TORONTO — Government impersonation is one of the most common financial scams plaguing people across Canada, a new survey from payment processing company Interac Cor…
There are two powerful steps you can take to protect yourself against impersonation fraud: Validate any and all government communications—especially unexpected ones—by going through official channels; and Be on the lookout for red flags in the communication that indicate a po...
Governments globally are intensifying anti-scam measures, introducing new guidelines to banks, telecom providers and other key sectors to bolster security controls and mitigate fraud risks for consumers and businesses. Some new frameworks threaten to levy stiff penalties for non-compliance. Article Lawsu...
This week, the $49M Infini exploit, Bybit updates, hacked Uranium funds, seized, OKX settlement, DeepSeek crypto scam. Also, the SEC dismissed Coinbase, Robinhood, Uniswap and Gemini probes as well as its crypto dealer rule. It launched a new crypto fraud unit. Article The Technology Blu...
Government impersonation fraudhas also been reported at government heath and human services agencies. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increase in fraudulent actors running phishing* schemes with digital documents to insert malware on individual or corporate computer networks.A...
Governments globally are intensifying anti-scam measures, introducing new guidelines to banks, telecom providers and other key sectors to bolster security controls and mitigate fraud risks for consumers and businesses. Some new frameworks threaten to levy stiff penalties for non-compliance. Article Russi...
This week, Abracadabra hack, updates on Tornado Cash and Bybit, $7M scam money recovery, man faces prison for stabbing crypto CEO, movie director charged for swindle, Ripple-SEC case wrap-up, Grinex is the new Garantex, Gotbit plea deal, Coinbase in supply chain hack and Binance insider...
Void Dokkaebi hackers participate in the North Korean scam of social engineering IT job seekers. ► Article Remote IT Worker Pretend: How to Spot Surging Insider Threat Mathew J. Schwartz • April 22, 2025 In recent years, cash-starved North Korea has deployed legions of domestically ...
sanctioned the Nemesis admin, Poco RAT spotted in Latin America, Apple challenged a British order to weaken encryption and the FBI warned against scam letters purportedly from BianLian. Also, a Nigerian tax scammer extradited to the U.S., a new botnet and a Webex vulnerability. « 1 (...
Scammers used the devices for programmatic ad fraud, click fraud and converting the devices into a residential proxy. Article Background Check, Drug Testing Firm Hack Affects 3.3 Million Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • February 26, 2025 DISA Global Solutions, a third-party administrator of back...