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Tag Archives: vishing
Pay the IRS with Target Gift Cards! Catching a Phone Scam
Fear is a strong motivator. Nobody wants to be told they owe on their taxes, that they are penalized, or that they will be sent to jail. I remember when someone tried to vish (voice phish) me and it sounded … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, credit card, fraud, lol, Security Awareness, target, vishing
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This Guy Asks Hackers to Ruin His Life!
An eye-opening video about the capability of hack attacks, from social engineering to complete digital-life and real life takeover. Not only is the journalist asking people to do it, experts blatantly show how they do it. Please take the time … Continue reading
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Tagged car hacking, Internet of Things, phishing, Security Awareness, social engineering, video tutorial, vishing
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Social Engineering Fraud Losses Doubled in 2015
Consider the largest breaches of 2015 and realize they weren’t about getting financial data directly. It was all about personal details. Identity theft is a hotter commodity on the dark web, than credit card numbers. Anthem 80 million (Personal Details) Ashley … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, 2016, cybercrime, fraud, hackers, hacking, Identity Theft, personal details, phishing, PII, Security Awareness, smishing, sniffing, social engineering, spearphishing, vishing
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Don’t Be a Victim of Tech Support Scams
This year alone, an estimated 3.3 million people in the United States will pay more than $1.5 billion to scammers. Attorney General Bob Ferguson and experts from Microsoft explain how scammers pretending to help you with computer problems can steal … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, scam, scammers, scamming, Security Awareness, social engineering, vishing
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Business Email Compromise Leads to $737,000 Transfer to China
The FBI classifies “phishing that leads to loss” as Business Email Compromise (BEC). In a recently released story that closely matches the BEC hack in Omaha I wrote about back in February, another company fell victim to a spearphishing attack … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, cybercrime, FBI, fraud, phishing, Security Awareness, social engineering, vishing
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Phishing and Vishing Attacks are Up
With the recent OPM hack… I use hack loosely because of this. A lot of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) was stolen. About 32 million records. The PII consisted of Names, Addresses, Social Security Numbers, Dates of Birth, places one lived … Continue reading
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Tagged malware, OPM, phishing, Security Awareness, social engineering, vishing
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Vishing Voicemail? Sounds Serious!
I got a voicemail yesterday on my Google Voice number, a number I haven’t used in a year. Vishing is voice phishing, a category of social engineering and the act of using the telephone in an attempt to scam a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, Danny Archer, fraud, phishing, Security Awareness, vishing, voice phishing
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