Contractor recruitment fraud is a long-running scam that preys on temporary work agencies, and unfortunately, it's still thriving in 2023. Fraudsters posing as legitimate clients and contractors work together to defraud recruitment agencies out of thousands of pounds, sometimes even reaching six-figure values
The tourism industry is a lucrative target for cybercriminals who seek to obtain and sell stolen travel points, hotel rewards, and airline credentials. According to a report by Check Point Research, the rise of global and regional threat actors targeting online travel and hospitality customers is alarming.
DDoS attacks have been a problem for years, but a new vulnerability in the Service Location Protocol (SLP) could enable massive attacks with an amplification factor of up to 2200X. In this article, we'll explain how DDoS attacks work, what SLP is, and how to mitigate the SLP vulnerability.
Hackers are resorting to novel phishing attacks by using rogue QuickBooks and PayPal accounts, as traditional business email compromise (BEC) attacks become harder to carry out. Researchers have found that hackers are signing up for QuickBooks and PayPal accounts for free and sending thousands of phoney invoices to mid-level managers and purchasing people, as well as attacking small businesses.
A coalition of international law enforcement agencies, led by the FBI in the United States and the Dutch National Police, have coordinated the takedown of Genesis Market, a major online criminal marketplace that offered packages of stolen credentials for sale to cybercriminals. Genesis Market facilitated cybercrime by advertising and selling stolen access credentials used to compromise accounts...
The Dwarka Court in Delhi has issued a restraining order against Getmyuni Education Services Pvt Ltd, a startup that claims to be education technology-based. The order restrains the company from using the name, information and details of Usha Martin University from Jharkhand and Mangalyatan University from Uttar Pradesh on its website.
Luke Dashjr, one of the core developers behind Bitcoin recently took to Twitter to express his concerns regarding a NFT. He discovered that someone has created and sold an NFT featuring his code without his knowledge or consent.
The FBI has recommended the use of ad blockers as a precaution to protect against cybercriminals who are using search engine advertising services to impersonate legitimate businesses and steal personal information.
According to a news.com.au report, a California resident Cory Doctorow searched for a local Thai restaurant called Kiin in Burbank, and he clicked on a website that appeared to be the official site for the restaurant. However, the website turned out to be a fake one, which was designed to look identical to the real website.
Various security organisations have jointly released an advisory against a security threat. Organisations like The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) jointly notified about it
