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The Cost of Tax Season Fraud: How Threat Actors Target Your Data and Money
The IRS identified a staggering $5.7 billion in tax fraud schemes last year, over twice the amount reported in 2021. And with the large amount of personally identifiable information (PII) that is ...
Romance Scams
Painted hearts on restaurant doors, red roses in hand, candies and chocolates on display. These are just some of the […] ...
Be Wary of Scammers in the Holiday Season
As 2022 comes to a close, stress can be at an all-time high. This time of year, many have planned […] ...
5 tips for spotting and avoiding Pig butchering scams
A new type of scam, called “pig butchering” is gaining momentum. Pig butchering is a unique scam which uses a romance scam script, but with an investment spin on it, where victims ...
QR Codes and CAPTCHA Tests: New Scams in a Digital Age
When you think about a scam, what comes to mind? Perhaps you think about receiving a poorly drafted email saying […] ...
Interpol arrests thousands of scammers in operation “First Light 2022”
Law enforcement agencies around the world appear to have scored a major victory in the fight against fraudsters, in an operation that seized tens of millions of dollars and seen more than ...
May The Fourth Be with You: Jedi Mind Tricks and Scams
Over the past few years, I’ve used Star Wars Day as a way to talk about two of my favourite things – Star Wars and cybersecurity. I wrote about scammers in 2020 ...
Funding and the Russia-Ukraine War: KYC for Crypto Transactions Proving Difficult
Click here for Flashpoint’s coverage of the role of intelligence in Russia’s war on Ukraine. Flashpoint analysts have uncovered 262 cryptocurrency addresses used in advertisements for donations to either Ukrainian or Russian causes related ...
When Every Day Is Valentine’s Day: How Threat Actors Prey on Lonely Hearts
Love in the time of threat actors Theoretically, there isn’t anything wrong with Valentine’s Day. But let’s just say it like it is: Nobody likes Valentine’s Day, a guileless push for capital, ...
Graphics Card Web Tracking, Fake Job Ad Scams, Hacker Takes Down North Korea’s Internet
Researchers have discovered a new web tracking technique using your graphics card, scammers are exploiting security weaknesses on job recruitment websites to post fraudulent job postings, and how a hacker single-handedly took ...
