Last week, popular peer-to-peer payment (P2P) service Zelle experienced a hit from cybercriminals, who drained funds from accounts. Zelle is partnered with dozens of banks and credit unions. The most recent attack was based off a phishing scam with a spoofed text...
The FTC and its law enforcement partners announced actions against several income scams that conned people out of hundreds of millions of dollars by falsely telling them they could make a lot of money. One of those scams was 8 Figure Dream Lifestyle, which touted a...
If there’s a high demand online for health and safety items, like facemasks and paper products, guess what scammers pretend to sell? That’s right: health and safety items, like facemasks and paper products. Since the beginning of March, dozens of people, including...
Thanks to a new phishing method, hackers could steal all sorts of personal information by simply mimicking real login forms in Application Mode. This is a feature that’s available in all Chromium-based browsers, which includes Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Brave....
The Better Business Bureau is sounding the alarm about a recent increase in student loan forgiveness scams after President Joe Biden unveiled a plan to cancel debt for certain borrowers. Less than a month ago, Biden pledged to cancel up to $10,000 in federal student...
U.S. authorities on Tuesday arrested three men who allegedly engaged in a scheme to steal millions of dollars in cryptocurrency, duping U.S. banks and a major cryptocurrency exchange in the process. Esteban Cabrera Da Corte, Luis Hernandez Gonzalez, and Asdrubal...
(a) Whoever- (1) having knowingly accessed a computer without authorization or exceeding authorized access, and by means of such conduct having obtained information that has been determined by the United States Government pursuant to an Executive order or statute to...
Area police are warning of a new scam. This time targeting teenagers. According to a post from the New Richmond Police Department, scammers target teens using social media like Snapchat, Instagram, or Facebook. The scammer pretends to be another teenager and requests...
In just three days, Philippines-based telecommunications provider PLDT Inc. blocked more than 23 million text messages that try to get consumer’s personal data, showing heightened cybersecurity risks in the nation. The “malicious” messages, blocked from June 11 to 14,...
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