Security Fix Archive: Fraud
FDA targets rogue Internet pharmacies
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is pressuring a number of Internet service providers to shut off nearly 12 dozen Web sites alleged to be selling counterfeit or unapproved prescription drugs. The FDA's office of criminal investigations said it sent...
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November 19, 2009; 4:45 PM ET |
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Business e-banking and the 6-figure password
On Monday, Security Fix featured the story of Ronnie Cutshall, a Tennessee man who was caught up in an international money laundering scam after being recruited through a work-at-home job offer. That story mentioned that Cutshall received a $9,600 transfer...
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Brian Krebs
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November 4, 2009; 2:40 PM ET |
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| Tags: ach fraud, money mules, zeus
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Spike in Social Media Malware, Phishing Attacks
E-mail scams targeting users of social media sites like Twitter and Facebook are blurring the lines between traditional phishing attacks and those designed to plant password-stealing malicious software on the victim's PC. For the past week, scammers have been blasting...
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Brian Krebs
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November 4, 2009; 12:30 PM ET |
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| Tags: phishing, phishme, zeus
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FDIC: Uptick in 'money mule' scams
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is warning financial institutions about an uptick in scams involving unauthorized funds transfers from hacked online bank accounts to so-called "money mules," people hired through work-at-home scams to help cyber criminals overseas launder money....
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Brian Krebs
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November 2, 2009; 6:00 AM ET |
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Nastygram: Spoofed FDIC bank fail e-mail
Spam e-mails mimicking the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and warning of additional bank failures are instead the latest bid by cyber crooks to empty your bank account, security experts warn. The messages arrive with subjects such as "FDIC has...
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Brian Krebs
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October 28, 2009; 11:40 AM ET |
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PayChoice Suffers Another Data Breach
Payroll services provider PayChoice took its Web-based service offline for the second time in a month on Wednesday in response to yet another data breach caused by hackers. Moorestown, N.J. based PayChoice, provides direct payroll processing services and licenses its...
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Brian Krebs
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October 15, 2009; 8:40 PM ET |
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