However, a sophisticated phishing attempt from an unknown scammer proved successful (for the scammer) when they were able to hack into the city's email, get some information, and then begin posing as a rep from Vortex Services LLC, according to WGME. Carlos_bcn Basically what happened is the...
phishing email attack can be used to initiate fraudulent wire transfers in which a victim is tricked into transferring funds to an account controlled by the attackers. The FBI has released thata reported $221 million was lost to wire transfer fraud in 2019- and only 15% of wire fraud is ...
As reported byBleepingComputer, Google Alerts help to spread these fake notifications as the service monitors search results looking for user-defined keywords. To spread their malware, the scammers either created pages or used compromised websites to combine the term data breach with well-known brand...