the highest evolution of an “as a service” cybercrime, aiding more than 1000 attack groups worldwide. What do cybercriminals need for a successful attack? A convincing email, a list of potential target email addresses, and a website to extract payment details, bank login credentials, etc. And it’s the last part that’s usually the barrier to market for those that want to get into cybercrime.
To stay safe from Zelle scams, you should only send Zelle payments to people you know, be wary of urgent payment requests, use a different app to send and receive payments from strangers, use strong passwords and enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) on your banking accounts. Continue reading to learn about common Zelle scams and how to avoid falling victim to them.
Scammers are using dating sites to lure victims into phony cryptocurrency investment schemes, according to Sean Gallagher at Sophos. These types of investment scams are known as “pig butchering,” loosely translated from the Chinese phrase “sha zhu pan.” In this case, the scammers convince the victim to participate in a liquidity pool arrangement, a legitimate but risky cryptocurrency investment technique.
Establishing urgency through a false need to “upgrade” or lose services, this new attack takes advantage of the widespread use of the popular accounting app to attract victims. Impersonation in phishing attacks only works if the target has an established rapport or relationship with the sender.
