Being aware of online scams and knowing what to look for is the key to protecting against cyber criminals. Here are some cyber scams currently affecting RBC clients. Date:December 2024 Type:E-mail/SMS/Phone Status:Active Date:October 2024 ...
Tax Season Phishing Scams Tax season comes around annually, like other seasonal events or holidays. Targeting calendar-based events enables threat actors to prepare ahead of time and have a new selection of targets on rotation. The following set of examples highlights two IRS/tax-themed scams. Th...
Advances in Deep Learning (DL), Big Data and image processing have facilitated online disinformation spreading through Deepfakes. This entails severe threats including public opinion manipulation, geopolitical tensions, chaos in financial markets, scams, defamation and identity theft among others. Therefore...
however. In the strain's first six months, it infected 635,000 systems and earned more than $1.1 million in ransom payments. CryptoWall spread via phishing emails and
Phishing scams via phone, text, or email (this can be reported to the Anti-Phishing Working Group at reportphishing@apwg.org) TheFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)also offers information on common identity theft scams to be aware of. Some of the scams listed with the FBI include: ...