Categories: Business Tags: reviews Tags: fake Tags: ftc Tags: fine Tags: fraud Tags: bogus Tags: portal Tags: site Tags: rating Tags: score The FTC’s new proposed rule would apply large fines to those found distributing fake reviews online. |
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Read moreCategories: Business Tags: door dash Tags: delivery Tags: phish Tags: phishing Tags: scam Tags: fake Tags: fraud Tags: theft Tags: call Tags: support Tags: phone We take a look at a phishing scam that cost 700 DoorDash drivers a combined total of roughly $950k. |
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Read moreCategories: Personal Tags: Taylor Tags: swift Tags: eras Tags: music Tags: gig Tags: concert Tags: tour Tags: scam Tags: ticket Tags: reseller Tags: fraud Tags: fake We take a look at multiple reports of ticket reseller fraud aimed at fans of Taylor Swift’s Era tour. |
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Read moreCategories: Threat Intelligence Tags: magecart Tags: skimmer Tags: modal Tags: fraud Tags: e-commerce It’s hard to put individuals at fault when the malicious copy is better than the original. This credit card skimmer was built to fool just about anyone. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: fake Tags: muse Tags: art Tags: artist Tags: instagram Tags: check Tags: payment Tags: fraud Tags: wire Tags: bank Tags: banking Tags: drawing Tags: painting We take a look at a fake check scam which plugs into the art world. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: kidnap Tags: scam Tags: virtual Tags: AI Tags: voice Tags: fake Tags: fraud Tags: hoax Tags: kidnapping We take a look at claims that AI is now being used for a notorious form of kidnapping hoax. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: ransomware Tags: fake Tags: faker Tags: fraud Tags: scam Tags: bogus Tags: midnight We take a look at a ransomware group that doesn’t produce any ransomware, only threats. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: twitter Tags: blue Tags: verified Tags: verification Tags: fake Tags: fraud Tags: phish Tags: phishing Tags: scam Tags: imposter Significant changes to Twitter’s verification identifiers mean new rules for ensuring whether an account is real. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: EE Tags: phish Tags: phishing Tags: scam Tags: fake Tags: mail Tags: email Tags: fraud Tags: bank details We take a look at a phish targeting users of the EE mobile network. |
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Read moreCategories: Threat Intelligence Tags: ad fraud Tags: popunder Tags: ads Tags: fraud Tags: wordpress Tags: plugins Popunders are the ideal vehicle to serve ad fraud. In this case, we investigate a scheme where a webpage you can’t see is loading a bunch of ads while code mimics user activity by scrolling and visiting links. |
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