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SCAM OF THE WEEK: Real People in Fake Call Centers The newest trend in cybercrime is the use of cybercriminal-controlled call centers to trick you into providing your bank or credit card information. Cybercriminals try to use real people in fake call centers to convince you that a scam is legitimate.  A recent call center…

SCAM OF THE WEEK: Advanced Attacks from APT35 A cybercriminal group known as APT35 has been targeting high-profile organizations in government, journalism, higher education, and more. For a more convincing attack, APT35 compromises legitimate websites that work with these high-profile organizations. Once they’ve compromised a website, APT35 uses the website to send phishing emails to…

SCAM OF THE WEEK: Find the Square Root of Verizon In a recent scam, cybercriminals impersonated the telecommunications provider, Verizon. The logo for Verizon is the company name, followed by a red asymmetrical “V” that resembles a check mark. Cybercriminals imitated this logo by using mathematical symbols, such as the square root symbol (?).  Using…

SCAM OF THE WEEK: The Ultimate Data Breach Database With a year full of high-profile data breaches, one cybercriminal has created the ultimate database. The cybercriminal claims that the database contains over 3.8 billion records and is attempting to sell the information on the dark web.  Allegedly, the database is made up of scraped phone…

Cybercrime has gone pro over the last 10 years. Attacks have become much more sophisticated and intense. The bad guys bypass your firewall/antivirus security software and ‘social engineer’ (manipulate) your employees to click on a malicious link or open an infected attachment. A few days later the organization’s bank accounts are empty, or valuable corporate…