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IRS Warns of Fresh Fraud Tactics as Tax Season Starts

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IRS Warns of Fresh Fraud Tactics as Tax Season Starts

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , ID Fraud Site Spoofing, Phishing Campaigns Proliferate Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • February 19, 2021     As tax season begins, the Internal Revenue Service is warning that it’s seeing signs of fraudsters spoofing the agency’s domains and incorporating its logos and language into phishing campaigns. See Also: Live Webinar | The EVIL-Ution Of Ransomware In 2021-Top Protection Tips Meanwhile, security experts warn of other…

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Pirated Software Sites Deliver Fresh DanaBot Malware

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Pirated Software Sites Deliver Fresh DanaBot Malware

Account Takeover Fraud , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Banking Trojan Hidden in Pirated Software Keys Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • January 27, 2021     A cracked software site that hides the latest version of the DanaBot Trojan (Source: Proofpoint) Websites advertising pirated and cracked software are being used to deliver an updated version of the DanaBot banking Trojan, which can steal individuals’ online banking credentials, according to security firm Proofpoint. See…

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Fraudsters Are Using Google Forms to Evade Email Filters

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Fraudsters Are Using Google Forms to Evade Email Filters

Business Email Compromise (BEC) , Cybercrime as-a-service , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Emails Are Likely a Reconnaissance Mission for Future Email Compromise Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • January 23, 2021     An email with the attached Google Form, (Source: Proofpoint) Fraudsters are using Google Forms to target retail, telecom, healthcare, energy and manufacturing companies in an apparent reconnaissance campaign to identify targets for follow-up business email compromise attack. See Also: Rapid Digitization and Risk: A…

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COVID-19 Vaccine Themes Persist in Fraud Schemes

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COVID-19 Vaccine Themes Persist in Fraud Schemes

Business Email Compromise (BEC) , COVID-19 , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Fraudsters Impersonate Vaccine Manufacturers, WHO, DHL Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • January 18, 2021     A COVID-19 vaccine phishing landing page asking users to login with Office 365 credentials (Source: Proofpoint) Researchers at the security firm Proofpoint are tracking several fraud schemes leveraging COVID-19 vaccine-themed emails. See Also: The Evolution of Email Security The schemes include business email compromise scams, messages with malicious…

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Attacks Disguise Malware as Student Assignments — THE Journal

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Attacks Disguise Malware as Student Assignments — THE Journal

Data Security & Remote Learning Attacks Disguise Malware as Student Assignments Researchers have identified a new security risk that takes advantage of remote learning to launch a ransomware attack from a teacher’s computer. The attack attempts to trick teachers into opening fake student assignments, which, when opened, can download, install and activate the malware. The attack, from a person or group calling themselves “employer21,” emails a fake assignment to a teacher. The assignment, according to…

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Cybersecurity In An Age Of Financial Threats: A Q&A With Proofpoint’s CFO

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Cybersecurity In An Age Of Financial Threats: A Q&A With Proofpoint’s CFO

The ongoing Covid-19 crisis emphasizes the importance of cybersecurity. getty Cyberthreats are constantly evolving and posing new – and dangerous – challenges to every company and industry, with corporate finance departments especially at risk. For that reason, the CFO of a company that creates and sells cybersecurity software must be one step ahead of the fraudsters. This month, I have spoken with three different software company CFOs to glean insights about this industry and how…

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Silicon Valley Company Tracks Threat of Foreign Election Interference

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Silicon Valley Company Tracks Threat of Foreign Election Interference

One of the hotly debated topics of Thursday’s presidential debate had to do with Iran and Russia, after the FBI said that foreign operatives used stolen voter registration data to intimidate Democratic voters. Federal officials said the foreign operatives sent emails filled with disinformation to try to confuse and scare voters while posing as far-right extremists threatening to hurt Democratic voters if they didn’t vote for President Trump. In Silicon Valley, cyber security company Proofpoint…

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