419 Scammers Offer $60M in Exchange for Adopting Their Teenage Son
419 scammers are tempting unsuspecting users with a fake offer of $60 million in exchange for adopting their teenage… Read More
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NY Supreme Court Judge Loses $1M to Email Scammers
A New York Supreme Court judge has lost more than one million dollars to scammers after responding to an… Read More
The Ransomware Decryption Deception: How Various Scammers Trick Ransomware Victims Into Paying More
Ever since the first large-scale ransomware attacks started targeting individual users, companies, and government institutions, we have witnessed that… Read More
Amazon Scammers Using Fake Payment Sites to Steal Buyers’ Money
Scammers are using fake Amazon payment sites to steal money from customers lured in by unbeatable deals. Comparitech, a website… Read More
Seven Online Scammers Prison Bound for International Fraud Conspiracy
Seven online scammers will soon begin serving out prison sentences for their involvement in an international fraud conspiracy. On 7… Read More
Scammers Barge in on Customer Support Twitter Talks with Phishing Links
Scammers are inserting themselves into customer support conversations on Twitter and "assisting" users by directing them to click on… Read More
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… Read More
Top 3 Grooming Techniques in Fraud: What to Watch for
Grooming is a method of establishing a connection with a person to perpetrate a crime against them. Grooming is… Read More
Why Your C-Suite Needs Security Awareness Training
“My C-level doesn't understand that they’re being directly targeted – help me scare them!” Such was the request aimed at… Read More
Code.org Fixes Error that Exposed Volunteers’ Email Addresses
Code.org has fixed an error on its website that accidentally exposed email addresses belonging to its volunteers. On Saturday, Hadi… Read More
Microsoft’s Anti-Surveillance Website Allegedly Hacked
A website used by Microsoft to challenge the U.S. federal government's policies on matters of privacy and surveillance has… Read More
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… Read More
Cryptocurrency scam attack on Twitter reminds users to check their app connections
Are you doing enough to prevent scammers from hijacking your social media accounts? Even if you have chosen a strong,… Read More
Beware of These 3 Scams Making the Rounds This Tax Season
On March 17, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department announced the extension of the federal… Read More
Email and cybersecurity: Fraudsters are knocking
Can you remember your first email? Either sending one, or receiving it? I certainly remember explaining to people what… Read More
NHS warns of scam COVID-19 text messages
The UK's National Health Service (NHS) has warned the public about a spate of fake messages, sent out as… Read More
Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of April 18, 2022
All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and… Read More
5 Social Engineering Attacks to Watch Out For
We all know about the attacker who leverages their technical expertise to infiltrate protected computer systems and compromise sensitive… Read More
Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of January 24, 2022
All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and… Read More
A Bank SMS Text Phish Attempt
Phishing attempts over text messages are becoming more prevalent. I received an SMS text message that contained a phishing… Read More
What Makes Us Click? Cyberscams and The Brain with Martina Dove, PhD
In this episode, Tripwire's Senior UX Researcher, Martina Dove, uses her psychology research to explain to us how the… Read More
6 Common Phishing Attacks and How to Protect Against Them
Phishing attacks continue to play a dominant role in the digital threat landscape. In its 2021 Data Breach Investigations… Read More
Sextortion Scams – How They Persuade and What to Watch for
Extortion, and especially “sextortion” emails, are becoming more frequent, and they can be extremely alarming when received. Such emails… Read More
Want to ban someone from Instagram? That’ll cost you just $60
Got a grudge against an Instagram user? Well, scammers may just have the perfect service for you - at… Read More