KUALA LUMPUR: The police unearthed a gambling, fraud and non-existent investment syndicate after detaining 10 individuals in two raids in here yesterday. Wangsa Maju district police chief Supt Ashari Abu Samah in a statement today said nine men including three Chinese nationals and a woman were detained in the raids on two houses in Jalan…
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Quebec talent agency and U.S. fertility clinic hit by ransomware, a Verizon logo scam, and more.Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday October 13h. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing writer on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com.Ransomware attacks continue to victimize companies. Among the latest in Canada is Agence Goodwin, a Montreal-based company that represents 150 performing artists from…
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A relatively new cryptocurrency trading scam is preying on iPhone users via popular hook-up platforms such as Tinder, Bumble and Grindr. Dubbed CryptoRom by researchers at cybersecurity firm Sophos, the scam initially targeted victims in Asia and is now attacking users in the US and Europe as well. A Bitcoin wallet belonging to the attackers,…
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In mid-July 2017, the largest darknet marketplace (DNM) Alphabay went dark and patrons didn’t know if the administrators were busted by law enforcement or if it was an exit scam. Not too long after the site went dark, law enforcement disclosed that an organized police task force, from various jurisdictions, infiltrated Alphabay alongside the DNM…
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Protecting the elderly from online scams EDITORS DESK Art Samaniego While it looks like senior citizens are often a target for cybercriminals, the truth is, bad guys are randomly looking for people they could scam online. Cybercriminals do not discriminate based on race, religion, nationality, color, gender, sexual orientation, social class, economic status, disability, or…
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Nora Fatehi was summoned to the Enforcement Directorate office today (October 14) in connection with the money laundering case filed against con artists Sukesh Chandrasekar and his actor-wife Leena Paul. Chandrasekar and Paul allegedly duped ₹ 200 crores from the family of Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Singh and here is all we need to know…
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Law enforcement worldwide received 266 million reports from scam victims, up from 139 the year before Press Release – Oct 14, 2021 10:00 CEST AMSTERDAM, October 14, 2021 (Newswire.com) – In ScamAdviser’s 3rd Global State of Scams Report, 42 countries were analyzed on the number of people scammed and the amount of money lost. Number of Scams…
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FILE PHOTO: Some of the artwork details are seen on a large scale sample of the new twenty pound note during the launch event at the Turner Contemporary gallery in Margate, Britain, October 10, 2019. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo – RC22FO9VDAXRFraudsters steal $1 billion in just six months – industry dataTech giants in focus…
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Three charged in U.S. email scam, French police arrest COVID hacker and an app developer makes a security mistake.Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday, October 11th. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing writer on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com. To Canadian listeners, Happy Thanksgiving and thanks for tuning in on a holiday.Three American residents – including an insider…
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