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An Atlanta-based woman known as Yvonne recently fell victim to a financial scam, losing over $120,000 to a fraudulent agent feigning affiliation with a top-tier finance firm. Far from a slapdash ruse, the scam involved an intricate web of forged documents, convincing impersonations, and an exploitation of trust that saw Yvonne hand her life savings over to a stranger.

Yvonne’s tale began on YouTube, where she found a broker who appeared to be registered with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and an advisor with Fidelity. After seeing returns from an initial investment, she decided to go all in, investing a more significant sum in the broker’s promise of profits.

Despite conducting her research, Yvonne succumbed to the scam when convinced she needed to pay…

Jun 19, 2024NewsroomCybercrime / Cryptocurrency

A threat actor who goes by alias markopolo has been identified as behind a large-scale cross-platform scam that targets digital currency users on social media with information stealer malware and carries out cryptocurrency theft.

The attack chains involve the use of a purported virtual meeting software named Vortax (and 23 other apps) that are used as a conduit to deliver Rhadamanthys, StealC, and Atomic macOS Stealer (AMOS), Recorded Future’s Insikt Group said in an analysis published this week.

“This campaign, primarily targeting cryptocurrency users, marks a significant rise in macOS security threats and reveals an expansive network of malicious applications,” the cybersecurity company noted, describing markopolo as “agile,…

A threat actor has been distributing remote access Trojans (RATs) on Android and Windows operating systems using online meeting lures, according to cloud security provider Zscaler.

This campaign has been ongoing since at least December 2023, observed Zscaler’s threat intelligence team, ThreatLabz.

The distributed RATs include Android-focused SpyNote RAT and Windows-focused NjRAT and DCRat.

Malicious APKs and BAT Files Leading to RAT Payloads

To lure its victims into downloading the RATs, the threat actor created several fake online meeting sites, impersonating brands like Microsoft-owned Skype, Google Meet and Zoom.

“All of the fake sites were in Russian,” noted Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers.

The attacker utilized shared web hosting services to host all these websites on a…

The cybersecurity awareness department of the Indian government has issued a notice alerting the public to the presence of various investment scams being circulated on the popular messaging platform, Telegram.

Beware of Task-Based Investment Scams: Cyber Dost’s Warning on Social Media

The official cyber-safety and cybersecurity awareness account of the Ministry of Home Affairs, known as Cyber Dost, posted a message on social media, specifically on X (formerly known as Twitter), cautioning individuals to exercise vigilance when encountering messages that encourage them to complete tasks like following Instagram accounts, liking YouTube videos, or writing hotel reviews in exchange for monetary rewards.

Watch out for these Task-based Investment Scams on #Telegram!
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